Just popping in!

Good morning,

I have actually made it to my blog two days in a row. LOL I had thought I would be able to piddle today, but Kevin found out he gets paid this afternoon. He wants me to come down and get his check and take it to the bank. He figures the traffic will be less today than Friday. I hope he is right. Since I am only cooking for the two of us, I don't have many preps. Everything will be cooked tomorrow, including the pie. I will cook the turkey in my roaster which will free up the oven.

Since I may just mail this to Carolyn, I thought I'd better get a picture of it. This is a little wall kit that she picked up and asked me to make for her. It is cute, but those tiny little pieces were a pain to work with. (grin)

I hope she will like it. I also wanted to share about a Christmas fabric giveaway that I won from Nola. I love these. She packed it so cute. Thank you, Nola.

Aren't these pretty Christmas fabrics?

This is for Pat. I decided to take a couple of pictures of our sweet potatoes. I weighed this big one and it was just a hair over 2 lbs.

We only planted 6 plants this year and this is the resulting crop.

Pat, hope you enjoy seeing our sweet potatoes. (grin)

I guess that is it for me. I need to get a grocery list ready. I don't really need much. I guess that is a good thing. Right? LOL Everyone remain safe out on the roads this weekend. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thanks for visiting and please come again.

Final Win Arrived.

It turned off cold last night. We had 30* early this morning, but the wind was still howling. Our old house is so cold when the wind is blowing. I was dressed for warmth today, yet still felt chilly. I had on my sweats, a sweater, my wool lined slippers, a shawl and an afghan around my legs. I looked like I was bundled for a blizzard. LOL I am so NOT looking forward to winter. Thankfully it got up into the upper 40's and the wind is starting to lay. I even took my sweater off. (grin)

Look what came in the mail yesterday. It is my Fall into Fall giveaway win #3. It is called Season Sampler by Cabbage Rose and was sent to me by Cheryll of The Memory Keeper.

I have been wanting to start another applique quilt this winter and this has some great projects. Look at this one called Feline Fancy. Isn't it cute?

Here is a couple more projects in the book. It may be hard for me to decide what to do first. (grin)

This book has 8 gorgeous projects in it. How many hours of fun will that be? LOL Thank you so much, Cheryll. I love it. I found out that Cheryll and I live in the same state and she actually went through my home town a few weeks ago on her way to visit family. How neat is that?

I want to again thank Jeanette, Patty, and Cheryll for all the goodies I won during the Fall into Fall giveaway. Also, thank you Debi for organizing everything. I know it was a lot of work, but I am sure everyone had just as much fun as I did. 

Well, I know this is a short post, but I want to get settled down in front of the tv with Bob's quilt. Tomorrow is grocery day, so I may not get a chance to post, but I will show you the latest bag soon. Everyone have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for visiting and please come again.

Number 2 Win Came

This week I received my second winning from the Fall into Fall Giveaway. I received this gorgeous Fabulous Fall panel from Patty at Granma's Charms. I am thinking this will make a nice fall wall hanging.

Patty also sent these 3 fabrics to match. There are over a 1/3 of a yard of each of them. I love these colors.

Didn't Patty do a good job of matching the panel?

I have been busy this week. I now have Bow Tucks bag #6 done and #7 ready to put together. I have about half of the last border hand quilted on Bob's Patriotic Shoo Fly and all but 3 blocks done on Jeremy's Nine Patch. I have also been quilting the sashings and sashing stones as I go, so soon will just have the border to do on this quilt. I had hoped to have it done by the end of the month, but I am happy with my progress.

The wind has been fierce here this week. It isn't even easy to walk outside. They are predicting it to lay tomorrow. I sure hope they are right. According to Yahoo, the temps here are 64*, but it sure doesn't feel like it. I am sitting here with a sweater on and still do not feel comfortable.  So I think I will go huddle under one of the quilts and work on it. LOL I hope to be back tomorrow to share a picture of the next bag. Thank you for visiting. Please come again.

