But Wait... That's Not All!

Hold on to your hats! We have more winners!

Have you seen this fabric group yet?

It's from Westminister Fabrics and it's

called Snow Flower.

Are you putting two and two together here?

That's right! But this is when 2+2=3

We have three more winners courtesy of Missouri Quilt Company!

Each of the 3 will get one of these sweet charm packs!

Plenty enough to make into Tuffets or something else equally adorable!

Lisa from Candle Lite Quilter blog and also

Rita (no blog) from Sherri's blog.

And from my blog, An Encourager will also receive a Snow Flower charm pack!
Don't you just love a parade?

and surprises too!

Here They Are!

Who says you can't have a picnic in November?

Not us Schnibblers!!!

I hope everyone enjoyed the Year of Schnibbles parade this month!

I have to thank all of you who participated again this month! You guys are so amazing and creative... and extremely inspirational!

We have our winners picked... randomly, both the old fashion way (that's me) and computer generated! (that's Sherri)

I have chosen, once again from Sherri's blog, A Quilting Life,

and Sherri has chosen from here.

Then there is Miss Carrie who has chosen a prize winner... one from each of our blogs!

We have wonderful donated prizes this month from our featured quilt shops including a new one to our group. Quilter's Paradise is hosting one of the prizes this month. They not only have a wonderful walk in store and on-line store but they just began distributing their patterns... everywhere, including the Fat Quarter Shop.

The Quilt Shoppe is back with us again this month along with Cottage Quilts and the delicious Quilt Taffy shop- oh, and of course, the Fat Quarter Shop!

the Quilt Shoppe is offering a Tuffet pattern along with your choice of charm pack.

Quilt Taffy has mini Tuffet kits made up for our winner to pick from.

Quilters' Paradise is giving a winner a wonderful gift certificate of $25.

Cottage Quilts also is giving one of our winners a $25 gift certificate, aka mini shopping spree!

and the Fat Quarter Shop has a $25 gift certificate ready for one of our winners! What could be easier than that... you get to pick what you would like! All sizes fit!

and saving the best for last...

Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. and designer extraordinaire is picking two winners, each will receive a Tuffet pattern, a Sweet Liberty pattern and layer cake!

Which reminds me... Carrie told me that Sweet Liberty will be going out in the mail next Monday. Lake Havasu Quilts (one of our featured shops) and the Fat Quarter Shop are two of the shops that will be having patterns shipped to them!

Okay enough of all my babbling...let's get to the winners.

Carrie's winners are:

Simone de Klerk Stitchery and Quilting and Jo from Jo's Country Junction.

Sinta's winners are:

Trisha at TLC Stitching will receive the Fat Quarter Shop gift certificate.

Sandy M of The Textile House. Sandy will receive the gift certificate from Cottage Quilts.

Sherri's winners are:

Kelly of Charming Chatter who will receive the prize from Quilt Taffy.

Heather Quilt or Stitch blog, who gets the gift from the Quilt Shoppe,

and Cindy from Hyacinth Quilt Designs, who will be receiving the gift certificate from Quilters Paradise.

Now, I have one more important announcement: I need to pick one more winner from last month's parade.

One of our winners declined, because she had her Winter White entered, so her gift certificate will go to.............

Thelma from the Cupcakes and Daisies blog.

Congratulations everybody and thank you for participating in A Year of Schnibbles!!!

A Tiskit, A Tuffet & Lots of Picnic Baskets!

Today is the day that we have been waiting for... no, not because of the President's speech, & not because it's a full moon

It's time again for the Schnibble Parade of Quilts!!!

But even as exciting as all of the above is...

today is also the day we reveal the next Schnibbles project!

I think you are going to like it!

Sherri at A Quilting Life and I wanted to give you a present for yourself

so we are taking it easy on you this month

by choosing Tuffets as the

Schnibbles project for December!

Here are my Tuffets!

(you know that one is just not enough)!

Here is your other option...

more Tuffets...


(picture above and below are from Carrie Nelson)
Soon, very soon, to be released is the
Sweet Liberty Tuffets
so, you can make these sweet pincushions or
go with the pattern that is avaiable right now...

or do what I am planning on and do them all!
This tuffet below is one of Carrie's Tuffets...

with really adorable pins!

