Off to Houston for Market - but first - a new tutorial.........

It's officially FALL - and Fall in this house pretty well means Houston and Fall Market.

If you're able come see us at Booth 1938 - just find Moda and we'll be around somewhere.  :)

We're packed - 

well....... mostly

and ready.

There's always a bittersweet element to everything.  I probably need to say goodbye to my flowers for this year.  Cameron is due for a hard freeze shortly after we leave.  

Kelly and Tori will bring in all of the houseplants but the others will be gone when we get back.

Time to rest and wait for the new growing season next spring.

Meanwhile Misty and Jake have gotten the newest tutorial edited and uploaded.  It's on Inside points - like stars and snowman arms.  To see it click here.

While you're watching it, I'd better go pack.

Beautiful weather, stupendous grandchildren and a couple of really neat quilts

What a great start to Fall.  

It officially was Fall on September 22nd but the weather didn't get around to changing until this week. 

Days in the 70's - just right for walks down to the treeline and back.  And then cool nights so it's crisp when I open the door to let the dogs out each morning. 

Cullen and Quinn were up last weekend and made us some great Pumpkin cupcakes.  Usually we cook from scratch but I'm a sucker for saying yes when they find a mix at the store.

I must admit the pictures on the box made the cupcakes look almost as good as they were.

After gathering the eggs they got to work.  Pops ran the big mixer but they pretty well did everything else except the oven part.  

Gabriel didn't get here in time to help make the cupcakes but he and Pops had a good time eating them and reading the big dinosaur book

and carving the pumpkins (I forgot my camera - aargh!)

Oh well, Brooke and Lilly weren't there and Jake and Zoie will come over and we'll all carve pumpkins.  I'd better remember my camera for that!

This guys all ready for Fall - and Sunflowers and Scarecrows is on special this week.  You can get a kit by clicking here.

And with the holidays looming you might want to get started on our Snow Friend Wallhanging, 32" x 48".

I'd better get off of the computer and get back to getting things ready for Market.  

Keep quilting ladies.

Two "New" Classics - Well Three - but Zoie might not want to be called a classic yet :)

My - time is moving so swiftly.  

I ran up to DesMoines yesterday with a bunch of ladies (actually we rode on a bus) to go to the AQS Festival.  I made sure to take my camera with me and promptly left it in my purse on the bus.  

So, sorry, no pictures.

I did take my wallet, credit card and lipstick so I could still buy things.

We all saw lots of really neat quilts and had a very good time.

Before I left, I redid two of my favorite little quilts.  We were out

of kits for Punkin Heads 

and Dresden Turkeys so I redid them in fabrics we had.

So now we have kits again and Kelly decided we should give a 15% discount for a week to introduce the new ones.  The promo code to get the discount is CLASSIC.  Oh, and don't forget to get your Dresden Tool if you don't already have one.

The only problem with being at the quilt shop at 6:30 in the morning was that I had to miss Zoie's volleyball game the night before.  

They won - :)

Such a pretty girl - and a good volleyball player. 

Grandma's get to brag.

Back to work - Market looms.

Rose Urn Wallhanging Winner

We do indeed have a winner.  It turned out to be a little more difficult than I thought though.

We counted up all the comments and new subscribers - no problem.

But then how to say who won since the subscribers didn't make a comment I could quote.  And I hesitated to put someones name or email address on the blog.

So we just emailed lucky #259 and told her she won.

I'm sorry everyone couldn't win but it you'd like a kit for the wallhanging we have a few in the store.  You can get one by clicking here.

Thanks to all of you who entered both contests.

We hope you had as much fun hopping as we did.

Last Day of Size Matters Blog Post - Almost

Wow!  We're at the end of the Moda Size Matter's Blog Hop already.

To get a pattern for the quilt Tammy Vonderschmitt of Moda designed using all of the block click here.

(Once I got there I had to click on the page to get it to refresh and bring up today's post.)   It is an awesome medallion quilt - hats off to Tammy and Moda, of course. 

Just to refresh your mind, here's the block I made out of the Crossroads line

And the pillow I made out of the block.

If you missed the patterns you can back up to my post day, September 6th and download them.
If you want a kit to make the pillow you can get one by clicking here.

And of course, on to the important part of today's post - the give-away.

The Random Number Generator has chosen Nancy who commented

"NancySeptember 6, 2013 at 12:01 PM

I too, have learned that quilters have big hearts. Got a wonderful care package recently after a quilter learned about my husband being out of work and his surgery to remove cancer of the kidney. It touched my heart to realize that people care, even if they don't know you...wow! She had recently dealt with the same cancer in her hubby, so knew first-hand where I was coming from.
I like your pillow and block. Those fabrics are lovely and whomever wins them is going to be so happy.

Nancy, if you will email your snailmail address to Tori at janpatekquilts@yahoo.com we'll ship you your precuts.  And I hope your husband is recovering nicely.

And speaking of give-aways, we still have one to go.  

In case you weren't here the day of the post here's what you get and why.

