Fall is in the house

I've finished Autumn in my Garden!  I'm very pleased with it.  Lisa and Nicole are making that top too and we thought it would be fun to reveal our finishes the same day, so you'll just have to wait for our Sunflower Sisters Parade another day or two, or week or two, until we're all done .

Since I can't share that fall quilt with you I thought I would share my fall quilts that I got out this past weekend.  I didn't get this quilt out, I put it up, but I didn't share it with you the first of September.  This is Route 44, one of my top ten all time favorite quilts.  

I replaced Route 44 with Hallowe'en 1904!  This is also in my top ten all time favorite quilt list.

Technically it's a little big for that space, but I wanted to hang it this year, next year I'll put it on the bed.

If you look real close you can see Eat More Pie in the mirror.  I also got out Olde World Stars and folded it to showcase the green stars to go with the green fall decor in that room.

I had this bargello quilt on my bed the month of September.  I was a little nervous about having it on the bed, it's my only hand quilted quilt, but it survived just fine.

Now I have this Halloween quilt on the bed.

Long Road Home and State of Grace are now on the red couches.

And Father's Fancy is folded in the TV stand.

Myths of Avalon, Settlers Trail, Stars Above my Red Chateau, and Jake are on the quilt ladder.

I have more fall quilts in the family room, I'll share those another day.  I seem to have more fall colored quilts than any others, I need to get going on those happy fabric colors so I'll be equally set for spring and summer!

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Smooth sailing

Here's my progress on Autumn in my Garden.

                    This is one fun project, everything is coming together easily and perfectly.

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Sunny Flowers

My sunflower centers now have petals!

The pattern is Autumn in my Garden by the gals at the Buggy Barn.

Have a great weekend!

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Sunflower

Well those red and yellow half square triangles fit nicely on my sunflower centers and the yellow, gold, and yellow-orange fabric looks just fine.  This is just the perfect fall project and adding the red and yellow pieces  to the brown centers was like a ray of sunshine lighting up my sewing room.

Winner, Winner

Melissa is the winner of the Collection for a Cause Fat Quarter Bundle with this comment,

"My best friend happens to be my mom. Every good thing I have learned, I learned from her. I learned some bad things from her, too. My favorite thing about my mom is the kooky/weird/out there/strange sense of humor that she has. It's a good thing she passed it on to me or we wouldn't get along as well as we do. 

I enjoyed reading all your favorite things about your Moms, thanks so much for sharing!

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Wordless Wednesday . . .

or not. 

It took me two days to piece and trim my 320 half square triangle units for Autumn in my Garden.  Next up, turning these squares into sunflower petals.

Odds and Ends I've been meaning to pass along;

1.  The Buggy Barn has announced that due to popular demand, and since the book with the pattern Autumn in my Garden is out of print, they are now selling just the pattern.  It's available here.  All the easier for you to make that quilt too!

2.  Hilda, at Every Stitch, finished her Carolina Lily quilt the end of August, it's one of the most amazing quilts I've ever seen online.  If you happened to miss the post where Hilda blogged about the completed quilt click here, you won't want to miss it.  Even if you didn't miss it the first time, go look at it again, I've been back several times and am amazed every time.

This giveaway is now closed! 

3.  And finally, a few weeks ago I was the lucky winner of 65 ten inch squares of Tula Pink fabric from Moda Lissa.  She's cleaned out her stash and has been giving away fabric almost every day for the last two weeks.  

Since winning the fabric made my day, I thought I would share that feeling with someone else.  So I looked through my stash and decided I could part with this, Collection for a Cause, Historical Blenders by Howard Marcus for Moda.  It's still in its protective wrap.

I'm running this giveaway the same way Lissa is running hers, leave a comment today, the winner will be announced tomorrow.  I always get a kick out of reading the comments when I ask a question that allows me to get to know you better, here's this giveaway's question, "What is/was your favorite thing about your mom?"  If the USPS will deliver to your address you're eligible to win.  Please leave a way for me to contact you should you win.

This giveaway is now closed! 

That's if for Wordless Wednesday, thanks for stopping by!

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