It's a Grand Opening GIVEAWAY!!! Week TWO!

Welcome to our 

GRAND OPENING WEEK #2!

Last week was such a great week! 

All of you were amazing and I was so

overwhelmed at all the great comments,

Subscriptions to the newsletter and

all the visitors to our new shop!

THANK YOU FOR A GREAT FIRST WEEK!

I love all sorts of fabrics...don't you?

Our shop will eventually handle 

a little bit of everything...

but inspired by some of 

your comments last week...

This week, I am featuring... 

TYPE

by Julia Rothman

Back by popular demand is Julia Rothman’s collection, Type. 

Type is a playful collection with a soothing color 

combination and a cool retro vibe. 

The collection is filled with patterns 

of vintage typewriters, tossed paper clips, typewriter keys 

and notepads. Put your thinking cap on, grab a pencil

 and paper and whip up the perfect project 

for your home or office. Featuring a brand new 

word print with a grey background. 

Sew...what better way to kick-start week TWO

of our GRAND OPENING GIVEAWAY than to

offer a YARD of each colorway!!!!

It is not EVEN AVAILABLE until 

NOVEMBER!

That means you will have it FIRST!!!!

That is EIGHT YARDS!!!!

Now...Who's in?

All you need to do is THREE

of these FOUR items

and come back here and let me know!

1. Subscribe to It Seams To Be Sew... (the shop)

2. Follow It Seams To Be Sew... (the blog) Upper right-hand corner

3. Leave a comment on It Seams To Be Sew's Facebook page

and tell me how you would use this fabric!

4. Share this GIVEAWAY on your Blog, Facebook or Instagram and 

come back here and tell me where you shared!

We will pick a winner on 
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th!

If you find something fun in the shop this week,

Your shipping is FREE!!!!!

 Sew...

Ready?

Set?

GO!!!

A Baby Quilt for Adelyn Joy...

In a family of many nephews and no nieces...

with lots of grandsons and no grand daughters...yet...*wink*

It Seams to Be Sew...

that a little Great Niece should be 

cherished!

Meet Adelyn Joy...

My first Great Niece...

Along with that great distinction...

should be a lovely little quilt

just for her...

Built with Sweetwater fabrics...and a soft muslin

backing...this little quilt is a world of firsts too.

It is a first time attempt at free motion quilting

a new design for me on my

Janome 7700 Horizon quilting machine..

Scared to death to ruin this,

one of my very First quilt tops...

I decided to just go for it!

It was really quick and fun too!

Just knowing I now have another set of 

stitching under my belt...

gives me a lot of new confidence 

to keep trying new patterns!

And soon, I hope to be making another one of 

these sweet baby quilts for my other nephew and

his sweet wife when their new baby (gender unknown to surprise)

arrives later this year...

Happy Weekend All!

A new finish..

I love making quilts for my friends...i tell them they can only have one if they promise to love it , use it and wear it out so I can make them another one! Of course I am being funny...but I want them to use them and make memories with them of their own..
Here's one I made for my friend Carrie for her birthday...

I love Sweetwater fabrics...and this worked out so cheery!

What have you been working on this week?

We are now on the countdown for the youngest daughter's wedding this weekend...Guess I had better go and finish up her quilt!!!

A Mom's love...

My Mom and me on the right when we lived in Okinawa

Here in Texas we call our Mothers - Mom.

My Mom...so lovely.

My Mom has been in heaven for a long time but I still miss her...she was the only person in my life that knew me as a little girl...when she was gone, it felt like my history disappeared with her.
I was nobody's little girl anymore...even though by that time I was 29 years old. 

Isn't it funny how the Lord hears our hearts sometimes when we don't even know it...

and graciously gives us someone in our lives that picks up the slack,
stands in that gap and loves us from that point on.

My other Mom...

I am blessed beyond words to have a "Mom" like that...

My friend Patty and I met at our church when they moved to East Texas. She and I were fast friends for life from the moment I dragged her out of the pew before the service started, raced her across the church to the nearest sun-lit door to show her my new red highlights in my hair...she still thinks I am nuts, but it works!

I don't know how or why, but Patty's mother decided I still needed a Mom...

and since that time, she adopted me and has loved me ferociously and graciously 

and has pulled me into their family and has never let go.

 In fact, this week, she sent me yet another beautiful 

Mother's day card with the sweetest personal note that only she could write...

and again at the precise moment I needed to hear words of love, there they were.

It always makes me cry...and I always feel loved.

(Thank you Patty, my dear friend, for sharing her)

So, I decided to make a little something extra for this sweet Mom of mine.

It doesn't look like much unless you realize two things.

In all of the 20+ years I have sewn for my children, 

myself and others...I have NEVER been brave enough to use or install a zipper! 

This was my very first ONE!
 (thanks to YouTube and some talented teachers of zipper conquering!)

Second...that little bead bauble is ANOTHER first.
 It's not a great work of art, but it will serve a purpose and she likes a little bling!

I thought she could use this for jewelry when she travels.

She and Patty are QUEENS of GREAT SPARKLY JEWELRY and

their motto is "THE BIGGER, THE BETTER"!   

Anyway, I just wanted to send her something handmade this year...

something I spent time on and that she could use 

and know that she is all those words and more...

She didn't have to love me...she just did. I will never forget that.

I love both my Moms very much.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you

 that either have children or have "adopted" children. 

You Count...to all of us.

I wanted this one...

I know I am not the only one out there 

that makes something for someone else, 

only to really want it too!

This is one of those times! 

This canvas fabric is from...of course...

'AUTHENTIC' by Sweetwater...

And I know if you have been one of my readers for any 

length of time, that you will recognize this from

Blackbird Designs by Moda... It's called 

'Beach House' and YES! I still had some left!

Anyone have a favorite bag pattern they want to share?