In order to do the tutorial on Stems and Leaves using the center block from Eagles and Roses, I needed to have the block  done in several different stages.  No one wants to sit and watch me stitch and stitch - that gets boring.

What I've always wondered is "what to do with the blocks afterwards".  I guess I could make 2 or 3 fullsized quilts but that's probably not going to happen :).
So I came up with this idea.  I'll have a contest and give them away on my blog.

Here's what is included to make the Rose Urn Wallhanging - the center block in progress and all of the fabrics and pattern to finish it, along with the borders and binding.  It will finish at 46" x 46".

To be in the running to win it you need to go to my You Tube site by clicking here and subscribe.  

If you have already subscribed and want to enter just make a comment.  

I'll have the random number generator pick us a winner tomorrow morning.

Here is the block in all of it's glory in Eagles and Roses.

You may remember that I took preorders for the Eagles and Roses kit.  Well a few people have had things come up and can't take the kit so we have some in the store.

We also have had a few request to kit the Rose Urn Wallhanging.

If you want to buy a kit for the Rose Urn Wallhanging (and if you win the wallhanging we'll refund your money :) or Eagles and Roses - the numbers are extremely limited - click here.  

Tammy incorporated 4 embroidered words into her medallion quilt.......Well said, Tammy

The four corners needed applique or something 
to soften the black blob.  

My four favorite things came to mind, 
Faith, Family, Friends, and Fabric.  
My life revolves around these things and I need all of them in my life to function.  

Size Matters - Day 9 - Kansas Troubles & Aneela Hooey.

Boy - what a day.  Kelly and I took Zoie shopping for volleyball shorts, kneepads and headbands.  Luckily the school provides the tops.  How many of you have been shopping with a 13 year old girl?  I think we went through every pair of spandex shorts in the mall.  But we finally found some shorts that met her approval and the schools requirements, a couple of tops for practices, kneepads and some headbands that will work until we can find something better.  

That done, we had lunch at around 3:00 and came home.

So I want to back up a little.  

This is Linda from my Girl Gang.  Linda comes to the meeting each month, picks up her block, sits and chats for 2 hours but she never does any applique.

This month she brought a couple of quilts she's been working on.

The top on is crosstitch and is a King sized quilt.

Wow!

I thought it was a good day to post it, following Alma's blog post.

This one is a bit smaller but the embroidery is absolutely stunning.  The fabric is all French General.  We told her she could bring her embroidery from now on.  I think she just likes the fabric company.  

The Crossroads pattern for today is "Let It Snow".  They were supposed to be little snowman blocks but they grew.  

Quilts have a mind of their own sometimes.

And I just love Lori's quilting as usual.  Snowflakes in the snowmen

and squiggles in the trees.

The little quilt on special is Sunflowers and Scarecrows.

I need to take the dogs on their run and my walk so we need to get hopping.  One hop is quite a distance - Aneela Hooey from the UK - and the other just a half a state away - Lynne from Kansas Troubles.

If you haven't already done it, be sure to go back to my post on the 6th and make a comment for a chance at the Crossroads precuts.  

Then sometime before Tuesday morning, subscribe to my tutorial channel for a chance at the Rose Urn Kit (see yesterday).

Have a good rest of the weekend and see you Monday.

Size Matters - Day 8 - Blackbird Designs, Cotton Way, Stephanie Ryan - AND a new tutorial

The Crossroads pattern I'm featuring today is Eagles and Roses, a 7 month BOM. 

 Altogether the quilt is 98" x 98" and will probably be my Christmas quilt this year (if it's not out on a trunk show).

The center block is also the subject of 

 another tutorial since

 I've heard from a few of you that a 34" center block might be somewhat challenging. 

It will also cover a basic that we haven't touched on so far "Stems and Leaves".

To watch the tutorial, please click here.

In order to do the tutorial, I need to have the block I'm teaching done in several different stages.  No one wants to sit and watch me stitch and stitch - that gets boring.

What I've always wondered is "what to do with the blocks afterwards".  I guess I could make 2 or 3 fullsized quilts but that's probably not going to happen :).

So I came up with this idea.  I'll have a contest and give them away on my blog.

When I took the picture of the block and it's elements, I had decided to give the winner a Crossroads Jelly Roll and let them figure out the border.  I did change my mind about that and designed the borders so the border fabric will be included, not the Jelly Roll.  --- The small dog on the floor isn't included either.  :)

Here's what is included to make the Rose Urn Wallhanging - the center block in progress and all of the fabrics and pattern to finish it, along with the borders and binding.  It will finish at 46" x 46".

To be in the running to win it you need to go to my You Tube site by clicking here and subscribe.  

If you have already subscribed and want to enter just make a comment.  

I'll have the random number generator pick us a winner Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile we have some hopping to do.  Let's see what Barb and Alma of Blackbird Designs are up to.  I think Alma was making a lot of the blocks in the 6" size.  Then on to Bonnie of Cotton Way (hopefully she hasn't had any more bears in her garage)  and Stephanie Ryan, loved her roses as symbolic of remembering those lost on 9-11.  Beautiful roses and a beautiful thought. 

See you tomorrow.