One of My Winnings Arrived

I receive the panel that I won from Inchworm Fabrics this past week. It is so cute. It is called Cut Blossum Lane Panel. I don't usually work with these colors, but I really like this. Not really sure what I will make with it. That will probably be a winter project. Thank you, so much Jeanette. I love it.

Sorry I didn't iron it before taking the picture, but I wanted to fold it back up till I am ready for it. Isn't this a cute and cheerful panel?  I was in JoAnn's on Friday to pick up another spool of red Gutermann hand quilting thread and just happened to see a fat quarter bundle of bright fabric. I used my 50% off coupon  so it only cost me $5 for this cute bundle of fabric. It is pretty good fabric too, not the best, but definitely not the worst.

Don't you think these go good with the panel?  I need to get my thinking cap on to create something with the panel and these fat quarters. These bright colors are starting to grow on me. (grin)

Of course, while I was in JoAnn's I had to check out their red tagged fabrics. They were 50% off the red tag. I found this brown polka dot fabric and just love it. It only cost me $2.50 per yard and is from the Stonehill Collection. It is a nice quality fabric. I bought 2 yards. They had buy one get one free on the thread, so I got my red and then picked up a color I use a lot.

It has been a gloomy weekend. It rained hard all night Friday night.  Saturday was muddy and very windy. It got up to 75*, though.  It is still windy today, but the clouds have moved back in and it is chillier out. So this has been a mostly inside weekend. We did get some work done yesterday, but Kevin just wanted to rest today. I have been working on another Bow tucks bag and piddling on the computer.

Noah has gotten into the habit of wanting to talk to me every time his mama calls. I so enjoy those little talks. I put his grandpa on yesterday. Oh my, Kevin was so happy to talk to our little man. Then Izzie has to get on the phone. She doesn't say a word, but bye-bye at the end. So cute. So I talk to her and she listens, then tells me bye-bye. (grin) Haze had parent/teacher conference last week. Noah's teacher says he is doing great. Really good news for us. He is so shy, I was worried about him. He still needs to work on the shyness thing, but does great on all the work.

I made chili on Friday and bought lunch meat, hot dogs, and chips. I haven't had to cook all weekend. (big grin) Not the healthiest meals, but sure easy.

I think I will go work on the BT bag some more. I am ready to put it together. I am getting faster at them. Thank you so much for visiting. I am trying to get back to responding to my comments. I got so behind during the Fall into Fall giveaway time period that I decided to just start over. Thank you for all that left birthday wishes for our Jonny. He says thanks too. Everyone have a great day and please come again.

Winona

Winner of My Giveaway!

I am sorry that I did not make a specific post to announce the winner of my Fall into Fall Giveaway. I edited the original post instead. Sorry if this caused any inconvenience to anyone. I really want to thank all of you wonderful people for entering for a chance to win my bow tucks bag. I was totally shocked at the number of entries I received. So thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to visit my blog. Now the winner of my bow tucks bag is Liz of The Encourager! I have already emailed Liz and have her bag on the way to her. I am sorry everyone could not be winners.

I also wanted to say I have been very lucky again. I won 3 giveaways. Yes I did. I won The Season Sampler book by Cabbage Rose from Cheryll at The Memory Keeper.

I won a Fabulous Fall panel and some fabrics from Patty at Granma's Charms.

I also won a Blossom Lane panel from Jeanette at Inch Worm Fabrics.

Woohoo! I need to get these quilts quilted so I can have some fun with my new goodies. (grin)

Thank you for visiting. Please come again. Have a wonderful day!

It's Time for the Fall into Fall Giveaway!

The winner of the Bow Tucks Bag is 'An Encourager'! Congratulations! I have already emailed the winner and await her mailing address. Thank you to all who entered. I wish you all could be winners. Have fun checking out blogs today and tomorrow!



Woohoo, yes it is. I am very excited about this. I entered lots of giveaways on the last one that Debi had and even won a couple of things, but I did not have a blog back then. This time I do. So what am I giving away? I am giving away a fall colored Bow Tucks bag made by me. I knew there was a reason I just never could start using this bag. LOL Here it is. This is the front. I just did a simple crosshatch machine quilting on it.

