Hurrah for the 17th of May and Giveaway day!

Welcome to my blog, Mrs Moen, and thank you for stopping by. Feel free to kick off your shoes and have a look around.

I am a Norwegian quilter and designer, and this is my first time participating in Sew Mama Sew’s Giveaway Day. I have created a little appliquéd quilt, “Happy May House” (8”*11 1/2”), for my giveaway.

As we are celebrating our national holiday today, I have chosen the colours from our flag, red (well, the red colour family anyway), white and blue. The background is a damask fabric; the quilt is embellished with a few buttons and hand stitches, and has hanging loops attached.

17th of May is one of the favourite days of the year for most Norwegian kids, starting with the children’s parade in the morning. I love watching all the dressed up and happy kids marching along in a rather disorganized manner, cheering and waving their flags. I choke up every year when they stop in front of the senior centre to sing the national anthem (did I say I choke up?? Yup, every year!). After the parade there are games in the school yard and the kids get to eat as much ice cream and hot dogs as they like. Later there is the citizen parade, more food and ice cream, sore feet and tired little ones. Happy day indeed!

So, back to the giveaway, for a chance to win you have to leave a comment to this post. Please make sure I have a way of contacting you if you should win. I will ship internationally.

The giveaway is open until noon at the 20th of May (Norwegian time), when the winner will be randomly picked by Random.org.

Good luck to you all; I’m off to watch the parade!

Sorry, the giveaway is now closed!