Blogger's Quilt Along Block #1

Yipeee.....the first block for the

Blogger's Quilt Along is posted

at A Quilting Life.

 I've been looking forward to this all weekend!!

So, as soon as I saw it posted I gathered some of my favorite scraps and got to work!

Saturday Spotlight #2

 Enjoying our Saturday....beautiful Fall weather!

My favorite time of year

 as the leaves change colors and the mountains

become alive with colors of gold, yellow, and rust!

I'm in the middle of making Chocolate Chunk Cookies.

I found the recipe at
A Little Bit Biased Blog!!

Hop over to her blog and you'll find the recipe 

with pictures too!  She posted it Sept. 1st.
Thanks so much Amy for sharing your recipe!

Can't wait to share these with my family! 

I've peeled potatoes and will be making
one of our favorite foods....
homemade potatoe salad, just like
my grandma made with lots of mustard and pickles!!
Yummy!

 Sweet Pea

fascinated with a leave 

we picked from a tree in the yard!

Blogger BOM Quilt Along

 How would you like to join an awesome FREE BOM Quilt Along?

Jackie at Canton Village Quilt Works is hosting the BOM Quilt Along with quite an impressive list of designer's who will be contributing each month to the quilt along.
For the list of designers and all the details hop on over to her blog and take a look. 

Our family had a great time this

weekend on our "End of Summer"

camping trip.

We took a little hike and this was the

beautiful view!!

 

Saturday Spotlight

 Major Free Motion 

going on today!!

It's no secret I love visiting all the wonderful blogs here in blogland more than posting on my own blog. There seems to never be enough time in the day for me to blog, at least when my brain is working enough to get out complete sentences to share with you.

So, when I can find the time
I'd like to have 

SPOTLIGHT SATURDAY 

to share some of my favorite

inspirational blogs with you.

My latest inspiration is found on

Oh Fransson's Blog 

with so much encouragement and helpful information that I just had to share with you today.

I love piecing my quilts but like a lot of others I really don't enjoy the quilting process, only the finished quilt. I was quilting, free motion or stippling to be exact, and once again had my bobbin threads to loosen and give me grief....grrrrrrr!!

I thought I would once again do some research on the web to help out. Lucky for me I found a wonderful tutorial which can be downloaded at Amy's blog. I went back to my machine and tried some of her suggestions for free motion quilting and had much better results. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and encouragement.

Also, take a look at Amy's Scalloped Dresden Bag FREE pattern over at During Quiet Time.  

Scroll down to her August 30th post where she shares about being in the spotlight at Kristie's blog, OCD: Obsessive Crafting Disorder.
Thank you Amy for sharing your pattern for this adorable bag. I can't wait to make one.  
In Color Order
Last but not least is Jeni's colorful blog, In Color Order, with an amazing selection of links for inspiration and helpful hints on everything from selecting
fabric to why certain colors blend well together. SO much to process at one time, you will definitely visit her blog more than once.


Have a great weekend my friends!!