These bags are big. They can be used with the ties on the side tied or untied. Whichever you prefer. Here it is with the ties tied.

It has lots of inside pockets and one outside pocket for keys or such.

Here is the back of it.

Ok, there you have it. You can enter to win this bag. I may even try to make some accessories for it. I am a simple girl. All you need to do to be entered for this bag is leave me a comment. Anyone can enter. You don't have to have a blog. All I ask is that if you are a 'no reply commenter' that you also leave your email address so I can contact you. You do not have to become a follower, but I would love it if you do. I really appreciate my followers. I will draw a winner on October 15th. Good luck to everyone. Now that you have entered my giveaway, click on that scarecrow over to the right and go visit over a hundred other blogger giveaways. You have 2 weeks to hit all of them. You can come away with some pretty neat stuff. Quilters are generous people! Thanks for visiting. Have a good day!
Giveaway closed. Winner announced soon. Thanks!

Some Goodies in the Mail!

I have had a good mail week. I told you on the last post about winning 2 giveaways on the same day. I received my goodies this week. First I got this pattern from Cindy. I love anything with pumpkins, so I can hardly wait to make this table runner. Isn't it cute? Thank you for the pattern, Cindy. I love it!

Yesterday I received a package from Mary. It had these goodies in it.

I would be embarrassed to tell you how long I played with this little bag. It is made with a piece of metal measuring tape in the top for a closer. I can not tell you how many times I opened and closed it. LOL Yep Mary, I sure enjoyed playing with it. LOL

Look at this adorable cell phone holder. It is a kitty! I can hardly wait to make this pattern.

Thank you for everything, Mary. I love it all.

My finger is doing much better. It is actually healing quickly. I told you it wasn't very bad. Thank you for all the good thoughts for healing for me. I appreciate it.

I have been busy this week. I have the two Bow Tuck bags ready to sew together. I also am almost done with the second border side of Bob's quilt. Never got it done by the end of Sept., but the end is in sight! I spent yesterday afternoon with mom. I got her bills and meds ready for October, and we had a good visit. Tomorrow is a busy, busy day for me. I need to get groceries, run several errands, then meet Kevin at Menards after he gets off work to pick up some supplies. Also tomorrow begins the Fall into Fall Quilters Giveaway. So be sure to check back. I will have something posted, probably pretty early. You will want to check out the many, many other quilters who are having giveaways also. It will be a fun couple of weeks.

We have had gorgeous weather this week... Sunshine, lows in the 50's, and highs in the 80's. Does it get any better? (grin) The leaves are just starting to turn. Awww, lovely time of the year.  Now I know I have not used proper grammar in this post. I know every sentence needs a subject and a verb, but I have just been writing as it comes to mind. Please forgive me for being a little improper. (grin)

Well, I have things to do, so I'd better get with it. Thank you so much for visiting and please come again. Have a wonderful day!

Still Lucky!

I decided to pop in here and do a little post. We are down to less that a week of vacation left. We have got lots of things accomplished in the past 2 weeks. I think we will soon be ready for winter. (Not really! I am never ready for cold, snow, wind, and ice! Makes me cold just typing it.) We had hoped to go visit each of the grandbabies while Kevin was off, but that hasn't worked out so far. Makes a difference when their parents work and the grandkids are in school. Noah's birthday is coming up. Maybe we can all get together for that.

I am still lucky. A couple of weeks ago I won a giveaway over on Pat's blog. It was a good one. I received it last Saturday. Haven't had time to do anything with any of it yet, but plan to do some playing soon. Here is everything.

Here are a few closeups of my goodies. This is the layer cake. It is called Winter Song by Deb Strain for Moda. I love it. I already know what I am going to do with it. Debi sent me a PDF file of how she makes log cabin quilts from a layer cake. I am anxious to try it.

