June 10, 2014 at 11:30 am
Rachel Dreher
Those owls are SO cute! My favorite summer dish is a great salsa/dip called “Texas Caviar.” I have a hard time putting it down!

Congratulations Rachel & thanks so much for playing everyone!

They’re cute. They add character to your kitchen. They’re just waiting to help you bake, cook or grill this summer!

Leave us a comment on the blog. Tell us what your favorite summer food is and we will put your name in the drawing.

My favorite summer grub is Black Bean Salsa.

Recipe:
One can black beans, drained, rinsed
2 Roma tomatoes, diced
Avocado, diced
1/4 cup corn, frozen or canned
1/4 Red onion, diced
1/2 diced jalapeño
1-2 TBSP Fresh cilantro, chopped
Salt, Pepper, lime juice and red wine vinegar to taste.

Mix all ingredients in a bowl, pour yourself a drink, put your feet up, serve up with tortilla chips and enjoy a nice day on your patio with a healthy snack!…but not before you leave your comment for the giveaway!

Giveaway runs from Tuesday, June 10th thru Tuesday, June 17th, 2014. I’ll draw the winner on Wednesday, June 18th. Good luck everyone!

Join us along with Quilting Gallery to celebrate their 4th birthday! Over 226 bloggers are participating in the Blog Party, each one having a special giveaway! So, don’t forget to click on the Blog Hop Party icon above to visit the other participating blogs.

Our giveaway is a Midnight Garden Fat Quarter set of 14 by Sandi Henderson! Don’t miss your chance to win these beautiful fabrics. Leave us a comment to be entered.

Giveaway runs December 9th through December 17th, 2011. Blog hopping begins on the 10th, so don’t forget to visit the other blogs too!

Thanks to everyone who left comments, subscribed to the blog, took the poll and “liked” us on Facebook. We had 70+ votes in the poll and the majority, around 46%, look for patterns and the next category, with around 18%, are interested in the kits.

We picked the winners a little different this time since some of you left answers and comments on the blog, Facebook & Polldaddy. I wrote each entry down and we drew the winner.

Shuffle, shuffle…I promise I didn’t peek..and

The winners are….

Congratulations girls! This is a great way to start off your week! Thanks everyone for your continued support!

We are going to pick 2 lucky winners. One will receive 7 fat quarters in the Amber collection and one will receive 7 fat quarters of the Sapphire collection.

We’ve got the NSQG quilt show coming up this September and we’d like some feedback on what you look for when you’re at the shows.

Here’s how it works….you can have up to 3 entries by doing the following:

• Take the poll and leave a comment stating that you’ve voted

• Like us on Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/SewModDesigns  Make sure you leave an additional comment with your Facebook ID on the SewMod blog.

• Follow the blog by becoming an email subscriber by clicking on Email Subscriptions on the left sidebar of the blog. Leave another comment on the blog confirming you’ve subscribed or are an existing subscriber.

The giveaway starts today 8/8/2011 and ends midnight on Sunday 8/14/2011. We will announce the winner Monday morning 8/15/2011.

We love our international customers too, so feel free to play along:)

Good luck everyone!

Now let’s get to why your here this morning…the drawing!

Random.org picked #7

Gail Lewis

Lorrie, I couldn’t believe it when I saw you give- away, I was just looking at your Etsy site yesterday and dreaming over the gorgeous fabrics from Anthology. I try to keep my sweet tooth under control so I choose peanut M+M’s because they are so nutritious !!!

Congrats Gail!! Thanks for playing everyone. I enjoyed reading your candy comments!

I’m going to add a disclaimer here. If you don’t want to obsess over ice cream all day, don’t read any further!

If you need something besides candy on a hot summer day, look what I ran across at the grocery store this week.

Ben & Jerry’s Red Velvet Cake. This may just be my new favorite ice cream. Chunks of red velvet and swirls of cream cheese.

And Late Night Snack. Caramel ice cream with chocolate covered potato chip bits. Salty and sweet!

Terrible,  just terrible for a diet.Why was I even down that isle in the store!!

We have lots more exciting things coming to the Etsy store and we want to share them with you! So today we’re giving away one of the delicious fat quarter sets from Anthology.

Sweet Tooth

So, leave us a comment…tell us what your favorite candy is that makes you have a sweet tooth and you’ll be entered to win!

Mine is  Good & Plenty:)

The giveaway runs from Wednesday, June 1st – Wednesday June 8th and is open to everyone, including our international friends. I’ll post the winner June 9th.

We’re giving away the Bliss Table Runner. Paige did a great job machine quilting it.

And how about the spring/summer issue of Quilt Samplers Top 10 Shop Hop to go with it. My favorite magazine, which I wait ever so patiently for twice a year. You’ll love it too!

Just leave us a comment to enter. The giveaway ends Saturday, May 7th. I’ll post the winner on Monday, May 9th.

Good luck everyone!

I hand stitched everything from the flowers, the quilting, and the covering on the underside of the lid and I gotta tell ya that this is hard to part with. I think it turned out just awesome! It’s made from a vintage sewing machine treadle drawer and I’ve attached a lid that doubles as a pincushion. I use mine behind my machine for easy access to my pins, machine needles, and presser feet. It’s one of the things in my sewing room that is unique.

I’ve made several of these over the years. My mom has one out of an orphan block. My Grandma and my Mom-n-Law also have one. This is a pic of mine…

I also made the yellow one on the left. It turned out sooo cute! I machine appliqued the Grandmother’s Flower onto a cute yellow and purple flowered background and hand embroidered a lazy daisy flower in the center.

I’m choosing not to list this cutie on Etsy because it’s not as perfect as I like my things to be. Its flaw is that it doesn’t seem to close as tightly as the other one and I had to move the hardware on it once.  If it were mine, I would love it just the same but I kinda figured that if I’m expecting someone to pay for it, then they expect it to be at least close to perfect. I can’t list something I’m not completely happy with.

I just hate the thought of it not being used and loved by anyone. So I thought I would give it away to anyone who leaves a comment on this post today. I’ll pick the winner and post it tomorrow,  Saturday the 19th.

So if you’re interested please let me know. Remember it’s only for today, Friday the 18th.

Have a great weekend!