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FYI-I have a ton of stuff posted on eBay. 32 listings right now with several ending tomorrow. Go HERE to see our auctions. Thanks for looking. And I think winter is here. I added the extra blanket to the bed today when I changed sheets.

We are still on baby alert too!

Christmas gift ideas to give and receive...

Look at more awesome jewelry pieces HERE!

These are the finished pincushions I just added to my website. All 100% wool and filled with crushed walnut shells. Each comes in its own metal pan.
I saw this book and thought it looked fun. You can read about it HERE. Quilts and pincushions!

Still trying to get over our Oprah trip. Had a dr run this morning to get a shot for my head. No not a shot TO my head. I asked, he won't do that. LOL Grocery shopping finished me off. I thought. Came home and saw the dirty floors and just had to do something about them. THEN I was done. Long nap and now up for a bit to catch up on emails and such. No baby yet!

Happy Sunday everyone.

What a great time. Go HERE to see what we saw at Oprah. Well part of what we saw. The behind the scenes is alot of fun. That is when funny things are said and alot of joking happens. Oprah is gorgeous! I knew she was, but in person...she really is. It was cool to see Marie do one of her Dancing With the Stars routine with her partner Jonathan. Marie is so tiny. Much much more so than on tv. We had wonderful sunshine driving up. No major issues finding the hotel. Something we did that I was waffling on and Deb was smart enough for both us, was taking a cab downtown to Harpo Studios. We left at 5:45am and it took about 45 minutes to go 13 miles! And this is with our cabby knowing all the ways around highway construction and traffic jams. The stress would have not been a happy way to start the day and that is IF we had even found our way. It was such a great trip and time spent with my sister Debbie.

We are on Baby Alert with Hillary, Debbie's dd. They kept her last night until this afternoon and sent her home. Anytime now though. Please help us pray for an easy delivery for her. First baby and first grandbaby and first GREAT grandbaby.

I posted a few finished goodies on my website. Take a looky if you like Raggedies and pincushions please.

Oprah here we come!! Yep. We got 2 audience tickets! So we are Chicago bound today. They do not allow any form of electronics, so no pics BUT I will have lots to talk about I am sure. I am, shoot this is OPRAH~! She is an incrediable woman.

I love this book. Debbie got it for me as a present this year. You can go HERE to check it out. Sweet sweet quilts.

Same wall, different corner. LOL Scooted the chair out from the table to take the picture. We have a long farm style table. I love it. It has drawers on each end where we keep the placemats and napkins. The dollhouse is my happy place to go. LOL Mr. Brown the bear has been around here a long time. The Longaberger basker holds all my "sacred cow" issues of the no longer, Miniature Quilt magazine. I loved that magazine!

The chair was being thrown away after my granparent's estate sale and someone snagged it for me. It hung in my shop for years, then my playhouse and now in the house. The quilt is another quilt of love made for me by online quilting friends. The black doll's story is she was made on my trip to Michelle's in Victoria BC. We each made one. Her face is there. Just doesnt show up well in the dark corner. I made Miss Scary Hands. Shayla calls her that. LOL Heather did the turning and stuffing. I think we made 3 of them. She said no more! Hated the stuffing of the toes and fingers. Oops about missed one! And Michelle made me the sheepie for Easter a couple years ago.

It is gorgeous here! The sun has shown all week and the temps are perfect for autumn. I have a couple windows up and am loving it!

Corners of my house is the theme of the day. I read Betsy's blog this morning and enjoyed her "memory" cabinet and thought of our's.

Mark refinished this cabinet about 12 years ago. The one and only refinishing project he has done. It is our memory cabinet. Filled with gifts, family heirlooms and favorites. The quilt is a gift from my Backporch Friends group early on in my cancer adventure. I love it! It has signature blocks and the Raggedy Ann is hand embroideried. The doll on top is by Sue Sizemore. My daddy made me the wooden tray. The gourd is painted by me.

The second shelf... Mark made these funny lil cows from sculpey and I painted them for him. Oh my, about 14 years ago. The bunnies peeping out are the first gift he ever gave me. They were an Easter present. The tiny tea cup is from Michelle. The dried roses are saved from a sweet gift from Penny. They dried so perfect. A angel is nestled in them and was a gift of encouragement from my Aunt Betty. The coffee pot is the first thing his mom bought with her first paycheck. When you pick it up it play music. The bottom shelf holds a bunny I painted for Mark's grandma and a ceramic duck dish I painted for mine. We received these back after their passing. Mark painted the Garfield banks in 4-H as a wee lad. The bread dishes were his mother's. She passed away when he was 15. The ceramic angel actually belongs to Heather and was a birthday pressie.

