Happy Memorial Day! and Sampler Spree Fabric Packs

Happy Memorial Day.  

My sister Nancy and I had a busy one.

Pep's parents are buried at Resthaven Memorial Gardens

in Chillicothe, Mo.  Pep's brother Keith has been taking care 

of things in Chillicothe but he passed this year and

his son, Jewell Patek lives down near Springfield, Mo.

Since Springfield is 4 hours away and we're only about 1

hour away, we took over this year.

This is the Urn that some of the graves have.

 I'll see if we can get one for next year.

I think it looks better than just laying the silks on

the ground. We tried to secure the flowers but 

I like the urn better and it seems a lot

more secure.

I knew my father-in-law had earned a bronze star

for sweeping mines in the Sea of Japan during a

typhoon because it sits in a case on my dresser.

I think it's to late to get that on his tombstone but 

I wish I had.  He was a good, good man.

My father (Major Glover Wilson Laird)

died when I was 8.  He was

buried in his parents plot in Harper, Ks.

Since Harper is 4 hours away we made a

"touchstone" in our garden  years ago

and remember him on Memorial Day.

He also was a good man.

They both were always very supportive.

This seems like a good month to make 

Oceans Aweigh our vintage book.

It not only has lots of quilts about the sea

but it also has a quilt I made about

Pep and my song "Storms Never Last"

by Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter.

Lots of memories this month.

And we're in the process of making new ones.

This is the book and some of the fabric I'll use

in the QAL (Quilt Along) we're doing with Moda

and Martingale.  

And we're giving away 2 books.  An Ebook for

our Jan Patek Galore ladies and a print book for

our ladies on this side of the pond.

 

I'm sorry but my computer seems to have it's own mind to day.

                                            It has taken me 2 hours to get this much on the page.

But - we are finally moving along a little.  Be sure to go to  shopMartingale.com 

and get your book, either a print book or an Ebook and 

do a search for Sampler Spree so you can sew along

or Quilt Along (QAL) with us.  If the computer will let you, please leave

a comment and we'll try to do a drawing for a free book.  

Also we'll be selling the Scrap Packs for about $22.50 and 

hopefully you can order one in the store tomorrow.

Have a good evening.   I'm going to get

off of the computer and stitch a little.  Whew!!!!