Pumpkin Patch Primitive Giveaway

Brenda is having a fantastic giveway. She is giving away 27 fat quarters of Red Rooster's Pumpkins & Spice Fabrics by Whimsicals. If she gets over 250 entries she will giveaway a second bundle.

Eight is Enough!

With everything else going on, I have not had much of a chance to talk about the red and aqua disappearing 9 patch swap I have joined hosted by Jane. I am so happy she has gotten Kindle. This is my eighth swap of the year and my final one for the year. I have learned so much from each one of the swaps. Next year, I will be working on putting together all of my swap quilts!

I have really been enjoying the Blogger's Quilt Festival. Already I have fabulous ideas for new quilts and have been frantically sketching them.

Blogger's Quilt Festival

Here is my quilt for the Blogger's Quilt Festival hosted by Amy. It is the latest quilt that I have finished. Tammy did the quilting for me.I have named it Red, White and Blue. It was made for some family friends who have a baby boy. The wife is American and the husband is Canadian. I liked the idea of combining the colours of the 2 countries into one quilt.

The quilt is special because it is one of the first quilts I started after I started my blog in March. Originally it was going to be a rail fence quilt, but then I found Amanda Jean's zigzag tutorial and decided to do that instead. Since then, I have used my fellow quilting bloggers for much inspiration. I have met many friends from all different countries and have been in awe of what people create. I have participated in 7 swaps, and am now working on my 8th swap. Many of my quilts have been altered or changed completely from all of the inspiration you have provided me. It was also one of the first quilts where I used most of the fabric from my stash. This quilt is a reminder of all the friendship, support and help I have been given.

Thank you all!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Canadians. I hope you are having a wonderful and relaxing weekend with family and friends!

Works in Progress

I am finally getting around to making my list for October and posting pictures.

1) Finally bind my zigzag quilt. DONE
2) Complete the red and aqua swap.
3) Get ready for Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival. DONE



4) Cut out fabric for the snowmen class I am taking. DONE



5) Continue working on my pinwheel quilt.

6) Get the bento box quilt ready for the quilter.

7) Organize something as a giveaway gift.

8) Cut fabric for the retirement quilt.

9) Think about what I am going to do with this quilt.


10)Try to make a smaller list for November.

Design Wall Monday

I have been playing around with a couple of swaps I have been in to see if I can make one large quilt. The large blocks are from the 1st swap I did with Jane and the colour blocks are from my 4SQS Summer Swap. I have not yet made up my mind how I am going to put them together.

Friendship Bag Swap

Here is my finished bag for the Friendship Bag Swap. I like bright colours but this is definitely brighter than I am used to. As always, it is another swap that I would love to keep for myself. Luckily I have lots of leftover fabric, and I have already cut out the material to make one for myself. I used some of my decorative stitches to do the machine quilting. It was great to actually get to use them. One more swap left and that's it for the year.