My Turn!

Thank goodness for a DH who knows IT stuff. He helped me get the internet working again so I could post. 
I picked some pretty fall fabrics and had BIG plans..... then our vacation came (we arrived home Monday morning around midnight and we both had to get up at 5:30 am for work).  Vacation was wonderful, spent with family and friends. Unfortunately since I was trying to finish a full size quilt and make blocks for this blog hop, I didn't get as many blocks done as I had planned. (I did get a little more than 2/3 of the full size flimsy done and 3 blocks for the hop between visits with family and friends, and quilt/fabric shopping with my sister).
It was fun creating these blocks.

Warm Feelings

 

This first square is part of a BOM from a local quilt shop. They are teaching how to use Perfect Templates. It was a fun block that my DH named for me "Warm Feelings"

 

Fall Harvest

 

 

This is my second square. I call it Fall Harvest. The block design I saw on Dots on Dots blog hop.  I knew as soon as I saw it, I wanted to try it in my fall fabrics.

 

 

Pumpkin Harvest

 

My last block is paper pieced. I really became hooked on paper piecing when we tried Regina Grewe's Piling Up paper piece pattern for the Bowls with Borders blog hop. I wanted to do a wagon with pumpkins, but couldn't find a pattern. So I tried my hand at designing my own. Everything except the wagon wheels is paper pieced. The wagon wheels are yoyo's with button centers.  I love it and will most likely finish it to hang on my table topper frame. The other blocks will be saved to make my "blog hop quilt".

 

I do have giveaway for any followers who leave a comment.

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EDIT: Congrats to quiltingbydawn, who is my winner.

Thanks for stopping by.

 

I want to give a a big Thank You to Cherry and to Madame Samm. I appreciate all your hard work to keep these inspiring and challenging blog hops going. I keep learning new things and one day hope to be a good quilter.

 

Be sure to check out the other quilters of the day, if you haven't already:

 

Tuesday 2

Mrs.Pickles Garden

Gingersnaps Quilts

Petit Design Co

A Passion For Applique

Annie Oak Designs

Michelle's Romantic Tangle

CherrysPrairiePrimitives

Krislovesfabric

Scrapbook-ChickADoodle(you are here)

 

Leafs Me Happy Blog Hop has started!!

I had planned on posting the beginning of the new blog hop this morning, but unfortunately I was having internet problems. I couldn't post, I couldn't read the blogs from today, I couldn't write my post for tomorrow. I was freaking out a bit, but my DH was already at work and I only had a short time before I had to be at work.  Bummer! Finally after a LOOOONG day at work (first day back from vacation and we arrived home from the airport at almost midnight), I was able to get my DH to help me get the internet up and running.

Sorry for the delay, but here is the schedule for the Leafs Me Happy blog hop:

 

 

 

Monday 1

Fuzzy Hat Quilter

The Cuddle Quilter

Quilts My Way

Country Cabin Thoughts and Crafts

Dream quilt create

Why-Knot-Kwilt

Needled Mom
Quilter in Motion

Sunshine Girl

Meadowbrook

Tuesday 2

Mrs.Pickles Garden

Gingersnaps Quilts

Petit Design Co

A Passion For Applique

Annie Oak Designs

Michelle's Romantic Tangle

CherrysPrairiePrimitives

Krislovesfabric

Scrapbook-ChickADoodle

Wednesday 3

Plum and June

The Recipe Bunny

VroomansQuilts

It's Sew Kiki

PigTales and Quilts

Quilting fiesta

GrammieQ's

Nancy

Just Let Me Quilt

Selina Quilts
The Learning Curve~Quilts and Such

Thursday 4

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Patchouli Moon Studio

Freemotion by the River

Quilt Doodle Designs

Apple Avenue Quilts

Jane’s Quilting

Spoilt Dog Quilts

Ramblings of a Quilter

Deborah

Gracie Oliver Arts

Friday 5

Insanity Defense

Michelle May and the Bunnies

Sparrow In Flight

Quilted Delights

Quilting With a Marmalade Cat

Traveling Quilter

A Stitch in Time

Cherry Blossoms
Tea Time Creations

Moose Stash Quilting

Stitchin By The Lake

Monday 8

Feathered Nest Studio

Grandmama's Stories

From This to That

Little Mama Hen

Quilt Monster in my Closet

Kathy

in stitches & seams

Buzzing and Bumbling

Nunu's Quilt World

Quilts And Dogs

Briarside Lane

Tuesday 9

Till We Quilt Again

Sheilas quilt world

ferristhoughts

Home Designs by Amanda

Quilt n Queen

Polka dot classic

Moonbeams in a Jar

Stitch, stitch, stitch

Sew Me Something Good

quiltingbydawn

My collection of Things
Jessisca

Wednesday 10

Quilter in the Closet

SewMuch2Luv

Peanut's Patchwork

Quilting Lines

Mochawildchild

Ariane Quilts

Lily Patch Quilts

Cindy's Crafty Creations

Hill Valley Quilter

Count it *all* JOY!!!
Rose Creations

Sew We Quilt

I've been BUSY!

First I want to be sure you are checking out this amazing Dots on Dots Blog Hop. The 2nd week starts tomorrow! Check my last post for all the participants. You can still go back to check out last week's participants. Just click on their name and you will go to their website.


My office was looking for donations of fleece blankets for the local cancer hospital. They wanted easy, no-sew, just cut fringe on 2 ends, blankets. So I went to the local fabric store to buy enough for 2 blankets. Wow, there was too much cute fabric to choose from. They needed adult and kids blankets. So I ended up with enough for 7 blankets. Six are finished, one to go. They need them by Wednesday.

Our local grocery store (HEB) had a Cake Boss Competition between the bakery departments of all the local HEB stores. They all gather at our store and have 3 hours to finish their creations in front of all the people who walk by.  They are given a theme (this year was story book) prior to arriving and are to make a "main" cake and a fun cake.  After 3 hours, the judges decide who will win the 5 trophies. (1st, 2nd, 3rd for the main cake and 1st & 2nd for the fun cake) While the judges confer, the audience gets to bid on the cakes in a silent auction.  The proceeds all go to the local Adult Literacy Program. It was interesting to see the different cakes as "story book" was interpreted as either a cake that goes with a book like Dr Seuss or Harry Potter, or storybook as in fairytale like Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, or Romeo and Juliet. These are some of the cakes.

 Alice in Wonderland (1st place for main cake)

 Harry Potter (see him playing Quidditch,lower right)

 check out the cakes in progress

 Romeo and Juliet (2nd place for main cake)

And this is the one I won ( I'm bringing it to the local elementary school for the teachers.....it also came with 7 giant cupcakes that we will keep). Check out the "Green Eggs and Ham".

These are the 2 bakers/designers.

 

 

Coming soon, is the Leafs me Happy Blog Hop. Just a sneak peek of what you will be seeing. I've been working hard on creating some pretty blocks. Hope you will stop by on October 2nd to see my creations.

I've also been helping the teacher at our local school. She is doing "letter of the week" with her special needs kids and I am making the picture sheet for each letter.

 This is the "M" poster

 

She also need 7 apples to use on the floor for the kids to line up on 

and 7 bees for the kids "take home" folders. They turned out cute.