Also these three rulers: flying geese, pineapple, and kaleido. I love different rulers.

There was a journal, triangles on a roll, a cute little cupcake plate, and a cotton picker. (grin)

I felt like it was Christmas morning, opening this box. (grin) Thanks so much Pat.
I won another giveaway back in August from Jill. I neglected to post about that. Here are the two books I won on Jill's big giveaway.  There are some cute quilts in these. Sorry Jill, for taking so long to post about this, but I love them.

I made a trip to JoAnn's during their Labor Day sale and picked up these fabrics. Most are Debbie Mumm.

I have already started a Bow Tucks bag with the cute polka dot, striped, and coffee cup fabrics.

After I got this bag cut out, I realized that I had enough fabric for another bag if I changed things around a bit. So I cut out another one.

These are all ready for machine quilting. I'll do my usual diagonal crosshatch. (grin) Cyndi, recognize the front pocket fabrics? I cannot tell you how many times I have gone through that box of scraps. Every time I find just the perfect piece. LOL

Thank you all for the kind comments on my Pink Dreams quilt. It was a lot of fun, but now my sewing area is a disaster again. When will I ever learn to put things away after each project? Or for that matter, when will I learn to finish a project before starting another? LOL

Before I leave, I want to tell you about a giveaway that Lana is having. I don't usually post about giveaways, but she is so sweet, I decided to post about it. She is giving away a honey bun of...well, you will just have to go to her blog and check it out because my brain just went blank. Happens a lot any more. LOL So go check out Lana's blog and enter her giveaway. Thanks for visiting and please come again. My vacation is almost over, so I hope to be back regularly again. Have a great day.

I'm a Lucky Lady!

I used to think I was unlucky, but this summer I have won several blog giveaways. The generosity of quilt bloggers never ceases to amaze me. This is a great community to be a member of. (By the way, I know I am not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition, but this is how I talk. What can I say? LOL) A couple of weeks ago I won Debi's giveaway. I received it last week. This was a great giveaway. I won some great Gutermann threads and ribbon.

There were also these three wonderful charm packs. All three are colors I love. Looking forward to using these.

This all came packed inside this cute tote bag with the sweet card. I can use this tote to carry projects with me when I have appointments.

Thank you so much Debi. This was a great giveaway and I love everything.
I also received these in the mail from my friend Cyndi. These were a 'just because' gift. Aren't they cute?  Cyndi knows how much I love kitties. We have that in common. Now I need to decide on a project to use them in. Also, check out Cyndi's new button over on the right side of my blog. She makes awesome bags.

I spent some time quilting on Bob's quilt this weekend. I am now half-way done on the blocks. Hmmm, tomorrow is the last day of August. So much for my goal of having it quilted by the end of the month. LOL Oh well, I'll extend the goal a bit. Last night, I just needed to play. I was going through some scraps and found 5 leftover blocks from a quilt I did a couple of years ago. I drug out some stash and started playing . I haven't taken any pictures of it yet, but I am liking it. It will be a baby girl quilt, since it is pink. LOL I have never done a flying geese border, so why not try it? I just looked and found Callie laying on all my flying geese blocks. Now why did she have to pick the only place I had blocks laid out on the ironing board? I guess my hair remover roller will get some more workout. (sigh)  I also finished block 2 of the Raggedy Annie and Friends BOM. I'll try to show pictures of it tomorrow.

Thanks for visiting. Please come again and have a wonderful day!

And the Winners Are....

Good early morning,

I put the names of everyone who participated in my giveaway in my hat and drew out a name. The first name I drew is 'Cathy'. Cathy, you are the winner of the little mini quilt. The winner of the tote bag is Leah S. Congratulations ladies! I will get these out to you as soon as I get the mailing info.

Thank you to everyone who commented. I wish I could give you all something. I really do appreciate the people who read my blog whether you comment or not, but a comment is always nice. (grin)

I am off to mom's to take care of her monthly bills and meds. I may be back this afternoon. Everyone have a great day. Thank you for visiting.