Fashionably Late

I had lunch yesterday with a friend of mine and right when we were about to leave she gave me a "belated" birthday present. Sorry that the photo didn't turn out well... and no retake today... dead battery! urg! The whole wallhanging is something like 25x25.

I think it's a Kathy Schmitz pattern.

Here is a close up however of the October stitchery. It is so cute! Donna is amazing with embroidery... I only wish that it would rub off on me! I am slower than molasses, I mean painfully slow at embroidery! Any secrets out there???

I also have to share a couple of late October entries into the Year of Schnibbles! But better late than never! And of course we all want to see them!!!

This one (above) is from Begira! This I believe is made from Glace! I really like the red. It gives it a rich look. You'll want to check out her blog- she lives in Russia.

and next in the fashionably late group is Winter White by Angela! She has more photos on her blog... there is one with her beautiful black and white cat walking there on top of the fence!

Are there any more out there?

October Finishes- Fingers Crossed

It's time again for that big commitment:

I can't say that I get everything finished that I say I am going to finish during the month...

but I do get things moving in that direction and

even if I don't get done what I plan to get done...

I do get some things done! So with that in mind...

here are my picks for the Charming Girls Quilt Club.

(What I hope to get finished this month)!

Are you laughing? I thought so!

This is a small Crabapple Hill stitchery... looks like it would be do-able.

This is a loyalty wallet tutorial that I want to do at my retreat. Easy peasie!

I still have this guy on my sewing table! Just some embellishment & borders and wha-la!

This is a store sample... and I absolutely have to have it done by November 1.

NO ifs, ands' or buts' this is the next Schnibble for November... gotta get this one done!

We have 24 days left in October... I don't see where this will be a problem! *g*

Fig Tree Club Fiesta!

We had the first meeting of the Fig Tree Club on Saturday

at Cottage Quilts.

A couple of people couldn't be there but we did have fun and everyone was well on their way with the first project Cornerstones by the time we left.

I served Fig Newton cookies and Chai Tea.

I whipped up a little pumpkin pincushion earlier that morning to show off Joanna's new pattern.
The store had some great displays. Here is the Cobblestones quilt that everybody got kits for.

Here are a couple more store samples I did, one is from the little

booklet of all "turnover" projects.

Then the Madeline wall hanging. In the picture above you can see a mini Madeline made to fit a small dress form on top of the bookshelf that my friend Peggy made.

I also had a "trunk show" of the quilt I have made from Fig Tree & Co.

Well, that's most of them anyway.

The FTC was fun... and I can't wait to see everyone's finished lap quilts at the next meeting. Fortunately that won't be until January... so plenty of time to get it done!

Meet Cindy Lou Who & the Winners

The October Schnibbles pattern: Cindy Lou Who

Yesterday was so busy and fun and exciting! All of the people who participated in a Year of Schnibbles did such an incredible job! The Winter White pattern looked so good in soooo many different fabric groups.

It was amazing. If you have a moment to take a second look at them please do! There were some quilts added throughout the day and even a late one (my fault) added this morning.

There was a bunch over at A Quilting Life also. Sherri and I split up the entries to the parade... divide and conquer.

Now we get to see who the winners are of the fabulous giveaways! We gave the Amazing Carrie, Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. (I think that Camille at Thimble Blossoms had given her that title) the opportunity to pick a winner... but she got so excited that she picked 3!

Sherri and I picked randomly generated numbers. I gave my numbers to Sherri to see who the numbers belonged to on her blog and she did the same for my blog.

But before I announce who the winners are... I want to show you what the prizes are!!!

The Quilt Shoppe offered as a giveaway a Cindy Lou Who kit! They have kits for this pattern made up in Oh Cherry Oh, Frosted Memories, Tradition, Zippity Do Dah

and the Morris Workshop also.

Havasu Quilts is presenting 3 charm packs of your choice

with a pattern as their giveaway package!

Carrie Nelson, Miss Rosie's Quilt Co., is giving away the Alliance bundle with a Fit To Be Geese ruler; a Spring Fever layer cake (which is not released yet to the public) along with the special Geese ruler and her third giveaway is for a set of the Fit To Be Geese rulers in both the large and small geese sizes!!!

Corrie from Quilt Taffy is another fabulous featured shop who made up something special for the October Schnibble... pattern and charm pack...

The Missouri Quilt Company is offering the Caroler Charm Packs... 5 of them! Not one, but five of those cute little things!

So, now all we need to know is who the winners are of all of these great giveaways!

Now if you have been over to Carrie's blog you will see that she has already posted her winners. I'm telling you... she couldn't wait... she was so excited about the parade!

Her winners are:

Pam Walker

Trisha

and Sandy!

and for the Year of Schnibbles giveaway winners from the blog of A Quilting Life,

the winners are...

Ann D and Marianne!

The final two randomly picked winners of the giveaway

from the Pink Pincushion blog are:

Carrie and Bea!

*Disclaimer: yes Carrie's number was truly randomly drawn!

Please send us your address if you are one of the names listed above!