Its still November - And COLD....

This is what it looks like outside.

It's 22 right now but it's

supposed to get up to 40 later today.

Yesterday the high was 22 so we're already 

ahead of the game right now.

When its this cold this early in the season

I spend a lot of my day taking care 

of my chickens - making sure each house has

food and a heated waterer and that the

waterers are working.

My neat green waterers don't work anymore -

the water is frozen.  So yesterday I ran to Orschelns

and got some plug in pet waterers.  

Luckily the green waterers can be converted to

feeders.  I just took them to the house, washed

and dried them, filled them with feed 

and turned the lids (just the lids) over.  

Now they're feeders- pretty neat :).

Before I post this I'll take a picture of the new set up.

I can't post right now anyway because for some 

reason, Blogger won't save the post so I'll have

to leave it open until it will.

I may have to wait until it warms us 

a little to get things to work

Back inside, Kitty Kate

and Elizabeth

are keeping me company while

I'm working on "Cozy Cabin" -

the Tablestand Quilt for

December.

I didn't have a chance to post on Veteran's Day

but I hope you had a chance to thank one of

our service men or women for the

great job they do of keeping us safe.

To get a kit (including 

the hanger), click here.

Keep quilting ladies and

see you next week.

And now it's November.........

But for awhile it looked like we had skipped a month.

Dobby, our Welsh Corgi is

discussing the situation with the 

stone puppy by the garden bench.

I think they decided that it was 

too soon for snow.

I found out the breed of my little chickens.

They are banty Mille Fluer D'uccles.

I am assuming with that name they are French.

Apparently the Mille Fluer are

the white dots on their feathers.

This is their comfy house with it's 

nests for laying eggs and their feeder.

They seem to have gotten a little

confused as to which was which.

And this is the November Mystery Quilt Block.

This yellow cat is new to the barn.

I leave the window to the grain room open a

crack except in the most severe weather.  

The window faces the south and is protected.

That way if one of the house cats goes out for

the night and isn't back by house curfew they

have a way to get out of the weather.

Well, Muffin Kitty is a stray who showed up

about 2 months ago and has made himself at

home.  He's settled in and loves being petted now

and getting his "wet food" treat every night.

(Dry food and water are a staple)

Since Halloween is over, it's time to turn about

the Fall Favorites Tablestand Quilt.  

Now we're headed for Thanksgiving.  To get

your pattern or kit for the 

quilt click here.  The Pumpkin and

Gate header is available now also.

Our Vintage book for the month 

is

with patterns for 12 fun quilts, 

pillows and stockings.  

To order your copy click here. 

It's time to get busy.

Christmas will be here before you know it. :)

It's Here!

And the kit will be in December.

Jan & Pep's Marvelous Adventure 

93" x 99"

Made for their 50th Anniversary

 from Clover Meadow fabric line

by Jan Patek for Moda.

Close up of Center House block

& Jan & Pep block

Jake's house, grandson Cullen,

chickens & beeskep - 

appliqué  by Marie Boyle.

Max's house, grandson Quinn,

chickens & flag-

appliqué by Amy Gertz

my sister Nancy's house, chickens, 

beeskep & flowers -

appliqué  by Susanne Steil.

Assembly of blocks by Terri Luther.

This is a large quilt so we are offering a few different 

ways to purchase the kit.  

At the moment we are taking preorders and 

shipment will begin in December.

You can buy the kit outright for $290.00 

by clicking here

or

you can make 4 payments of $72.50 each

by clicking here & 

we'll ship the quilt in segments or all

at once after the last payment 

if it comes that way from Moda.

I do hope that made sense.

If you have any questions you can email 

Tammie at janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com

and she should be able to answer them.

And on a totally different set of purple quilts,

someone on Instagram wanted to see

a picture of my couch with it's quilt and pillows

so here is "Home Sweet Log Cabin Home"

with the Purple House Pillow and the 

Scarecrow Pillow - also part of "America For Me".

And here is the leather-bound journal

Pep gave me for our 50th Anniversary.

"I do believe it's time

for another Adventure."  :)

He's a Keeper.

