Winner!

 I was all ready to for the Give-a-way and I really don't know what happened except Christmas jumped up and consumed all my time. Well, I did have out of town company come in for 5 days that I was not expecting - but still.  

 

Soooo.....here it is January and it's time!

 

I used the Random Generator and the winner is:

 

#7  Jo of Moonbear Designs & Quilting

 

Yea! Jo!

 

Jo's comment:

Happy Thanksgiving Linda :0) I am thankful for family and friends, especially the quilty ones, that we are able to enjoy our craft. And to hear that DD and family are doing well :0) Yea!

 

Congrats Jo! I'll be contacting you by email for your address.

 

Happy Reading about Stitching,

Linda

 

Here's the low down...

So here's the low down for what I've been doing.  No Sewing!  And loving it.

We all just need a break sometimes.  Am I right?

 

 

I've been doing a bunch of things like spending time with the family over the holidays.

Me, GD Scarlett - Age 8, but almost 9 and Taylor

 Rosanna, Angela in the back, Serena with the beanie.

 

And here are my sons-in- law pretending to be Rosanna.

We love silliness!

 

 

Making Caramel Popcorn for everyone!

Oh my gosh this was so easy to make and all my co-workers loved it too.

I got these handy dandy popcorn bags from Party City.

 

And I've been fighting blogger to get my pictures uploaded.

 And it's such a shame - I'm been having trouble since my last post.

Which is one of the reasons I haven't posted.

 

So since I was able to do a couple pictures - I decided to do a post today.

Next post will be the winner of the Give-a-way book

 

Happy Stitching,

Linda

 

 



Baby Quilt for Angela's First Baby

I just wanted to show you the quilt I made for my daughter.  She really does have eyes, (LOL) I just caught her with them closed - sorry.  That is her husband beside her.  So how do you like the quilt?  It's made with Minki and flannel.  Very soft and very girlie.  Boy, oh boy do I hope she has a girl.  LOL

 

Interestingly, no one called me on the fact that I didn't mention what the give-a-way is!  Sorry, I was going to tell you, but I closed the post before I did.

 

I woud like to give-a-way the book " The Double Wedding Ring".  

 

 

Linda

What We are Thankful For & Give-A-Way

Good Morning!

 

Thanksgiving Time is here.  Even if you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving where you are at, I’m sure you have plenty of things to be thankful for.

 
 

So let’s have a round of things we are thankful for.

 

 I’ll start.  I’m so very thankful to God that my daughter,  who had a miscarriage last year, has been able to carry her baby to 6 ½ months. I think she will make it to her due date. 

 
 

 Another thing I’m thankful for is my grandmother teaching me to how to make the best pie crust!  Yum!  But also it carries on the tradition of her excellent food for our family dinners.

 

Of course I’m thankful that we have weathered some health problems this past year and on now on the up swing of being healthy.  

 

And I’m thankful for this platform that allows me to connect with all of you.

 

Okay what are you Thankful for?   I think a give-a-way will be in order!! 

 Linda

 

Good News

Hey Everyone!  It's me!

 I just wanted to stop and tell you my good news.

I'm still being transferred - but my job will not be eliminated.

Isn't that a relief? 

And...I've been reading a great book.  

It's a mystery and it's about quilts.  What more could you want?

I really like Clare O'Donohue's books.  She has a nice easy going style.  Her characters are interesting and the plot moves along at a nice pace.  Just a joy to read.  I do recommend her new book The Double Wedding Ring.  Her main character is Nell, a quilter and hobby sleuth. In this book she is looking for a murderer.  I do like that some clues are laid out for the reader to guess who the murderer is, but not so easy that the book is predictable.  I didn't guess the murder in this story - maybe next time.  O'Donohue also has sub-stories being played out - those are as interesting and the main story.  

And...I cleaned my oven.  

Yep, I know it doesn't sound that exciting but a sparkling clean oven

is so enjoyable.

(Oh darn! I can't get the photo of my shiny oven to upload. I'll update this later if I can get it to work.)

And I did some machine applique - so fun.  But can't get those to load either. :-(  

Ta Ta for Now,

Linda

Well, all good things must come to an end.

I'm being transferred at work and I know with my new duties at work and further time constraints at home,

I just won't have time for blogging. 

So I'm considering ending this blogging adventure. 

I've been thinking how much fun it's been getting to know all of you, 

seeing your wonderful projects,

and learning so much from all of you.

Thanks a bunch for all your kind comments and being so much fun to hang with!

Happy Stitching, 

Linda

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

It's been a week and we don't want to wait any longer for the winner of Jennifer Chiaverini's book, Spymistress - now do we?

So let's get to it..... 

Random Generator do your stuff!

Here's a little funny while we wait.

From Random Generator:

Here are your random numbers:

6

#6 is 

Sunny of Quilting Dreams

Yea Sunny! You Won! You Won!

Sunny's Winning Comment: 

 sunnyOctober 4, 2013 at 8:44 PM

Would you believe I've never read any of her books? Shame on me. Beautiful job on the stocking! It must be such a relief to be so near the finish line. And it's not even Christmas!!

Congratulations Sunny!! 

 I'm sure you will enjoy this book. 

Thanks everyone for playing with me.

Happy Stitching,

Linda