Autumn Love!

When I saw this pattern-I fell in LOVE!  After all, it is Autumn Love

by Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet Blog

I love Autumn--anything with Autumn or Fall in the name is a winner

for me!

Besides, she does give a tutorial on each block on her blog--

what's to not like about that!

And She gives you a sewing guide to follow along--all you

lack are the simple shapes--I looked at this pattern for the

longest time--do I order the Simple Shapes?  

After all,

I have all the other Simple Shapes for her other patterns--

AND I never did the quilt...........

Was this different?  Would I order and then not follow

through?

Well, guess what?  I ordered the Simple Shapes for

Autumn Love quilt--of course!

Most of it is applique and I do enjoy stitching--

Snippets

A few Snippets lying around--just

a few small projects waiting to be finished and

I'm 

 waiting for those UFO's to be completed

all by themselves!

I'm waiting for the magic sewing elves to appear

during the middle of the night and

BAM!  

when I wake--all will be done!

Alas, no elves appeared, so I soldiered on to work on 

these --the above is the latest (I've finished!) from Pat

Sloan's All Merry and Bright --I like these as they are

quick and easy--if you get to them!

This is one of those projects that couldn't be completed

in one sitting--The mystery quilt along from

The Quilting Company.

This is clue 2--I can't find my fabric for the first clue--

bummer!  But, step 2 is finished!

Okay, I'm tired now--so off I go to listen to a book

while I soak in the tub!

Stitching The Cloud

Here is a sweet stitching for your enjoyment!

Always look to the rainbow in those cloudy, rainy days!

The pattern is for the design only....no instructions.  The design size is 7" x 9 1/2", although you can enlarge [for applique] or shrink it.  

Available in my shop for instant download:  

Allie-oops Designs

SpinZilla!

• September 4 - 27: Spinner registration 
• October 1 - 7: Spinning Week
• October 19: Yardage Results Posted

 Spinner registration is now open! 

At its core, Spinzilla is the challenge to generate a very big number to show the yarn universe and beyond what we spinners are made of.

Spinzilla is a vehicle for individual spinners to spin more and worry less!  We don't care what kind of yarn you spin, we just want you to grab a tool, any tool, and get spinning! We need those yards! The more you spin, the better spinner you will become. 

The event is paid for by the generosity of our sponsors. Spinner registration fees are donated to the TNNA Foundation. 

Handweavers Guild of America also hosts National Spinning and Weaving week.

YOu can download their poster on this website.  Learn about this creative week

and how you can celebrate the craft of our hands.

Quilt of Valor Mystery

Quilty Girl is hosting another one of her famous mystery patterns for Quilts of Valor

 Here are some alternate color-ways that I thought looked good:

Dark #1  Red

Dark #2 Grey

Light  Cream

Dark #1   Mint

Dark #2 Light Grey

Light Cream

Dark #1Teal Green

Dark #2  Light Grey Blue

Light Navy   

You can choose to do scrappy – just adapt your instructions to the number of pieces you need.

You will need your Easy angle and Companion Angle tools for this.

The PDF for this will be posted by  8pm in  Craftsy Site 

Craftsy 

Here is the direct link:
Fabric Requirements

Blog Hop--Welcome To My House!

Do you Blog Hop?  Beginning tomorrow, September 10, you can visit each of the blogs listed for each date for interesting information, creative and learning opportunities.

September 10
 Words & Stitches
Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Melva Loves Scraps
Cynthia's Creating Ark
Quilting Quietly
Ms P Designs USA
Quilt n Party

September 11

MooseStash Quilting
Vroomans Quilts
Marjorie's Busy Corner
Patchouli Moon Studio
DesertSky Quilting
Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc.
Clever Chameleon Quilting
Sew Many Yarns

September 12

Beaquilter
Days Filled With Joy
Freckled Fox Quiltery
Wont-To-Be-Quilter
Why-Knot-Kwilt
Creative Blonde
Adventurous Applique and Quilting
Quarter Inch Crafter
All Thingz Sewn

September 13

Creatin' in the Sticks
Quilt Doodle Designs
Quilting & Learning - What a Combo!
Domestic Felicity
Life in the Scrapatch
That Fabric Feeling
Just Because Quilts
Hazel’s Daughter

September 14

I Like To Quilt Blog
Selina Quilts
Benita Skinner’s Creative Space
Nettie Sews and Lucky Quilts
Bumbleberry Style
Quilt Fabrication
Sew Golden A Chance
Just Let Me Quilt

Road Trip Details!

Yes, for the past few days we have been on a road trip--a quick

trip to visit in-laws.  Hubby wanted to see his sister so we took

a journey up the Kansas turnpike to northwest Missouri.  We

had just a few days to accomplish this so took advantage of

the time.

We spent one day visiting the old haunts of my husband's

childhood and the next day we did a visit to Weston, MO.

a quaint historic village that hosts many antique shops

along with a few wineries and distilleries.

Our first stop was at Riverwood Winery, located in an old

school house--I liked the way they decorated the long hall; 

each classroom was a place to host a special event or dinner.

What fascinated us the most was the wall of whiskeys

and scotches!  Never seen so many of these for tasting

in one location--every marker you could think of was

on the shelf.

Driving through town we came across this interesting pub,

where of course, we needed to take a break.

Their beers on tap held interesting and unique names.

The rain continued to fall intermittently so we

soldier on into the country side--I was looking for apples! 

We came upon a farm that grew not only apples but

pumpkins!  How exciting to see our first sign of

fall!

First crop of Gala Apples!

Just picked off the trees--I would have picked myself

if it hadn't been so muddy

just look at the marvelous colors

I was in pumpkin heaven!  Another orchard we found

fresh picked Jonathon apples--

hurray!  A bushel of apples will keep us in good

health all winter along!