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Greetings everyone! Many thanks to those of you who joined in the Giveaway fun for the Family Tree scraps!  I loved reading all of the sweet comments on the post -- Thank you so very much. Many thanks also, to those of you who follow my Blog , Facebook , Pinterest , Craftsy , Twitter or Instagram accounts.  Just loving how much we can share and grow in all of those Social Media outlets.  I'm honored to have gained 7 followers on Instagram --  Woot ~ Woot!   I'm pretty new to Instagram but LOVE that I can quickly post a picture of what I'm working on for others to see and comment.  Such fun. Before we get along to the Winner -- I have a little sneaky peek of an upcoming quilt AND something to Crow about for my dear friend and mentor Wendy Sheppard. Ya'll might know Wendy from her lovely blog Ivory Spring .  Wendy shares her awesome "Thread Talk" advice, makes and shares design after beautiful design, does all of her own free motion quilting on a ...

Here in the Northern Hemisphere it's officially Fall!  Quoting the Farmers Almanac:  "The autumnal equinox brings the fall season to the Northern Hemisphere on September 22 at 10:29 P.M. EDT.  The word equinox comes from the Latin words for "equal night."   The fall and spring equinoxes are the only days of the year in which the Sun crosses the celestial equator. From here on out, the temperatures begin to drop and the days start to get shorter than the nights." I know what that means to me -- more sewing!  Does it mean the same to you? Soon the backyard trees will be showing these beautiful colors...  I can't wait! With some fall lectures and trunk shows at a few local guilds I've been busy getting some finishing touches on a few old quilts. Here is my "Milkbone" quilt before it was bound....  It was quilted "McTavish" style using #Aurifil Mako Cotton 50Wt thread -- gosh that thread works wonderfully for dense machine quilting!  ...

It's been an exciting week! On Monday I was fortunate to share a mini trunk show and lecture with the Penn Yan, NY "Keuka Quilters".   What a lovely and talented group of ladies eager to share their love of quilting.  Thank you for having me Keuka Quilters -- it was sew much fun! Prior to the program I worked feverishly to finish some things. This is a Way Old Work in Progress (WOWIP) "Winter's Harvest Pinkeep" by Renee Plains as published in the Winter, 2011 issue of Primitive Quilts and Projects .    Of course, with my love of Redbirds, I turned it into my Valentine's Pinkeep and I love it! I've had it "nearly" complete for years but it needed the wings and body tacked down. Yippee !  All done!  You can read more about my "Winter's Harvest Pinkeep" here. To celebrate the finish I've decided to have a giveaway.   I have a copy of the Summer, 2014 issue of Primitive Quilts and Projects magazine that I would like to sha...