Walking Tour

We are blessed to live in a gorgeous area with lots of
wonderful history.

This is a picture of the

Historic Covered Bridge Downtown
Elizabethton, TN



We took a Historic Walking Tour
of our local downtown area a couple weeks ago.
It was fun and very interesting to read the
history behind the houses, landmarks, and some of the
businesses. There are around 30 homes and it
took us about 2 hours.

This is one of the houses, named the
Doctor Bowers House, built around
1906 by Dr. E.E. Hunter and his wife.
Dr. Hunter also operated the drug store in the city,
served for a short time as Postmaster, and oversaw the
construction of the Covered Bridge.

Not sure why....but the current owners of this home
painted it purple???
This house is believed to be the first house in the city in 1892

Sycamore Tree
Cut down in 1987 after many efforts to save it, the story behind
the tree is that the first republic established west of the
Appalachians was the Watauga Association, which was formed in May 1772 under the
shade of an old Sycamore Tree, located on the banks of the Doe River.



This is the Hunter Cottage, built by Dr. E.E. Hunter
for his children. Originally it didn't include
a kitchen since his daughter and her family were
expected to take their meals at the "big house."

OOOOHHHHH.......
is that my quilt????
How did that get in here??

This is my sister's 40th Birthday Gift!!

Fall Colors

Beautiful Fall colors.......
and quilt colors too!!
We are playing catch up here at home. So much has been going on with my dad having surgery and my dd1 sick last week with that nasty flu bug!!
We are looking forward to this week!

Fall Break and a Layer Cake

Our family took a little Fall Break Get-Away this past weekend!!
We had a great time and enjoyed a little shopping and a little relaxation.
We found two wonderful quilt stores.

As you can see below on the cute little bag, the first one is called
The Cherry Pit.

It's located downtown Sevierville, TN.

If you're ever in Sevierville or Pigeon Forge you have to check out this awesome store.
I bought a new pattern for a table runner and some cute fat quarters in fall colors. Also, two tea towels that I hope to get appliqued with pumpkins and turkeys.

The next store doesn't have a website but it's equally wonderful!!
Machine Quilting by Iva!

I was so excited to get home with this "Layer Cake" that I forgot to take
a picture before ripping the ribbon off. It's called Gobble Gobble by Moda.
The colors are gorgeous!! Rich golds, browns, burgandy, and oranges!
I've already started piecing these for a surprise gift quilt.
Can't tell you who just yet.

Oh, and we did enjoy some R&R time!!!

Granny Fan

I would like to share something special with you today!

I've become a "Granny Fan"!!

Valarie, at Life's Little Garden has been so sweet to share her grandmother's quilting adventure on her blog. Granny will be 96 years old on October 23rd!! AMAZINGLY this sweet little granny makes one quilt a week. Can you believe that??? Oh, and she's having a Birthday Giveaway for her granny too! Go over and say hello to Valarie and see this precious little granny and those beautiful quilts she's making!

Oh, and I've added the FOLLOWER button to my sidebar, I would love to add you to the list!!

Blogger's Quilt Festival

Blogger's Quilt Festival
Autumn - 2009

Amy at Park City Girl is hosting this wonderful Quilt Festival !!!!!
Awesome - 400 + entries

I love to quilt but I also love to see what other quilters are doing! What a fantastic way to see all the gorgeous quilts these talented ladies are making!

Thank you so much Amy for making this happen!

If you like to quilt or just enjoy looking at them, grab a cup of coffee and spend a while visiting these awesome quilt blogs!

LOG CABIN QUILT

This Log Cabin Quilt is an Eleanor Burns "Quilt in a Day" quilt.
This is my one and only queen size quilt and it's made with lots of love and mistakes. (:
It's machine pieced and taken to a long arm quilter for the quilting.
Everyone in our house loves to snuggle under her!

Gum Tree Giveaway

FREE GIVEAWAY!!!!

Good morning, it's a beautiful but rainy Monday here in East Tennessee. We are enjoying the Fall weather with cool mornings and mostly beautiful sunny days, a little rain mixed in.
I'm so happy to share some exciting news with those who enjoy Free Giveaways! I love to win fabric and patterns don't you!!! Well, today you can visit the blog Gum Tree Designs and have a chance to win many fabulous giveaway!! Take a look, you'll be glad you did!

HAVE A GREAT MONDAY MY FRIENDS!!!

Stayin Home Saturday

A little sewing today on my applique

Weeding my flower garden
Placing mums around the outside edge this week

The morning glories have wrapped around my bird house.