Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday - Sewing at the River

We have a sewing room in our camper.  My husband fishes and I sew!

This past weekend I worked on my Mystery Quilt-along that Tonya from Hillbilly Handiworks did in May. I followed along with each step on her blog in my little sewing room.

See my sewing room isn't quite so little, when you see it like this.  When Ritch goes out fishing, I move the iron and board over to the kitchen counter.  I place the cutting board on the table. I expand my sewing room temporarily, but I really can sew just in the little space - My little sewing room.

Here is my view of the Mississippi River.  We are right on the main channel of the Mississippi River.  We watch the barges go by.  

When I stand up I can see the steps to our boat. I wave goodbye to Ritch as he heads out to fish.  I wish him good luck and I hope it doesn't rain. 

Ritch and his brother, Bob and our son, BJ are heading out to fish! Good luck!

There they go down river to fish.  Now I can sew!

After waving good bye I head back to our camper.  Gabby and I go inside and sew.

Here is the view up River.


We have been camping here for 19 years.  We started camping when our kids were in middle school.  We had a pontoon boat then and sometimes I went fishing too.






Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday posts started because I wanted to share some of my personal quilts and sewing projects on this blog.  It was a post that could be anything from an old quilt I made, to a tutorial, to something new I made, or something I just want to show you.  That gave me the idea to start a new blog.  That way I would have an online album of all my projects from over the past 100 years. I invite you to also follow along on my new blog, which I created to share my personal quilts, creations, and other sewing stuff.  Lots of photos and just a few descriptions. Crafty Sewing and Quilting in My Garden, Kitchen, and Home.

Two New Sale features of this blog - Top right corner --- Weekend Double Special and The Bottom of the Page 1/2 price Sale! - Scroll way down to the bottom of the page...

Enjoy your day!

Marcia

Spring Buds - May for Me - Means Taking Time for You!

Today's post is called Spring Buds - May for Me to give you more tidbits of information about the celebration and prizes.
 
The May for Me Celebration is all about taking the time to smell the roses - the spring buds!  You need to choose to take these minutes for yourself starting now.

Slow down your schedule a little.

Make positive changes that make you feel better.

Do something you like to do.

Enjoy small moments.

Smell the spring buds! (if you live in Wisconsin you are going to have to look hard for them - still COLD here)

Here is what I am going to do:
I love to sew.  I am choosing some sewing projects that I have been putting off, because I think I don"t have time to do them.  But if I set aside some time to do them, it will happen.  I am taking time for me! I call that Minutes for Me!

I recently participated in Project Quilting. I was afraid I would not have enough time to make the projects, because the winter months in the quilting business are exceptionally busy for me! So I really had to manage my time to get everything done, including customer's quilts and  my daily stuff from wash, dishes, and cleaning and cooking and time for my family.  I found I was happier when I was taking time to do creative sewing projects.  It made all the other stuff in my daily life easier.

So when I was emailing back and forth with Tonya, we decided we needed to share our idea of the May for Me Celebration and make it an event so that others would smell the spring buds too! Tonya is going to do a sew along as part of the celebration.

So join us in celebrating taking a few minutes everyday just for yourself!


The first links to Prizes/Giveaways: 
  
May for Me Giveaway
  
Handmade Crafts Done While RVing  A Prize Giveaway

Today's prize giveaway! 

Leave a comment today about your ideas of what you will do to take time in May for you and I will enter you in a drawing for the the May for Me Note Cards!  

Sorry - Only US free shipping.  International winners shipping charges apply. 

Drawing Monday, April 18th!  Hurry leave a comment now!

What's May for Me?

May for Me is a promotion to get YOU to take time for yourself.  Tonya and I are asking you to set aside the month of May for you.  We along with other blogger participants will share our ideas about how to do things more efficiently so you have time to sew.  I have also coined the term Minutes for Me as part of the promotion.  This promotion started with some email conversations between Tonya and I and we said let's do it -  let's make May for Me!  For you!

• Finish things you have put aside, but never take the time to finish.  
• Do other tasks faster, so you have time to sew and quilt.  
• Learn how to relax when you are "crazy busy" - Minutes for Me!

Promotions for April and May:
I will be doing some quilting prize giveaways!

• $20.00 Gift Certificates off machine quilting services
• $10.00 Gift Certificates off Extra Wide Fabrics
• And more prize giveaways... to be announced in April and May
• Free Entry in the Online Quilting Show starting July 8, 2011, featuring quilt projects you completed in May!  The online quilt show will run from July 8th til the end of 2011.  More details to follow..

If you would like to do May for Me, here is how to do it: 
Follow My Blog - Crafty Sewing and Quilting  and  Tonya's Blog - Hillbilly Handiworks.  

If you would like to be listed with your link as a participant...
Grab the May for Me Link and photo in the sidebar and put it on your blog or website --->
Please leave a comment on the bottom of this post or the May for Me Page to let me know you grabbed it and I will list you and your link on the May for Me page.


Please email me any blog posts you do about May for Me, so I can link to that too!


Let's make May for Me! For you!