A "Sweet" "Tweet" GIVEAWAY!!!!

Enjoying a little free sewing...

and Mug Rugs seem to be a perfect item to always have on hand

to give to friends - new or old!

My first little set of birdies were made 

for a new friend...

I bought the gray background fabric from Joann's and that gorgeous

red floral print is from SWEETWATER Fabrics...my favorite designers!

And of course, another 

SWEETWATER 

AUTHENTIC fabric for the back!

I just loved this little muggy rug...

*tweet*

You might find a theme here...

I found this cute fabric at my favorite quilt shop

 in Salado TX at

Christmas this year...

If you are ever in Salado...

Go see the girls over at 

The Sewing Basket

They will love you to pieces when you visit!

and finally...

My last little Muggie Rug...

I made this one for a friend of mine 

at my new job...

Funny story, but I replaced her when she left my last job...

and here we are again working together...

And you have heard about how Southerners drink 

LOTS OF SWEET TEA?

Nope.

TEXANS drink the BEST SWEET TEA!

and this little girl is a LEADER...

so...the Tea Mug Rug was 

SEW APPROPRIATE!

Do you have a favorite Mug Rug Pattern you have sewn?

Leave a comment and

I will put you in a drawing for a SWEET GIVEAWAY!!!!

Drawing will be Sunday, March 29th at 6 p.m. CST

Happy Thursday!

Lana

At the End of the Day...

In the evenings, 

when I get home from work...

Only after I kiss my man, 

I settle in here.

My favorite room of the house.

You have a place too, I bet.

A place to hide out for a few moments...

and find some color at the end of a long day.

A simple pattern, 

beautiful designs...

A cheerful "table" quilt 

 for our ranch house...

waiting to be bound 

and carried to a new home

 in the 

Hill Country.

Until then though,

In this room of mine,

at the end of this day...

I snuggle

 into the 

moment 

and

 just 

breathe.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, 

“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, 

plans to give you hope and a future. 

Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, 

and I will listen to you. 

You will seek me

 and find me

 when you seek me

 with all your heart."  

Jeremiah 29:11-13 NIV

Young and Grown...We all Celebrated!

This past weekend was one of CELEBRATIONS...

One near, one far...

One little...

One grown...

BOTH LOVED...

My little GB Riggins

TURNED THREE!

I can hardly believe it!!!

His little life has overjoyed us with his smile,

his tenacity and his "SQUEEZES"...

Every time I hear him say Gigi...

I MELT I tell YOU!

Take a look for yourself...

Happy Birthday My SWEET GB...

your GIGI LOVES YOU!!!

and then...

THE VERY NEXT DAY...

in IOWA...

(funny story here...I have a daughter in Ohio..
and I keep telling people the wrong state when I tell them
where either of these two live!!! I had to change it
just NOW too...my son texted me and said
IOWA!!! ...
There you go sweet son of mine.... IOWA!)

MY BABY...

had a Birthday!

All grown, with a sweet wife and family of his own,

This man is one of the best Daddys I know.

 Handsome Son...

and my first born.

He is LOVED by his Mama.

Two GREAT reasons to 

CELEBRATE...

Welcome little birdies....to the Bird Tree Blog Hop!!!!

Hello my little Birdies...

I am so happy you have joined us today!!!!

THANK YOU Madame Samm for ALL your SUPPORT

and for choosing these LOVELY fabrics!!!

I am so in LOVE with these!!!!

When Tracy Lizotte designed this line for

Elizabeth's Studio...she created pure beauty....

Shall we take flight?

I wanted to create something a little different with the bird panels...

So, I decided to give myself "snapshots" from my "eye camera" 

of this fabric...

I cut out the panels, attached them matching the background

fabric as best I could...which was pretty easy...

and then free-motioned quilted all around the leaves and 

tree branches...then quilted little tiny meandering stitches 

in the sky background...

I had fun doing it...but boy did it take a LONG time!!!

This made a gorgeously large pillow for my bench in my kitchen...

 And do you see my little wall quilt?

I think it looks a bit like Snow birds

and a bit like Spring... Those pinwheels 

made it look very wintery from this distance...

Finally, I really wanted to showcase those beautiful

little birdie houses...

and although the ticking fabric isn't part of her line...

I just loved that it gave those little

houses just the right contrast...

You can really see her art work and I loved

how this one turned out...

I am calling this one bird houses under glass...

look close and you will see the glass quilted

around the bird houses and the

buttons are the handles on the glass...

Fall into MY DAY...A Tammy for All Seasons!

Welcome! 

I am so glad you stopped by today!

I was supposed to be showcasing this on Tuesday of this week,

so I am REALLY glad to be here today!

