October Sky Fall Festival

Yesterday was the festival in Oliver Springs and it was a huge success.  There were lots of vendors and a ton of people came out to enjoy the day.  Janelle Arthur did a show at the park and drew the crowds in.  There was a quilt show at the old depot and a car show in town.

I helped them set up for the quilt show and had three of my quilts in it. One was my very first quilt that I gave my Mother and it survived the fire when her house burnt a few years ago. You can't even tell it was in a fire.

I worked on the binding of another quilt during the festival trying to finish it and finally did after I got home last night.  I have one more binding to go for another finish.

I think I may try to make some items ahead for next year's show to sell.  A few people asked if there were any quilts for sale.  I will need to start now if I am going to do that.  Well that's all for now, better go fix breakfast  for hubby.

Happy Stitching Everyone!
Anna

Are you ready for fall?

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted.  There has been a lot going on around here.  First the garden really took off and there was lots of  canning going on.  Mom and I put up about 50 plus quarts of beans and we made bread and butter pickles and sweet pickle relish.  We also canned several quarts of tomatoes and about two dozen jars of salsa.  I also put up several bags of okra.

Then there was DH's left knee replacement.  He is doing great with this one.  Wish the first one had went as well.

My Nephew got married on Sunday and Mom and I made their cake.  It was a beautiful fairytale wedding and the kiddos have a wonderful new stepmother that really loves them.

But through all of this I have managed to get some sewing done.  Oklahoma Backroads and Scrappy Mountains are both back from the quilter and ready for binding.  Hopefully I will be working on them this week.  That's all for now.

Happy Quilting Everyone!
Anna

Quilts and Veggies

I finished the "Hearts in Bloom" quilt for the Hospitality House.  We had a big "to do" at the hospital as this was our guild's 10th year donating.  It was really nice and I think we ended up with between 20 and 30 quilts being donated this year.  This year's theme was a memory quilt. Mine was for my Grandparents, my Uncle and my Sister.  I chose the hearts pattern and used florals and solids for the quilt.  They all had hearts of gold and loved flowers.  Here is a picture of mine.

I received "Star Struck" back from the longarmer and am putting the binding on it now. I will post pictures as soon as it is finished.

On to the veggie part of this post. Our garden is doing great!  We have cucumbers coming out our ears and I am making a run of sweet pickels tonight and will probably do a run of sweet pickel relish over the weekend.  We are already getting ripe tomatoes off the vines and have lettuce and onions.  We have a few banana peppers and a sweet pepper almost ready to pick.  We also have green beans ready to pick and I will probably be doing that while the cucumbers and onions soak in salt and ice for 3 hours before I can make the pickels.  We will more than likely be canning green beans over the weekend also, if not before.  Lots of work but they will be so good this winter.

That's all for now! 

Happy Quilting Everyone!!!
Anna