Happy Girl Gang Wednesday

 And we're going to try the Raffle for

Be Joyful 

again.

Details below.

To enter click here

This is the 3rd time I've tried to post this.  Have I mentioned

before that I am NOT a computer person?  Well, I'm not.

We hope you enjoyed our 12 Days of Christmas in July

Celebration.  As a special thank you, we're offering you

the chance to win this great quilt (even if I do say so) 

designed by me and Linda Brannock with awesome

fabric designed by Deb Strain.  It's 28" x 40" and will be

the perfect addition to your holiday home.

And the best part ? - you can win it for only $10.00

(shipping included)

Now, I've got my Black Rifle Coffee so maybe things 

will go more smoothly.

Here's how it works:  Simply enter our raffle with the

minimum entry fee of 10.00.  The more entries you purchase

the better your chance of winning.  Originally we were

going to have the drawing today but the best laid plans of

mice and women went astray due to the internet.  We

have 2 internet servers and they both went down last week.

So to make sure that everyone had a chance to win the

quilt, we extended the deadline.  You can buy tickets until Sunday

the 6th and we'll have the drawing next Monday.  Good luck.

Since it's August we have a new Vintage Book on sale.

The Vintage Book for August is Sunny Days and when you click 

at the top to get your raffle ticket you can pick up a copy if

you don't have one.  Or they make great Christmas or "Secret Sister"

presents for your quilting friends.

Now I can't leave the blog without showing you the latest

picture of my babies.

Here they are safe and sound in their new house.  I'll

tell you more about that next week.

For now, have the best week with the people and quilts

that you love.

Jan

Happy Girl Gang Wednesday - on Tuesday this week :)

We hope you have enjoyed our 12 Days of Christmas in July Celebration. As a special thank you, we're offering you a chance to  win a beautiful wallhanging quilt designed by Jan Patek and Linda Brannock with Moda fabric by Deb Strain. This 28* x 40" quilt will be the perfect addition to your home, with it's intricate design and high quality craftmanship.  And the best part - you can win it for only $10.00! (shipping included) Here's how it works:  simply enter our raffle with the minimum entry fee of 10.00.  The more entries you purchase,  the better your chances of winning. Don't miss your chance to own this gorgeous quilt - Enter Now by clicking here  Our vintage book on sale for 50% this week is Sunny Days and you can pick it up in the store when you buy your lottery ticket.   Originally we were going to draw the winner on the 1st but the best laid plans of mice and women were thwarted by the internet.  We have 2 internet servers and the both went down last week. So to make sure everyone had a chance to win one of Jan's quilts we'll draw the winner and announce it on Monday, August 7th. Have the best week with the people and quilts  that you love. Jan

 

Happy Girl Gang Wednesday

It's July - 

Christmas in July 

for just a few more days and

here are a few of our favorite things

And a few more

 and even more

 

You can go to the store to grab some pattern and kits and

start stitching by clicking here because next Monday

which is the last day in July

we're going to raffle off one of my

quilts.  I'll tell you which one Monday.

Meanwhile have the very best week

with the people and quilts that you love the most.

Jan

 

Happy Girl Gang Wednesday on Saturday this week

My - it's been quite a month.

Every year we get new chickens and here is my original

order this year.  When I got them I put them in the

little house for the bantys and locked it up.

We thought the house was secure but one by one

they disappeared.  Jeff thought it was a black snake

or maybe a weasel but whatever it was the 

babies weren't safe.  

I ordered some new ones and we put them all in

Thistle's old cage and kept it in the office.

(Thistle was Kelly's rabbit that went to rabbit

heaven). Anyway that would work temporarily

but not for long,  so what to do?

I remembered that the people on the corner had

a really neat little chicken house and didn't take 

it with them when they moved.  I met our new neighbors

and found out that they weren't planning on keeping

chickens.

Long story short

I bought it and Jeff moved it into the

chicken yard.  

Of course this types quickly but really took quit 

awhile.  

 You can tell which ones are survivors from

the first order because they're quite a bit bigger.

Anyway, they're safe and sound now.   Since

I have my babies safe, I can concentrate on 

quilting again.

And we're still having Christmas in July.

Christmas 101 is our pattern on sale this week.

