Sunday Scripture - And A Winner...

Quilt created by Eric of Sulky. Photographed by me.

 "And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper 

and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow 

that had the appearance of an emerald."

                                                                    - Revelations 4:3

The Winner of my Three Year Blog Anniversary is:

#29 - TERRI SUE

Congratulations, Terri Sue!!

Please contact me to let me know which prize you'd like. Thank you to everyone for entering. We're so close to 700 followers. I'll have another drawing very soon!

A Little Mystery Is Good...

I haven't been sharing any current wedding quilt updates for a really good reason. Seems a certain bride-to-be (for whose wedding the quilt is being created) took a little stroll around these parts the day I posted the fabric I'll be using! How's that for not-so perfect timing?

Because I never know exactly when that sweet thing might visit again, anything else I share about the project will be obscure until right before, or after the big day.

I do want you to see that I've received the template set and book that I was waiting for from Marti Mitchell's website. Now that these treasures have arrived, I'll begin the cutting and creating. I'm so looking forward to making this one. I have high hopes that it will be gorgeous and that our friends, the groom and his bride, will be happy with the finished quilt.

I'll share more photos next week. Vague and mysterious, of course.

Tonight's the big night. I'll be closing the giveaway at 11 pm ET. I've noticed that we're so close to 700 followers/friends. If we hit 701 by this evening, I'll give away two of the gifts (two winners!).

Good luck to all. Have a great weekend! I'm off for Saturday morning coffee with my girlfriends!

An Irish Prayer From My Little Leprecaun...

Although it's not officially one of Tag's post days, I can't imagine anything better than photos of my own little Leprecaun with his favorite playmates. Taggart loves kids!

Especially little girls!

I offer a St. Patrick's Day prayer courtesy of my friend,
Marydon at Blushing Rose Boutique:

May God give you...
For every storm, a rainbow,
For every tear, a smile
For every care, a promise,
And a blessing in each trial,
For every problem life sends,
A faithful friend to share,
For every sigh, a sweet song,
And an answer for each prayer.

Don't forget to leave a comment on my Blog Anniversary Post (click here) for a chance to win my giveaway. Perhaps you'll have your own "Luck of the Irish"!

The Happy Couple on their wedding day.

Before I close, Handsome and I would like to send Happy Anniversary (#11) wishes to our younger son and his beautiful wife. May you always find delight in each other. We love you both!

Celebrating My Third Blog Anniversary...

Yahoo!

"There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times, and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate and party with you."

Have I got you hummin' and dancin' yet?

Who would have thought when I started writing this daily journal

to myself on March 15, 2009, that I would still be writing -

and have all of you, my blog friends, sharing my days with me?

I've had so much fun doing this, mostly because I've had all the

kind words and friendship to lift me up, so to thank you,

I think this celebration calls for another giveaway!

 One lucky person will have 
their choice of the following gifts.

 

Photo courtesy of Pier One

 A $30 Gift Card from Pier One Imports

or

Photo Courtesy of McCall's Quilting Magazine

  Perhaps you'd rather choose a dvd of

one year's worth of McCall's Quilting Magazine?

or

Photo courtesy of PieceWork Magazine

 You might be a needleworker or knitter

who would swoon over a 1 year collection on cd

from 

Piecework Magazine?

My Third Blog Anniversary Giveaway 

will end at 10 pm • March 31st.

All you need to do to enter is 
leave a comment on this post

and

be a follower of my blog.

Remember, I think that if you're willing to follow my musings on a regular basis, you deserve a little compensation! I only wish that I could reward each and every one of you for putting up with me for three whole years! I appreciate your friendship beyond words.

"It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure?
Everyone around the world
Come on!
Yahoo! It's a celebration
Yahoo!"

I just know you're dancing now! So, just leave a little note for me and you'll be entered in the drawing. That simple! Good luck everyone!

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED 11:30 PM, MARCH 31ST

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED. 

UPDATE: TERRI SUE (#29) won.

She chose the Pier One gift card.

Congratulations, Terri Sue!

PS. In case you didn't recognize it, those are part of the lyrics from Cool and The Gang's "Celebrate"!

March Mini Quilt...

My March mini quilt fabric choices

I'm so happy to have been able to get into the studio for a little sewing yesterday afternoon. Funny how much happier I am when I've had my "fabric fix".

I pulled the fabrics to make my mini quilt from my stash, and set to making the transfers from the design to fabric.

Flo's Design for March

This is the original quilt, designed by one of our Saturday morning coffee group gals, Flo Shannon. It was only appropriate that she do the design for March with her Irish last name! I love her design with the shamrocks and pot of gold.

My March Mini Quilt

I reversed Flo's drawing prior to putting it onto my bonding paper, but once it was all fused, it appears that Flo had already done the reversing for me. We're only required to use the elements as we choose, so it's not critical that my shamrocks are reversed. (whew!)

I still have to layer and quilt the design, but all the elements are fused and stitched down and the border has been applied. Plenty of time to finish and find before Saturday morning when I'll take it over to the quilt shop.

It's fun to have these little monthly projects that we can do in between the more involved pieces. I'm going to be doing a wedding quilt to finish before April 15th, too. It's going to be a busy few weeks coming up!

Come back tomorrow when I'll be debuting my latest giveaway!