And doing this backwards as usual...the top shelf holds my Raggedies, thimbles from Heather's travels, Anne of Green Gables doll I bought when I went to see Mich in Victoria Bc and my Mary Engelbreit doll from my mom. Before I even knew who she was! LOL

This is my current hand work project. I am crocheting a bag to felt. Using a size H hook. My first time at felting, so we will see. It seems so huge! But I know it will not end that way. The yarn is Wool of the Andes (100% Peruvian High Wool), Sapphire Heather, from Knit Picks. Actually it is much more "heathered" than it looks. Has a navyish color in it.

Now I challenge you to show the corners of YOUR house. If you do, please let me know so I can go have a lookyloo. Have a great day.

We are having a baby. Well, not "we", but my niece Hillary. Here she is with my sis Debbie. I love this picture. The baby shower for Baby Jaydn Alyssa was Saturday. She got soooo many sweet things. We served sandwiches, veggie tray, feta and spinach spread on crackers, tomato and roasted pepper cheese spread too, cake, mints and nuts. Just 3 weeks to go!

Here we are holding the quilt our "other"sister Michelle made and her picture. It is adorable. She does amazing work! And it is soooo pink. Yikes! I looked like I have been dragged through the bushes backwards. Ignore me and look at Hillary and the sweet blankie! I was just about "done" here. LOL
This is the diaper cake I made her. I had so much fun shopping for it. Goodies are all the way around it. The bottle of M 'n M's was a guessing game.
This is the quilt I made Baby Lyssi. It is pretty big so she can get lots of use out of it. All in 30's reproduction fabric. With a scrappy binding. Love you HillaryNoelle. Hope you use this quilt! Do not save it! :o) It is to wrap your lil' one up in love.

Oh and don't forget the blog special I posted HERE.

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I am adding a bit of finished goodies as I get photos taken. The discount applies to everything, even clearance items. Promotion ends November 1st.

Well here is hoping we all have a better week! Cause last week was pretty yucky all around. We were to have done our last show on Saturday and had to cancel. Phooey! This was a cool fiber art show with live critters and tons of vendors. But we were afraid for me to go and then get sicker or have this infection turn into pneumonia. Which is not my friend with my health issues. Debbie is on medical leave for her legs and Penny is in her walking boot for another month. And is on antibiotics for bronchitis too. What a puny bunch! But this will be a better week. And if we say it enough.... :o)

I did finish my lil wall hanging. Satin the recliner and fiddled with it. Just dont know for sure now how to quilt it. I love to piece, it is the quilting that bogs me down. Without binding it measures 17-inches. The inner border is only 1/2-inch. It started to get wonky on me. The fabric got stretched a bit, but it worked out fine. All the fabrics are Civil War reproductions. Now who shall I gift it to???

Blah and blech. That is the situation here. Mark has strep and tonsilitis. I have bronchitis and sinus infection. :o( Both got shots and are on meds. We are the only house on the block with the big ole quarantine sign. LOL And the weather is gorgeous! So pretty. We are both sleeping alot and just being slugs. I have worked on my grandmother's flower garden wallhanging. The original thought was to make it into a dolly quilt for my Bleuettes, thus it is in all blues and white. But it seems too large to be proportional. Will have to work up something else for their bed. They have one quilt, but winter is coming and they need more blankies dont you know.

Hey any homeschool mom's out there? My friend De-De has a site up now with tons of books and such listed. Her kidlets are grown and she is trying to clean out. They look to be really great prices. So go here to check out her website. Tell her Angie sent you!

Thank you for all the sweet comments on my show pictures. And hey. If you want an email back you have to have your mail preference set to allow it. It makes me sad to write a heartfelt email and have it bounce back in my face! Well not literally, but you know what I mean. So PLEASE, set up your mail preference to allow those replies! I want to talk with YOU. :o

And here are my baby girls. Lydia is so not happy because Gracie is on her perch at the window.

Another weekend vendoring. This time at a quilt show in southern Indiana. It was a 2 day show. Not very many people attended unfortunately. Lack of advertising. And it was a shame because the quilts on display were very nice. Some exceptionally awesome. Two highlights. The first was meeting Conni from Simply Quilted! Just a random occurrence and those are usually the best. She was also vendoring as a longarmer. Conni had samples and photographs of her wonderful work. And such a sweet gracious lady. My sisters and I were very happy to meet her. Debbie reads her blog also so it was way cool. Kaye England was the guest speaker. She shared alot of her personal life and of course her gorgeous quilts. A humerous speaker that really encourages everyone.

I have included photographs in this post and the one below of our booth. We thought/paid for a 8x16-foot space. We got approximately 10x10-foot space. sigh After a bit of anx we worked it all out. Being in the middle of the floor we were able to use both sides of our space/tables. And after it was said and done, it was our favorite set up this year. Go figure. LOL One last show this weekend and we are done. Done in! Love my sisters for helping and putting up with me. They have down all the schelping and I really appreciate them!!!!!

Debbie and Kaye England. They were both having a great time. Deb helped fold her quilts after her lecture and got to really talk to her more then.

Pics from our booth this past weekend.