Ecclesiastes 3:7 “There is a time to rend, and a time to sew” Hello, I am known by many as Mammaw Lillian. I am 62 years old and enjoying my golden years retired with my husband in a small country town in Texas. I have 3 beautiful grown daughters, 3 son-in-laws and many precious grandchildren. I have many great loves in my life: my husband, children, grandchildren, and the military men in Iraq that I support on a regular basis. I love to bake and spend lots of time making cookies for the military men and my grandchildren. What time I am not baking, I am in my sewing room doing all kinds of projects. If I live to be 120 years old, I could not even have enough time to do all that I have planned. Who said it slows down in old age?! In the 6th grade in school, I was introduced to sewing in Home Ecomonics class, and thus began my love of the sewing machine and all that can be created with it. I have been sewing every since that day: from my own clothes as a teenager, to my children’s and grandchildren’s clothes, dolls, toys, stuffed animals, purses and anything else that I could put together. In necessity of ecomonics, I even created every curtain, bedspread, etc that I decided I needed. If I needed a gift for someone, I made it or recreated one from denim scraps. People called it surviving, I called it FUN. It wasn’t until the 70’s that I began my real love of creating with denim. It captivated me!!! In those days people discarded jeans that had a small hole in them, so I took them and redesigned  to make useful things. I created purses and skirts for my own daughters out of old denim jeans long before the fad ever came about. In the late 70’s, having a desire to make teenage neighbor kids a gift, I created denim quilts for their beds. They loved them! So on began my venture of making denim quilts for everyone. Then a baby shower came up at church, I needed a gift, so I created a baby denim quilt. Those were really big hits! Everyone that was expecting also expected a denim quilt. Only God knows how many of the quilts are out there that I have made and given away. This year I created a special denim quilt for a Military man that I support in Iraq. I wish I could make them all one because they are all special. I have adopted many soldiers, marines, etc. to write, bake cookies for and send packages to. They are my heroes and I appreciate them. I have never before in my life sold any item that I have made, but by encouragement from my adult children, I decided to go forward with it. My favorite sayings in life are “WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU SCRAPS, JUST MAKE A QUILT, THEN THEY BECOME VALUABLE”, and “TAKE TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES” (My favorite flower). So that is how I chose my name for my website. My two loves denim and roses! I even decorated 2 rooms in my house in denim and pink roses. I don’t do many real large quilts anymore since old age has crept up on me some and it is so difficult. I just mainly do baby quilts and twin size bed quilts. Of all the quilts that I have made over the years, there are none 2 alike out there. They are all different style and unique and I will continue that, so you can be sure if you purchase a quilt from me you will never see another one just exactly like it.  These are Handmade quilts without the use of a pattern.   At times I will add purchased  items to add variety to my website until I get more handmade things done. I hope you enjoying viewing my items and stop by often to see what all I add weekly. There will be more embroidery and many handmade items items added as the Lord gives me the time and strength to do them. For it is HE that has given me the love, desire, and gift to  make any of these things. For without Him, I am nothing.