Here is a "stack o' tuffets I did using my project leftovers...
including the selvege edge!
So there you are... your next mission is
Tuffets or Tuffets!

So without further adu, let's get this parade started!
The Schnibbles Parade of quilts...

November's choice was Picnic:

I love the baskets but I am sure everyone will agree that it was "no picnic" at times!

More than a few of us had to do some reverse sewing... if you know what I mean!

But the results are gorgeous...

We are starting off with Ariane's Picnic quilt... just adorable!

Jump on over to her blog to see more photos!

Here we have a guest Schnibbler: Julie from Jaybird Quilts

Jewel, Jewels Arm Candy. Jewel did a sweet

version of Picnic with a nice floral border.

Next we have from Charming Chatter: Kelly's quilt, she used a beautiful group of fabrics that are just being released. Go to her blog for more details on that!



Here is a beautiful spin off of Picnic by Judith from the

wonderful blog: Quilt or Dye.

The amazing Carol L. from Carols Crafty Creations

made her version with a wonderful polka dot border!

Julie S. her blog is: Red Key Quilting did a clean, crisp version of Picnic... and

do you see how the star in the center just pops out?

Judith, Smokey from the Netherlands

is another one who added a nice floral border. I love this fabric group!

Joceln of Happy Cottage Quilter made this happy looking

Picnic quilt.

Jo from Jo's Country Junction made up her Picnic is a nice

fall looking group and had her own twist to the basket setting!

New to our group of Schnibblers is Cindy, Sew Cindy blog

made her version of Picnic and also added a twist to the setting and

used a darker background! It looks great that way!

This Picnic quilt is stunning in the black and yellow! It's done by

An Encourager, just awesome!

Diane from the Quilting is Blissful blog made this Picnic... I love the colors!

Karen K (no blog) made her version, it's just beautiful!

I just love the way the star pops out!

Cindy from the Hyacinth Quilt Designs blog gave us this version in nice fall colors! I like the lighter sashing on it.

Heather of Quilt or Stitch made a fun version of Picnic here! Love it!

and Cara at Cara Quilts did a beautiful job on her Picnic quilt!

Bea from France, used a beautiful and bright group of fabrics but see how she just used the yellow, orange and red in the piano key border?

and this is from Angela.. the Modern Diary, another bright and fun

Picnic quilt! It's really sweet!

Allyson from the Fat Cat Quilts blog

made her Picnic in bright colors also. Very cute!

and this one is from Kari at Fresh Cut Quilts... hot off the press, so to speak!

I like her twist to Picnic

by omitting the corner basket blocks!

and here is Picnic by Annette over at Sun shine Yellow blog! I like all the green in the baskets and the center sashing!

Now, if you haven't been there already... hop, skip or run on over to A Quilting Life and see the rest of the Schnibbles Parade! There is lots more to see and each one of them are gorgeous!

Envelope Please...And The Winner Is...

I couldn't wait to pick a winner this morning when I got up! I want to thank everyone for entering my giveaway! I am so happy for the response it got and every ones comments on what their favorite treat is for the holidays... some I never would have thought of... but now I might have to try!!! I am still responding back to comments on my Anniversary post... I really appreciated every one of them!

But now... we need to pick a winner...

and my lovely assistant, the hubs, is here to help...

( I tried to get my dog to do it but she didn't quite understand)

and the winner is...

Your comment and post about my giveaway was so kind!

Thanks so much for entering Ariane! Now all I need is your address and I will run the goodies over to the post office and send them off to you.

I was quick enough the other day while driving to get this picture.
At Thanksgiving, a tree is always brought in and put up at the main intersection of our town.

We have 2 signals on our main street... I know, whoohoo!... and the tree becomes the focal point for the holidays. This week there will be several smaller trees put around it and the little kids from the surrounding schools come and decorate each tree for their school.

Then this Saturday evening there will be a tree lighting ceremony along with singing... and hot chocolate! This last Saturday was the tree lighting ceremony at Bass Lake which we didn't attend but our boys were there.

Over the weekend we went to my sister's... they already put up their tree!

I did manage to work a little on my Red & White challenge quilt... which you can see is

vintage pink & white.

