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Thanksgiving Table Runner

Took me ten minutes.

 A third of a yard of fabric

a bag of fake fall leaves

and orange thread.

Not my idea...one I found on another blog.

But it is a perfect place for my pumpkins.

I think I have fallen in love (wink*wink*)

Don't forget the giveaway

Don't forget the giveaway!

Screened Costumes

My husband hates halloween.

He hates the costumes.

And with party after party on the calendar

for the next couple of weeks 

we thought we would come up with some easy costumes.

Me as Batgirl:

And here it is upclose:

And Chris' Spiderman:

And the graphic upclose:



To make your own,

simply print this photo!

Fabric Giveaway - Blue Jelly Bean

So...I am in love with this fabric.

And when I went to the store to buy the blue backing...

for my Blue Jelly Bean Quilt.

the Joann's lady convinced me to buy the rest of the bolt.

(It was not such a hard sell.)

SO! Who wants some?

The giveaway is simple.

Leave your favorite flavor of jelly bean as a comment on this post

and a winner will be randomly selected Monday morning.

The winner will get A YARD of this fabric!

Who wants to win?

Blue Jelly Bean

I was so close to being done with the top

I stayed up until 1:30 am.

But "Blue Jelly Bean" is pieced

and waiting to be quilted.

Which is made up of 20 of these blocks

which started off as these

Now to do some basting.

And quilting.

What do you think about a blue backing?

And then quilting with blue thread?

Two Black and Whites

So I am working on two different black/white centered quilts...

trying to use stash...to prove to my hubby I can handle more fabric!

 A Disapearing 9-Patch

When it is done,

I am thinking about calling blue jelly bean...

 Mostly becuase my daughter loves blue jelly beans!

We will see...

And then here is the other one...

from a pattern called paradigm shift

 here it is laid out...

What do you think?

Holly Jolly Top

I finally finished my Holly Jolly quilt top.

It is huge.

(How am I going to quilt this sucker?)

Suggestions?

The National Canal Museum

Yesterday, I posted about our trip to the Crayola Factory Museum.

Very cool.

With our admission price, we also got in to

the National Canal Museum.

I know you are thinking…

“They have one of those?”

I thought the same thing too.

But it was very cool.

My three-year old had the time of her life,

learning how locks work – just like an elevator for boats!

She got to put cargo on a toy boat and then travel it

from one side of a room sized water table to the other.

And then you went to another room where you could

learn all about simple machines

(like levers and pulleys).

And then you could learn all about live in Easton, PA

when locks and trains were the life.

They also had a floor of how to build materials.

Quite a surprise. We all loved it!

Worth a trip!

Crayola Museum, Easton PA

I grew up museum spoiled.

Living in Washington DC, I was blessed to have total access to

history, creativity, beauty.

From the American History Museum to the National Zoo,

to the arboretum to the White House,

I am museum spoiled.

And the best part…they are all free.

So when I heard about the Crayola Museum Factory

in Easton PA, I was a little nervous.

Would it be worth the 3 hour drive?

Would it be worth the $9 admission price (before parking?)

YES!

Not only was it worth the drive and worth the money,

but we have to go again.

So laid back.

So child friendly.

So, so cool.

So colorful!

(yes, this is me and my mother-in-law rocking out

at the video dance party. What of it?)

And lots of projects to try. Something for everyone.

With our admission, we got in free to the Canal Museum.

I will post about that tomorrow. Very cool too!

Owl Quilt Block Swap

I participated in an owl block swap earlier this year.

With the move, I never got around to doing something about it.

Cleaning up my quilting things, I pulled them back out and made this top with Eden.

When my husband got home, he took this picture.

As he did, he said, "Nice hooters."

Classy.

I think it will be something fun to use while sitting on the couch this fall.

(I guess I better go ahead an quilt it then!)

Paradigm Shift

I have a great love of black and white.

Some think that my whole wardrobe consists of black and white…

And pink.

Because I also have a great love of pink.

So I found a wonderful quilt pattern that capitalizes on my love for both…

Paradigm Shift.

I have finished 6 blocks (out of 24).

It looks like I have more shifting to do ;)

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

Did you see this?

Because I was just checking.

Too cool.

And it has a pink case!

Love, Katie

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