What a great time we had at the Mo. Star retreat AND

Happy Almost Turkey Day

But first the Retreat

And since there is so much to do the day

before Thanksgiving, I'll mainly show pictures.

Molly Barton (Girl Wonder) 

of Missouri Star.

Karen sewing the strips together for the beeskep/

Marie using the bias maker to  

                                                                make the bias vines.

Syd has hers made and is cutting out

freezer paper patterns.

And here we are with the finished product.

Good friends,

Lots of fun,

Lots of good food

And a quilt.

What more could one want:)

This is Pumpkins, Turkeys & Geese

The pattern is on sale this week 

and you can get it by going to the 

store after you click here .

Have a great Thanksgiving filled with

laughter, food, family and friends.

And of course --- Quilts. 

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. :)