Now that we've caught up on the Tootie Babie's events for October I'll tell you what I've been up to.


I went to the International Quilt Festival in Houston! Oh my, I supported the economy! I also met so many 'famous' quilters. Alex Anderson, the Country Threads girls, Lori Smith, Eleanor Burns, John Flynn, Ami Simms...those are just a few! Wow! I saw some great quilts. Most were in group exhibits and a lot were art quilts but, there were some traditional hand quilted ones too. Those were my favorite!


In late August I decided I would concentrate on finishing some fall quilts. I finished a pillow~

a Schnibble~

Unfortunately, since I supported the economy so well at Houston, I didn't have any money leftover to make October's Schnibble. At least, I felt too guilty to order anything online (at least for a little while).

Leftover Log Cabin~

The Great Pumpkin~

Thirteen Lucky Cats~

Big Stitch quilting.

And, a label!

By the end of October I was over the fall stuff! I'm ready for some Christmas now.

First , I have to finish a baby quilt for my new great niece, Olivia, who was born on Tuesday of this week!

Remember what a mess I was in during August with my new flooring and paint? Tomorrow I'll show you how it looks all put back together!

Tootie Babies turn TWO!!

It was the party of the century! A pink and green explosion!

What? You missed it? There were party hats and balloons! Presents and cake!

Singing birthday cards!

Sarah loved her cake! She ate all the polka dots first!

Emily just dove in and took a big bite!

Then Sarah ate all of Emily's polka dots! Yummy!

New baby dolls!

And, a big, huge swingset! That is Daddy working hard to put it together.

Sliding...

Climbing...

Come on Graddy, go down the slide!

What a great second birthday! We're 'big girls' now!

A Lot Of Catching Up To Do!

Saturday was a big day for Emily and Sarah! First, they visited the pumpkin patch and picked out a huge pumpkin to put on the front porch.

Mommy painted our faces to look like kitties.

We were so cute!

When Emily looked at Sarah she said, "Scary".

Sarah looked at Emily and started to cry!

So, that was the end of the face painting. Mommy washed it off as quick as she could.

Trick or treating was fun. Emily got a red sucker and Sarah got a green one. After a few switches back and forth Emily ate hers and was a sticky mess! Sarah just held hers for posterity.

We decorated our wagon and Mommy, Daddy and Nana walked around the neighborhood with us giving out candy to everyone we saw!

Then we had to go home and have a bath to get the stickiness off our hands and out of our hair. It was a good day!

It's A Schnibble...and a little bit more!

I'm participating in a group called A Year Of Schnibbles. Each month we make a Schnibble (a small quilt) from a pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. Then on the first of the month we all show our little quilts to each other!

This month our pattern was Winter White. I used Moda's Deb Strain's Pumpkin and Spice fabrics since I needed a fall table square for our Thanksgiving table scape.

Flying South For The Winter

Look! A label~

Remember those leftovers? Well, this is what I did with them! I'm hand quilting it right now...I'll show you a picture when I'm done!

Now I'm off to see all the other Schnibbles...

He's Home!

I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to have my son home! He has been honorably discharged from the United States Marines. Home safe and sound! Semper Fi!

A Year Of Schnibbles Day 2, 3, 4 and 5!

Day 2: The flying geese are coming together. The round white dots are numbered, keeping things organized.

Day 3: The blocks are coming together!

Day 4: I don't really want to talk about what happened today. LOL! Let's just say I had a couple of words with the geese and neither of us were happy campers...

Day 5: Ta Da!

Hopefully tomorrow I will get some time to machine quilt this top and get the binding and label on so I can display it on my table. I'm thinking of calling it Flying South For The Winter, what do you think?

September Schnibbles Day One

Today the fabric and pattern came that I ordered for September's A Year Of Schnibbles. I need a table topper for our Thanksgiving tablescape so I looked for something Fall-ish.

Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.'s Winter White Schnibbles pattern.

2 Charm Packs of (Moda) Deb Strain's Pumpkin and Spice.

3 yds of matching fabric for the background, borders, backing and binding.

After I looked at the pattern and fondled my new fabric for a while I started cutting! This is what it looked like afterwards. Woops! I forgot to cut my outer border. Oh, well. I'll show that to you tomorrow!

A little trash...

And, lots of leftovers!

It took me a few minutes to figure out the instructions for the flying geese. I had never made them that way before. Brilliant! I wonder who thought this technique up? It is pure genius!

Trimmed my flying geese and stopped for the night. Tomorrow I'll get back to it after the Tootie Babies go home.

Did you know that you can right click on your picture in Compose mode and drag it to wherever you want it? You can also crop your picture by right clicking! Wow, I just figured that out!