October - Pumpkins & leaves & Anniversaries

Here's my scarecrow pillow 

from the Moda "I Can Make That"

Blog Hop.

The fabrics are a combination of

my Sweet Violet fabric line

and Betsy Chutchian's "Sarah's Story" line.

I thought they went together in a most

pleasing manner :)

To purchase a kit to make the pillow top

you need to click here.

Our vintage book (or books in this case)

for October is both books of

Pinecones & Hollyberries by

me & Sue Spargo.

Here's a picture of the quilts on

the back cover of book #1.

The Urn Tabletopper is 20" x 43'

 and the House quilt is 54" x 54".

It's never too early to start on Christmas stockings

and presents so next week I'll show you

some of the stockings you can make with

patterns from this book. 

Meanwhile, it's sunny and warm with only a 

slight wind - perfect weather for sitting

on my front porch

or up by the garden

and stitching.

My 50th Anniversary is Friday

and I'm still working on the quilt top.  :)

Have a good week ladies

The winner of the last drawing

Was #5

Julie Rose said

1. 
   JulieroseOctober 4, 2019 at 12:24 PM

   Love that Angel table topper--just perfect for the holiday season....hugs, Julierose

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

   And since there were 2 quilts I decided to do another drawing.

   
   

   I kind of skewed the results by taking out all the entries that said they

   wanted the Tablerunner and the entries by Daniel from

   Microsoft that were really ads for Microsoft and ran the new numbers.

   
   

   The winner of the long cabin pattern is Anna who said

   
   

   AnnaOctober 4, 2019 at 6:24 PM

   Oh my gosh . . .what a great idea for a log cabin. . .the angel tablerunner is cute too, but the log cabin would be my choice.

   
   

   

   
   

   OK ladies, if you will email Tammie at janpatekquiltsinc@gmail

   and tell her which patterns you won, she'll mail you your patterns.

   
   

   It's been a really fun Hop and I hope you all got lots of ideas for quilts to make.

   
   

   Right now I'm working on my 50th Anniversary quilt and a 

   Purple House Pillow to go with my purple quilts.

   
   

   Check back Wednesday for the jpgs of the House pillow and the scarecrow pillow.

   
   

   Right now I have to go let the chickens out.  

   
   

   Everyone here was up late watching the Chief's game.  

   We lost :(  But I guess even with Mahomes we can't win them all.

   
   

Day #10 - Last Day of Hop

And 2 Quilts designed by me :)

Home, Sweet Log Cabin Home

made with Sweet Violet fabrics

and an Angel Tablerunner

made with Sarah's Story fabrics

by Betsy Chutchian.

To win your choice of the patterns, 

make a comment, any old comment,

and I'll have the Random Number Generator 

pick a winner which I'll announce Monday.

The winner of the Over the River BOM

 is Mary Ann who said

"I love this quilt.  It speaks to all aspects

of winter and the holidays, both religious & Whimsical.

Mary Ann, please email Tammy at 

janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com and tell her you

won the Over the River BOM and she'll 

mail it out to you.

Now lets get hopping over to see what 

Zen Chic has for us by clicking here

and what Deb Strain has for us by clicking here

Have a good weekend and

See you Monday.  :)

Day #9

Over The River BOM

Quilt designed by me

Fabric - Sarah's Story by Betsy Chutchian.

This is one of my husband' favorite quilts.

I don't think I've ever designed a quilt he

didn't like but every once in awhile there 

is one that he loves.

It has all of our favorite elements

Home, nature, God (besides the obvious 

church & angels, there are lots of stars and moons,

which in my quilts stand for the celestial), 

and of course

kids and grandkids.

Make a comment, any old comment,

and I'll have the Random Number Generator 

pick a winner which I'll announce tomorrow.

The winner to the Beeskep and Violets 

quilt kit is Lantha who said

"we need our bees!.  The jobs they do and 

the products they produce are vital to our lives.

Pollination, honey, beeswax, not to mention VIOLETS!

Lantha, please email Tammy at 

janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com and tell her you

won the Beeskep & Violets kit and she'll 

mail it out to you.

Now lets get hopping over to see what 

Kathy Schmitz has for us by clicking here.