More Goodness From Brenda Riddle Designs...

Brenda Riddle Fabric and Pattern Assortments

Aren't these colors sweet? They're all the fabric and pattern designs from my friend, Brenda Riddle of Brenda Riddle Designs. 

I've created quilts from her designs before. This is a post I wrote about some of the books and patterns of hers that I own. You can also click HERE to see a quilt I made for my sister, Diana. It came from Bren's book, Home Comforts.

Brenda Riddle's Grace Layer Cake Fabric Assortment

I don't think you'll be at all surprised that I recently purchased Bren's pattern for her fabric line Grace. I received more fabric from the Grace line this week. More gorgeous fabric for the collection. 

I'm going to create the quilt shown in the above pattern. I'm quite sure the historic name for the block design is Courthouse Steps, and I love Bren's take on it. I can't wait to make a quilt with these fabrics. 

Now that I've reviewed my posts of all the patterns and fabrics I own from my dear friend, I think I can safely say that, at least as far as quilting is concerned, this might just be the year of Brenda Riddle Designs quilts! Stick around this year, and I'll show you as they take shape.

Winners...

 I finished the quilt top for "Flutterby"...and I think it's a winner!

 This is to show you the whole quilt top.

 This is to show you my cute knees. lol

 After I finished the quilt top, I assembled a new Strawberry Rose Pincushion.

I had done the stitching a while ago, and now it's finished for a swap I'm in.

 I joined Erin and her other participants at Why Not Sew? Quilts blog for a 

Strawberry Pincushion Swap. This swap was right up my alley. A real winner!

 I'm sending it off to my swap partner today. I sure hope she likes it!

Oh! It just occurred to me that you're all here to find out 

who the winners of my 1600th Post Giveaway are! 

Silly me!

Well, let me announce the winners now!

The winner of the fabric assortment is:

#25 GILL

 The three FOUR (I added one more!) winners of 

"Home Comforts" are:

#14 JOYCELM

#61 GLORIA M

#60 CLARA

and

#41 MRAY

 and finally,

The three FOUR (I added one more!) winners of 

"Simple Things, Small Joys" are:

#50 CHARLOTTE

#1 LEANNE of Quiltmekiwi

(See? #1 does win!)

#4 MINIMISS*

#64 SHIRLEY*

If there isn't a blog link or (*) after your name, please contact me with your full name

and address so that I can send your prize to you. You can send a message to me via the

email link on my right sidebar.  I'll mail your prize as soon as I have your information.

(If I don't hear from you by next Friday, October 11, 2013, I'll draw a new name.)

Congratulations to everyone who won a prize

and

Thank you to all who entered and visit Brynwood.

I appreciate each and every one of you.

xo

Ready For The Fancy Stitching...

Yesterday was actually a beautiful day. The sun was shining, temperature was moderate with low humidity (I love days like that here in south Florida!), and I finished the Lavender Dreams quilt top! I assembled the backing, packed everything up and took it down to Kathy. She will take the top, add the batting and backing, and mount it on her frame so her long-arm machine can do all the fancy stitching that will really make the quilt sing. When she's finished with her work (next week), I'll add the binding and it will be all done - just in time for me to present it to Miss Snoopy Pants' (aka, my younger sister, Diana) when she flies to Florida in December to celebrate my birthday with me. Thank you to everyone for your prayers and good thoughts for Kes. The little stone passed yesterday morning while she was at the vet's office, however the larger stone was going to pose a problem. I love our vet and her entire staff, so I didn't fret about Kessie's care at all. I knew they would take good care of her for me. Kes underwent surgery early afternoon on Friday and is now resting comfortably at the 24 hour emergency clinic in Sarasota. She stayed overnight for pain management and IV fluids. I'm told I'll be able to pick her up later this afternoon or Sunday. Of course, I'm hoping that it's today. I want her back here at home! One last photograph to share with you from Thursday night's concert. You can see that Handsome and I were on the stage at the same time. It was so much fun doing the Veterans' Day program! (You can click on the image to see a bigger picture, and I even drew arrows over each of us!) Have a great weekend, guys and dolls. See you tomorrow with Kes updates.

The Comforts of Home...

I'll be spending today thinking of the comforts of home. I'm having a little surgery to remove a certain organ that had me in the emergency room last Saturday night. It seems that this crafty blogger has been busy making "pearls" (of a sort)...one being the size of a large gumball. So, in an effort to avoid another "frontal assault", we're going to just have the offender removed - lock, stock and barrel. Perhaps that's the reason I've been a bit unfocused lately. I'm going to spend a little time thinking about my next project, work on my beautiful, mint green sweater, and concentrate on healing.

The two books in my photos are recent acquisitions from Anne Sutton at Bunny Hill Designs. One - Home Comforts - I purchased, and the other - Comfort and Joy - was a gift from her. Both are filled with gorgeous designs and ideas. Don't these quilts just make you want to hole up in your sewing room and make 'em all? They do me! Her blog Bunny Hill, is also a wonderful place to visit.

Hope you have a great day - and I always appreciate a healing prayer. I'll write again soon. (I'm writing my post for tomorrow ahead of time. I'll be back "in person" on Friday.)