You can go to the store to get your pattern

by clicking here

 In the midst of all that, I think I forgot to post the blog

on July 12th so here it is.

We're going to have a Christmas in July 

sale all month and the item on sale

this week is a

Star Spangled Christmas

Kit on sale for 20% off.

You can go to the store to get your kit

by clicking here

If the store doesn't have it on sale just

email Tammie and she'll get it for you

at the sale price if we have any left.

Right now I'm going to feed the cat, check on the

chickens and take a small nap,

Have the best week with the people and quilts

that you love.

Jan.

Happy 4th of July on the 12th

Let Freedom Ring & 

    

Stars for the Lady

BOGO patterns

Kit for Let Freedom Ring 20% off

MASSIVE PATTERN SALE

 - all patterns with Flags or

Eagles 50% off 

This week only

Happy Girl Gang Wednesday on Sunday this week

Here's why it took so long to get a post up

Here we have 7 straight run (not sexed)

Buff Orpingtons and 7 straight run Bantys)

I got to sit outside the post office and wait 

for the pouring rain to stop the day they

came before I went into get them.

I stopped at Coop to pick up their Chickstart

and got them quickly home and under the

warming lights.  The one in the bottom picture with

the black spot is a Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster.

The raccoon got my first one out of the big house

when he killed all my bantys.  I do NOT like raccoons 

and now I shut up the chicken houses when I feed

the barn cat.  That way I don't have to worry about

Jeff maybe being late.

 And happy almost 4th of July.

Our Vintage book on sale for half price

 this month is Liberty Garden

and this is one of the quilts in the book.

Besides the large quilt here there is a medium

quilt and quite a few small ones.

Liberty Houses, Liberty Pumpkin, Liberty Eagle

and Liberty Urn.

The BOM pattern on sale this week is

Flags of the American Revolution.

Since I'm posting early this week because I was 

too busy to post last week, I'll post again Wednesday and maybe

give you some more history about the flags.

Flags with a rattlesnake theme also gained increasing prestige with colonists. The slogan "Don't Tread on Me" almost invariably appeared on rattlesnake flags. A flag of this type was the standard of the South Carolina Navy. Another, the Gadsden flag, consisted of a yellow field with a rattlesnake in a spiral coil, poised to strike, in the center. Below the snake was the motto, "Don't Tread on Me." [Available from FlagLine.com.]

Similar was the Culpepper flag, banner of the Minutemen of Culpepper (now spelled Culpeper) County, Virginia. It consisted of a white field with a rattlesnake in a spiral coil in the center. Above the rattlesnake was the legend "The Culpepper Minute Men" and below, the motto, "Liberty or Death" as well as "Don't Tread on Me." [Available from FlagLine.com.]

In December of 1775, an anonymous Philadelphia correspondent wrote to Bradford's Pennsylvania journal concerning the symbolic use of the snake. He began the letter by saying: 

I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids. She may, therefore, be esteemed an emblem of vigilance. She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders. She is, therefore, an emblem of magnanimity and true courage. 

It was probably the deadly bite of the rattler, however, which was foremost in the minds of its designers, and the threatening slogan "Don't Tread on Me" added further significance to the design.

Happy Girl Gang Wednesday

                                                   The 20th of June is American Eagle Day 

 American Eagle Day celebrates the day

that the Eagle was first included in the seal of

the United States in 1782.

Now it also serves to remind us to protect the Bald Eagles.  

In honor of the eagle our sale item this month is

Eagles and Roses, one of my favorite BOMs

I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did.

Right now I'm working on a quilt I designed using 

Deb Strain's latest fabric line.

It's called Santas Tree Farm and besides Santas and trees

it has snowballs, mittens, and of course stars.

And naturally, my printer stopped working so

everything is taking a lot longer.  I have to 

convert everything to pdfs and send them up to Tammy 

to print.  Then either she brings them down or

I go up and get them to proof.

Whew, I'm tired and pretty soon I need to go

up to the barn to feed the cat and shut up the

chickens.  My new chickens including the bantys

are due to ship next week.  

I'll take pictures for you as soon as I get them.

Right now I'm going to feed the cat, shut up the

chickens and take a small nap,

Have the best week with the people and quilts

that you love.

Jan.