This blog hop SURE couldn't be possible without the 

awesome cheerleader Mary at I Piece 2-Mary and our 

dear friend Madame Samm...

I can not tell you how much learning I have 

done on this hop...and how much I appreciated 

all their help and encouragement!

I also can not tell you 

how AWESOME our SPONSORS

have been!!!!

I mean CHECK THEM OUT!!!!

I so appreciate when our SPONSORS

show up and SUPPORT us the way they do...

THANK YOU!!!!!

BEAM N READ ( led light)

Brooke's Books ( seasonal vintage counted cross stitch designs)

Chitter Chatter ( applique and embroidered pinnies)

DMC ( heads and aida cloth)

H.A.KIDD ( monaco fabric)

MsAppleHeart ( Tammy Bag Pattern)

READERS ( best readers on the market for those who need to see their patterns

up close and personal) 

SNAP SOURCE  ( great gadget for adding snaps to our bags)

Yarn TREE  ( q-snaps)

Now...ARE YOU READY????

Here we FALL!!!

This was my FIRST cross stitching project ever.

Why would I sign up for this hop?

Well, I wanted to see if I could do it!

I see many others just like me....YAY FOR US! 

I really did enjoy the process! It's addicting!

Now...I have to admit, I ripped it out four times...ok..

Really, it was FIVE TIMES.

But, after a little tutorial review from

Madame Samm's blog post, I FINALLY

realized what to do...

Keep trying and start with beginner materials!

Just a plug here for DMC threads...THANK YOU!

They were smooth and didn't tangle

and they transform in a pattern...

They look just like colors until you put them together...

WOW!

See that little magnet?

LIFE SAVER!

I could even put my needles on it when I was 

changing threads!!!! 

LOVE THESE!

Now...here's something that I figured out that I STILL NEED...

a VIDEO of how to attach these handles...I know it has

to be easier than the way I did it!

But It is on and I wasn't going to take it off!!!

I loved this TAMMY BAG pattern...all those pictures...

My kind of TUTORIAL!

And this little jewel...GREAT PATTERN too!!!

I had a little fun with it...and I loved the Flea Market Fancy fabric...

This was the fun part for sure!

Staging these in the SUNSHINE!!!!

We have had rain and clouds for what seems as weeks!

Overall, I learned a few things..

I couldn't have done this with out my readers from Readers.com.

I am just too blind!!! I loved that they hung on my neck

when I had to get up and take a break and I could always find them!!!

My Q-Snap Frame made ALL THE DIFFERENCE! 

It held my cloth perfectly without stretching it out of shape

and it was easy to carry around because it could be 

broken down to fit in my purse.

DMC...You made this project BEAUTIFUL.

I am not a superwoman...This is the only pattern I finished...but

I am so glad I didn't give up!
(and I wonder where can I find that outfit in real life...isn't it beautiful?)

It's always worth it to ask for help...even if you are

worried what someone will think about 

why in the world would you sign up 

for something if you had never done it!

Will I do this again?

YES!!!

Why?

Because Cory and Brooke's other patterns are

CALLING MY NAME!

And this folks is my first finish of 2015!!!!

Thank you for stopping by today...

I do appreciate it!

Now go visit these lovely ladies...

I am in awe of all their talent!

January 16, 2015

Kwilt Krazy

Selina Quilts

Hill Valley Quilter

Lakeshore Stitches

Malini's Quilting Adventure

Julia Plunkett will post on Sewwequilt
It Seams To Be Sew (you are here)

A New Addition...Hudson John

A Quilt in Time...

Well, I couldn't show this off until after Christmas...

But it was finished early... (the day before Christmas Eve) 

Since I was short on time, I didn't add a traditional binding...

I folded over the front to create a binding finish for the back.

This was the first time I have ever

machine sewn a binding and for this purpose and style

it worked out nicely!!!

For the front, I used Cotton and Steel Basics and a star pattern fabric from

Joann's Fabrics...and for the back, I decided to make it two quilts in one

and added a fabric from Moda called Countdown to Christmas by Sweetwater.

I had been hoarding that Sweetwater fabric for some time...

thinking I would use it on a quilt for myself...

But this 6 ft. 4 in. son of mine...

(and you know what wrangling that took...even on my Janome)

well...

He's worth it!!!!

even if he holds it sideways for the picture!

Ryan, my youngest son is off to boot camp in January...and had requested 

a quilt before he left. I started one back in the summer, but when he enlisted

it just didn't fit any longer...

So, I set it aside to finish for later and began anew

and in three days...this was the finish.

I think he liked it...

he posted it on Instagram!

That alone made this Mama happy...