GIVE AWAY ALERT!!!--a beautiful totebag

Go by and visit JUST ANOTHER HANGUP ASAP she has a beautiful tote-bag I would just love to win!!! My neighbor Chris told me about it. It's perfect for spring and summer! I love the fabrics and colors used. Can't imagine anyone not wanting to win it! Here is the picture she posted on her blog--hope she doesn't mind me 'borrowing" it to show y'all!

WINNER IS-----

The winner of my "What Was It Giveaway" is "Happy Cottage Quilter". She was the first one to guess what "Spray Ice-Cream" that my three year old granddaughter wanted to eat was Reddi- Whip. She was eating strawberries and wanted some spray ice-cream on them.

Since Laura was eating strawberries Happy Cottage Quilter will be receiving three fat quarters of strawberry fabrics. Well, two are of strawberries and one has all sorts of berries on it including strawberries. She also will be receiving a ruler for cutting circles. Happy Quilter I hope to get it in the mail to you either this afternoon or tomorrow.

APRONS

I love aprons! Collect them, collect patterns for them, etc. I saw this link for a reversible apron which she says takes only two hours to sew up. Which means four for me. Haven't tried it out yet but plan to in the future.

A second thing...today is my birthday...washed the blinds in the garage while DH washed the windows. DD and three DGB came over and sat on porch with us. They played, watered my plants, etc. Her DH and some of the men he works with went to Richmond to the races.

DH kept the baby and she and I took the three and two year old to Nancy's Calico Patch. I bought two feet for my 180E Bernina. I also bought some strawberry related fabrics for the winner of my "Guess What It Is" Giveaway....."Spray Ice-cream". Since we were eating strawberries when she said it. "Spray Ice-Cream" by the way is the whipped cream that is in the cans that squirts out like Reddi Whip. Got some thread and a ruler to cut circles in various sizes using a tiny rotary cutter.

We went to OutBack for a late lunch early dinner. Then over to a neighbors for an engagement party for their oldest son in his forties. He has been through a LOT. He disappeared, they heard from him once or twice a year or two or three and then for years they had no idea where he was living much less if he was dead or alive. Some years back he called out of the blue after seven or ten years of not hearing a word. They sent him a ticket to come home for Thanksgiving, he pulled himself together, fought off his problems and they were major. After many years being out of a classroom he went back to college, got his bachelor's and master's in engineering. Doing great! Marrying a precious lady. I remember how hard he fought to get his life straighten out, after he had been gone for so long. After he came home got help, did wood working, an extremely talented cabinet maker, wonderful and gutting and remodeling rooms. Amazing what beautiful cabinets he made with the most simple tools. I am so happy for him and his family how he had turned his life completely around and wish he and his fiance' many years of happiness! He deserves much happiness after all he has been through and the hard work to overcome the problems.

8 THINGS

My blog friend Lola tagged me! And I am to list 8 things in a few categories and tag 8 people....



Eight Things I am Looking Forward To---

1. My Birthday

2. Figuring out how I want to make Emily's Christening Gown.

3. Making Emily's Christening Gown.

4. Scrap Therapy Cutting/Swap next week

5. Working on my Scrap Therapy Quilts.

6. Pilot's Baseball Games at War Memorial Park

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Eight Things I Did Yesterday---

1. Went to dentist with daughter to hold up her three year old to watch her having her teeth cleaned.

2. Went to bank.

3. Took the three granddaughters three and under to see their great-grandparents/my in-laws.

4. Took the girls to Hot Dog King for lunch.

5. Laundry

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Eight Things I Wish I Could Do--

1. Loose Weight.

2. Buy the new Bernina 830.

3. Have a sewing room.

4. Go to Paris.

5. Cure my husband's neurological disease

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Eight TV Shows I Watch---

1. Fox News

2. Morning Joe

3. Court Trials on the old Court TV station now something else.

4. Simply Quilts when that used to be on.

5. Movies on Lifetime

6. Local Evening News and Weather

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Eight People I Tag---

1. -8. Anyone who would like to do it.

GIVE AWAT---WHAT IS IT?

Three year old grandbaby girl was over here Sunday. She wanted some "SPRAY ICE-CREAM".
First one to guess what it is I'll send you a little something. Must leave a comment, have a blog where I can notify you if you guess correctly. Not sure just what I'll come up with...have to put on my "thinking cap"...have a couple ideas floating around in my head...think it will be some fabric that has something to do with what it was she was referring to.

PATTERN MUST HAVE ALERT

I follow Creative Little Daisy the blog by Autum Hall. She makes the neatest things and has wonderful decorating ideas. I was visiting her in blogland and saw where Simplicity has printed one of her handbag/tote patterns.

I have been to JoAnn's and Hancock's in my town and adjoining towns and no luck whatever all four stores I visited were sold out. So I went to Simplicity.com and ordered it from them.

Can't wait for it to arrive!

GIVEAWAY ALERT ! ! !

Go by and visit Lettie's blog Polka Dot Pineapple. She is having a fabulous giveaway! FIVE you read correctly FIVE! She has made five wonderful purses and giving them away to five lucky winners. I love the one she calls Wind, also the one she calls Fire, the one she calls Water and the one she calls Earth! She posted four pictures but says there are five of them.