Say It With Flowers--Day 4

+ 2 Extra days!

So many beautiful flower projects blooming all over the place. 

I've just loved all the amazing creations, haven't you!

Look who's showing their flowers today:

May 30^th

A Quilt Lady

The House On The Side Of The Hill

Ella & Nesta’s Little Room

CLF by Nailaa

Atelier De Handwerktuin

Life, Quilts, and A Cat Too

Marjorie’s Busy Corner

Celtic Thistle

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Dreaming In Patchwork

Around The Homestead

The whole blog hop schedule can be found HERE.

AND

I have this puppy as a giveaway HERE!

Check out Madame Samm's Pinterest Board of all the blog hops:

Thanks for stopping by to visit!

Say It With Flowers--Day 3

+ 2 Extra days!

So many beautiful flower projects blooming all over the place. 

It was just so fun to see them all!

Look who's showing their flowers today:

May 29^th

Kris Loves Fabric

Teatime Creations

~De Zondagssteek~

Ridge Top Quilts

Devoted Quilter

Mrs. Pickles Garden

Life In The Scrapatch

Englating

Why Knot Kwilt

Love It Sew It

The whole blog hop schedule can be found HERE.

AND

I have this puppy as a giveaway HERE!

Check out Madame Samm's Pinterest Board of all the blog hops:

Thanks for stopping by to visit!

Say It With Flowers--Day 2

+ 2 Extra days!

Yesterday had so many beautiful flower projects

blooming all over the place. It was just so fun to see them all!

Look who's showing their flowers today:

May 28^th

Secretly Stitching

Anolisl’s Kreative Seite

I Like To Quilt Blog

Hill Valley Quilter

InGa

Coto Patchwork

Stitching & Stuff

De Quiltborch

Jatajomi’s Stoff-nadel-fadenwelt

Gingini’s Crafts & Quilts

Debby Kratovil Qults

The whole blog hop schedule can be found HERE.

AND

I have this puppy as a giveaway HERE!

Check out Madame Samm's Pinterest Board of all the blog hops:

Thanks for stopping by to visit!

It's A Flowery Day For Me And You!

Today is MY day to show you what I made with flowers.

I love those felt pillows that are so popular, but I didn't have any felt, so

I improvised and used some red fabric and Comma fabric to create this pillow.

It was so easy to make after checking out a few tutorials online.

Even my kids liked it so I will definitely be making more!

I had fun making this quilt with some Charisma fabric I've been holding on to 

(I still have LOTS more), which started with a pattern by Sunset Crochet and Quilt 

called 3-D Flowers Quilt. It was an easy quilt with great instructions, but I did different

flowers because I'd already started making some and didn't want to remake more. 

(I do tend to veer off from pattern instructions, anyway.)

 I used the vintage buttons I found on my little outing last week.

 I tried a new way to add binding and loved this method, mainly because I'm

not great at hand sewing binding on and this way is done totally by machine!

I found it HERE.

If you're interested, here's how I made the flowers...if not, scroll on down to

see who else is hopping and see the GIVEAWAY.

I love these templates for cutting different sizes. Yes, I do have an Accuquilt, Big Shot, 

AND a Vagabond to cut out shapes, but of course, none of them were the exact size I needed. 

Start by cutting six circles out of your fabric for each flower...I made 5 1/2 inch circles. 

(I love those little clips for keeping them all together.)

 Fold one circle in half and baste on the raw edge

(it doesn't have to be perfect.)

 When you reach the end, pull up the gathers and start on the next folded

circle using the same string of thread to connect them together.

 Keep going with the other circles.

 When you finish the sixth petal, pull them tight and

stitch the first petal to the last petal to make the flower.

 They are so EASY you could make a garden full of them!

Oooo....a giveaway, too!

Cherry from Cherry's Prairie Primitives makes such cute little dogs (and lots of other things), 

so I bought one just for this occasion--she added that flower for me...too cute...and it could 

be YOURS if you win! There will be a some mystery fat quarters thrown in the package, too.

Thanks for stopping by to visit!

Flowers, Flowers Everywhere!

Things start blooming tomorrow!

I'll be there, will you?

+ 2 Extra Days!

You can find the whole schedule

HERE

Remembering Those Who Gave Their All

I am grateful for those who have served their country to protect me...

...but, I am sad for those who lost their lives doing so.

Genealogy research has always been a big part of my life. In those searches for family 

members, I found many who served their country and came home

...and sadly, many who didn't. 

Beverly Seaman and others of his crew were killed in a bombing mission during 

World War II. He served with the 742nd Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomb Group. 

