So far behind...

Looking back at my pictures... I am so far behind. So I’ll do them a couple at a time. Went to the Silos to visit Santa...

Just beautiful....

Ran into Jimmy Don... he told us that Chip and Joanna have bought buildings (BLOCKS )around the Silo’s. So it should be a shoppers paradise coming in near future!

Went to Abilene last weekend and took a walk with John John and Kelly... cotton farms have replaced all the corn fields... really pretty.

Aren’t these just the cutest!

Can’t wait for January to come!

That should do it for tonight... I’ll try again tomorrow for more.. have the boy here so it will be challenging to get my iPad away from him.

Busy weekend...

At the last minute, I decided to go to Houston. Wasn’t sure if it would work. If I brought Mark with me, who would watch our dog. If I was in a pinch Kelly could but not my first option. If I brought Kelly, then who would watch her dogs? Hmmm.. Mark is not really their favorite person. So I have a neighbor friend that does rag quilts and was up for a field trip. 

We left Friday morning, got there about 11:30 thanks to wonderful Houston traffic and road construction. 

This picture is just 1/4 of the vendors... there was a whole other half of the building of just quilts. Over 1500 quilts on display and I believe they said the same for vendors. 

Had an awesome time. 

There is no way I could post all the quilts i like, but here are a few.

After 7 hours of walking we needed drinks and food! Almost 6 miles were walked! Bought lots of items, rulers, quilt kits, fabric, thread... a whole bunch of stuff! Phew!

My neighbor is already talking of plans for next year and staying more than 1 day! She loved it and was overwhelmed ..We had a blast!!

Finished a couple quilts this week...

This was Head over Heels. Instead of trying to be all organized I just decided to chain stitch EVERYTHING and sort it after. Worked perfect! Finished in a day. 

Then the Quilt Show quilt a long, with Ricky Tim’s... is an Edyta Sitar quilt..we are on month 11 and they gave directions on putting it together so I don’t know what month 12 has in store. I couldn’t take a picture because of the rain and wet grass but this is what it looks like off the website. 

Mine looks just the same. I machine appliquéd the designs on.  Looks fabulous. So that’s 2 more quilts added to the long arm pile. 

Timeless Traditions had a giveaway on her blog and I won this. She described the quilt and said the first person to email her would be the winner. I am almost positive it’s the quilt pattern. No way would someone give away such a gorgeous quilt. A girl can wish though. I better get my red fabric out!

Then, Joanna from Fig Tree Quilts posted a picture of a darling pumpkin sitting on top of her quilts... I loved it so much, I made my own. My new friend here in Texas has a cricuit and I asked her if she could make the decals. (Actually her husband made them)Whoala!! I love it! Plastic pumpkin came from Joann’s.  70% off. 

Tomorrow am I am off to Houston Quilt Festival. I’ll be back Sat afternoon.  I’m super excited.  

Head over Heels...

I fell in love with this one when I saw it on Instagram. 

Thought it would go together quickly, but... it really isn’t.  

The navy dots is pretty much is easy..

This one, not so much... it’s pretty tricky. Looks like it would.. but the stripes... eek!

I’ve done a lot of un-stitching... maybe I’m just not focused. 4 down, 26 to go! And 1 mistake block I’ll use for the label. Haha. 

The floral I got for the back is just scrumptious.. can’t wait!

Then as I was doing it... I took a break and looked at Instagram.  Stitchsupplyco was looking for donations of heart blocks in 2 sizes  (cluck cluck sew pattern) donated  in Girl Scout green colors  for the families of the tragic Girls Scout accident. They are looking into making 4 quilts for the families of the girls. So, I stopped everything and unpacked fabric to make these. 

I had 2 pieces, this one with the stars and then a plain piece that was a little boring. So I did a couple extra. 3, 5 1/2” and 2, 10 1\2” (unfinished). Breaks my heart.