Its my blogaversary and I’m celebrating! Its my birthday too! And I’m moving to a new home on the web! Thanks to Aqua Poppy Design, I also had some fun sprucing up my other blogs here, and here. For anyone who would like to help me celebrate moving day, I have a few prizes to give away. To keep things interesting, I’m having a contest. Search for any posts related to Denise Schmidt quilts, fabrics, patterns, biography, interviews, etc. that you think is prize worthy, with one catch, you have to find one without any comments on it, leave a comment to the author and then link back to the post in a comment to this post. Three lucky winners with the best finds will receive one of the following (please let me know which one you prefer when you post your comment). Winners will be announced on November 25th.
A) A rare and out of print copy of Annabel Fox Holkham Bay Handknitting Annual 1997
B) A brand new copy of Hearts and Tulips by Margaret Docherty
C) A brand new copy of Quilting Designs from the Past by Jenny Carr Kinney
The week-end came to a lovely close with a visit to the “Great Pumpkin” at Laguna Beach Nursery on a most beautiful day at the beach…….bliss!
A surprise discovery was waiting inside the nursery for us……….this fantastic water fountain:
We had fun baking these haunted cupcakes:
The week-end started out with breakfast in bed from Krispy Kream donuts still hot from baking:
I wish I lived here………………..
But instead, this is my view all year long……………………
I don’t know why but one 4th of July our little mid-west town decided to celebrate by having a patriotic costume parade and all the girls in my neighborhood had moms that liked to sew, so we all somehow ended up with colonial period and prairie girl costumes. (See me in the front to the left near the Snoopy house?). This was the most spectacular costume my mom ever made for me and it wasn’t even for Halloween. I can’t even remember if I wore this for Halloween that year but I remember that we always had to wear sweatshirts and sweatpants under our costumes by that time of year because it was sooooo cold so my guess is that this one didn’t make it that year! Very fun happy memories. Since the colors match so well, I thought I’d also post a pic of my next sewing project in the cue, a mixture of Swell by Urban Chicks and Hopscotch by Chloe’s Closet.
Having fun with this new French manicure kit from OPI for Halloween and trying to finish my embroidered flour sack towel while recovering from a bad cold. The upside, a few days off from work for a long 4 day week-end. Found some cute tutes while meandering this morning. New fun faves: Pink Chalk Studios (check out her cool post on quilt market), Mellie and Me, Audrey and Maude, and Thimbleanna.
More coasters in Katie Jump Rope. I have a big flap jack style stack of coasters now. They definitely do multiply quickly! I made matching potholders (see below) and flour sack cloth towels (waiting to be embroidered in my favorite Peanuts characters. If you are in the mood for Halloween, I found this cute pumpkin gallery that you might want to check out – totally adorable!
Do you like my H A L L O W E E N banner from Owlsorts? If you have some time, a visit toJenny’s site is an amazing treat! Finally, the fireplace is all dressed up for Saturday. (I still have some rickrack to glue onto the flags!) My “Gruesome Knitting Eyeballs” kit came in the mail today from Maryjane. I hope I have enough time to make them! The yarn is so awesome, just like in the photo, and very soft too. I hope everyone is staying well and enjoying the countdown to Halloween this week!
Kathy
P.S. What I’ve been listening to this week:
Listening for Amelia from NPR’s The Story
Hillbilly: The Real Story, narrated by Billy Ray Cyrus
Pam and Jim’s Wedding from The Office :-)