Beverly was my 1st cousin once removed. I never met him...he died long before I was born.

This one came home and I am so grateful for that!

I'm Seeing Flowers EVERYWHERE!

There are flowers in my yard AND in my sewing room!

(FYI--There are no little grasshoppers in my sewing room.)

Just five more days until we start hopping in Say It With Flowers!

 I'm so excited!

I'm Running...I Mean Retreating

I said "YES" to a QUILT RETREAT in June.

WHAT WAS I THINKING!

My friend, Brenda, said it would be fun...she loves going to them. 

I've never been to one, so it seems kind of scary to go sit among some 

very accomplished quilters and pretend that I know what I'm doing when I sew.

I asked her if I'd have to...eeek...be social? 

She said "YES", I do have to be social.

Like...talk to people and be friendly?

Yep, she said I have to be nice because they are nice people.

I'll have to sew...in front of people?

She said that's the main idea of a retreat.

Really?

I have two and one half weeks to get ready.

This should be interesting!

2 Cents Equals $730?

My eight year old grandson caught a mistake on a restaurant's receipt...

do you see the mistake?

$11.20 + $0.91 = $12.11

NOT $12.13!

My son-in-law (the new math graduate) used it as a teaching moment for

my grandson who was analyzing the numbers on the receipt.

That smart little Monkey Boy figured out that if 100 people ate at that restaurant each day

and they were open everyday of the year, they would make an extra $730. 

Wow! Makes me wonder how often I've given two extra cents (or  more) and didn't know it!

I'll be keeping a better eye on my receipts from now on.

P.S. Only six days until Say It With Flowers!

Blooming Flowers And Vintage Buttons

Our front yard was in bloom this weekend with these...

...and these. I think they bloomed just for me in honor of the

Say it With Flowers blog hop that's coming up.

  A trip to a vintage and handmade jewelry shop, Main Street Boutique,

in Hurricane, Utah, had me digging in piles of vintage/antique buttons in search 

of some old coat buttons to use on my next quilt. I wasn't disappointed 

in my search and was so lucky to have Janet dig out even more big buttons

just for me. It was so fun and it was such a cute shop!

In just a few more days we'll start seeing some hopping going on with 

flowers, flowers, and more flowers. Be sure to come back to see what 

blooms from May 27th to June 4th (we added two days)!

New Blog Hop Alert!

This one will be so fun...well, all of them are, but this one is ANOTHER really fun one!
Thearica will be hosting this one so head on over to Sew We Quilt for the details.

Say It With Flowers Blog Hop Schedule

+

TWO EXTRA DAYS!

May 27th

Just Let Me Quilt

Sew Many Yarns

Quilt Obsession

Nati’s Little Things

Stekje

Felt Free Pa Asly

Patchouli Moon Studio

Thimblemouse and Spouse

Kaydie

Linhas, Cores E Arte

Tutinella

May 28^th

Secretly Stitching

Anolisl’s Kreative Seite

I Like To Quilt Blog

Hill Valley Quilter

InGa

Coto Patchwork

Stitching & Stuff

De Quiltborch

Jatajomi’s Stoff-nadel-fadenwelt

Gingini’s Crafts & Quilts

Debby Kratovil Qults

May 29^th

Kris Loves Fabric

Teatime Creations

~De Zondagssteek~

Ridge Top Quilts

Devoted Quilter

Mrs. Pickles Garden

Life In The Scrapatch

Englating

Why Knot Kwilt

Love It Sew It

May 30^th

A Quilt Lady

The House On The Side Of The Hill

Ella & Nesta’s Little Room

CLF by Nailaa

Atelier De Handwerktuin

Life, Quilts, and A Cat Too

Marjorie’s Busy Corner

Celtic Thistle

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Dreaming In Patchwork

Around The Homestead

May 31^st

Squawk That

How Art You?

A Little Bit of Lorene

Handmade By Mama

Blooming Where I Am Planted

Jane’s Quilting

Just Quilt It

busybeequilts

Lisa In Port Hope

Les Quilts

Quilts My way

June 3^rd

Marla’s Crafts

Hanging On By A Thread

Moments

Lixie Makes It

Tied Up In Ribbon

Made By Me In Red

Nanny’s Nook

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Cindy’s Crafty Creations

Meadowbrook

June 4^th

Seaside Sewing

Kwilty Pleasures

CeLynn’s Sunflower Patch

Words & Stitches

Cherry’s Prairie Primitive

MooseStash Quilting

Bumbleberry Stitches

Just Keep Swimming

Quilter In The Closet

Les passions de cliodana

Timolily

Sew We Quilt