I was working on my Schnibbles for tomorrow also... but I can't show you until then!

My 100th Post Giveaway & A Story

I am excited to say that it's my 100th post today!

What a perfect week for this... not only is it Thanksgiving

but on Thursday it will also be my 13th wedding anniversary!

Sooo, I'm hosting a little give-away

to show my appreciation and gratitude

because you all seriously make each day special for me!

Right now I am having a love interest with French General!

So, for the give away I made a loyalty wallet, to keep your punch cards in. A pincushion out of Rouenneries fabrics using the Sugar Pumpkin pattern by Fig Tree Quilts.

Also you will win the wonderful French Inspired Home book by Kaari Meng.

I love this book!

So here is how we are going to do this:

#1 Post a comment telling me what your favorite holiday treat is.

That will get you entered.

(if you don't have a blog, just be sure to leave me your email address

so I can let you know if you win)

#2 Blog about my giveaway... just take my little picture & link it back to here.

Let me know that you did it & that will get you 2 more entries.

That's it! The giveaway will continue all week until 11/29. Then I will post the winner next Monday November 30th. That will be the day before the new Schnibbles parade!

You don't have to do this one, but it would be nice:

If you are not already a follower (friend), I would love it if you became one.

Now, I wanted to tell you the story that I promised you last month:

This is the story from my friend Kassy

that she told while sharing these tea towels made by her mother.

Kassy wrote:
The story of the spy is a little convoluted!
Anyway, the story goes that an FBI agent came to my grandmother's house
and asked my mom, who was in Junior College, for her help.
They needed proof that a suspected spy, Velva Dickinson,
was sending troop information to Germany through dolls she was selling.
My mom had ordered paper dolls from her.
She also collected stamps and my grandmother
let her keep them in a drawer in her china cabinet.
The FBI needed something typed from the typewriter used by the spy
and mom found an envelope the order came in and it had the typed address!
Later mom saw in the newspaper that she had been arrested.
Also, several years later
the same FBI agent came and thanked mom
and asked if they could keep the envelope.
So that is the story.

The only thing we know about the tea towels is that she made them during WWII!

Who Doesn't Love Julie?

I love musicals. There I said it!

I admit it wholeheartedly!

And this one is my all-time favorite!

The Sound of Music...

On November 16, 1959 the Sound of Music opened on Broadway. That was 50 years ago! (Luckily, I can say that I never saw it on Broadway. )

But I did see it at the movie theater.

I love the story, the characters and the music.

I still fall back on the songs... like when I'm feeling sad...

you know it... and you know you want to sing it...

"these are a few of my favorite things"!

I think it was last year that Moda Lissa had a little contest to make up a song with Moda in it.

I took a stab at it, quickly, and entered... and won!

Just because it's the anniversary of the Sound of Music I'll go ahead and share it with you:

Raindrops on windows and winters with Moda,

Bright colored ric rack and warm cozy flannels,

Stacks of fat quarters all tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored backgrounds and crisp folded cottons

Doorbells, sleigh bells and packages from United (Notions)

Patterns to play with from Moda’s designers

These are a few of my favorite things

A sewing room filled with fabrics, jelly rolls & charms

Threads that stay on my nose and eyelashes

Silver white winters that melt into springs

These are a few of my favorite things

When the stores close

When the needle breaks

When I'm feeling sad

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don't feel so bad!

Have a supercalafragalistic-expialadosish day!

Oh no, wait... that's a different musical!

Monday Already?

Where did the weekend go?

I can't believe that it's Monday already... I still have things I need to get done!

Well, I'll show you how far I got on my quilting... just a little more to do and then the binding can go on.

There was a huge Christmas Boutique with something like 70 vendors.

My friend Patty had a table there, in the library and sold her lavender items.

I got to see lots of people I knew while I was hanging out at Patty's table with her.
Angie had a set-up outside for all of her knitted and crocheted items. I got a couple of little newborn caps for a couple of babies, one was born the 7th and one should be born today!

Then we went out to a wonderful dinner at the place where Todd & Jill will hold their wedding.
We went with Jill's parents.
Then on Sunday we had to go see their new "house purchase".
I will have to tell you a story about this house latter!

But don't you just love the view?!?