Thankful..........

So very much to be thankful for during this time of Thanksgiving........

 Wonderful family and friends.........

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

A loving mother that has taught

and continues to teach how to

carry on traditions......

like her deviled eggs.....

and her perfect mashed potatoes......

A sister that has a knack for making Momma's home made

yeast rolls.

Get that just right sis!

Having a home and some land where 

I can raise my own food.....

by the way,....

this home grown turkey

exceeded ALL expectations!

Just ask my friend Mike!  LOL

Being able to host in a house I love.

Sitting down and making more memories

when we weren't stuffing our faces!

Thankful for the little ones!

Past and present!

Sophia Annabella loves it when

Paw Paw sneaks her a piece of turkey!

And, it was this little booger's first Thanksgiving!

Paw Paw had the honors of feeding her, her first bite of

Thanksgiving Turkey.

LILLY MAE!

Thankful for a father who shares his

talents with his family.

This beautiful cabinet is now displayed proudly in

the Quilt Cave!

My dad completely refinished my maternal

grandmother's treadle sewing machine cabinet

and did a masterful job!

(Machine still being refurbished.)

Dad did an amazing job on it.

And my mom is so proud of it too!

I can't thank my cousin Marcia enough

for allowing me to have this piece of

family history!

I wanted Dad to sign it to show the date

he refinished it.

While he did so, my mother shared a story of

this machine.

When Mom was around 15 years old, she worked

for a small restaurant washing dishes.

She saved the little money she made there and would

go buy fabric at a mercantile store in town.

My grandmother would compliment my mother

on what a good job she did saving money, and how

nice the fabric was, and in return would make my

mom a skirt or dress out of that fabric.

My mom says her first memories of sewing on

this machine was helping her mother make those

clothes on this machine.

PRICELESS memories for me to share with you all.

Thankful for a wonderful niece and nephew

that will hopefully come visit me

in the nursing home one day......

hopefully that day is FAR away......

The snowman ornament tradition with my nephew 

and niece continues on.

I get them one every year and date it for them.

And so many quilters are so thankful for

Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville Mystery

this time of year!

I am no exception!

Linking up with Quiltville's

Mystery Monday Link Up

Since I just completed "Sapphire Stars,"

I opted to play with a different color scheme

for Bonnie's mystery this year, rather than

my usual go to patriotic color scheme I usually

make with her mystery quilts.

Aqua and Coral remain the same, 

but, for

Brown, I am substituting Grey

and for

Neutral, I am substituting Navy.

Going through the strings for 

CLUE 1

More strings to go through......

My Accuquilt Studio makes quick work of these

strip sets.......

Coming along............

A sampling of the 9 patches made

in no time.....

Thankful for so much.....

including you all!

Thanks for all of the encouragement!

Keep on Quilting!

Kevin the Quilter

So Much Fun, So Little Time

Ya know what quilters?

I have no idea how some people manage their time to do everything they do, AND blog????

My guess is that many are much more tech savvy than I, and can blog from their smart phone?

Me?

Well, you all know Uncle Kevin the Quilter is nothing if not technologically illiterate!
Nothing but an old outdated home desk top computer will do for me!  LOL

Anywho...........

I have had an absolute blast the past month or so!

Come see!!!!!

When last I blogged......
I hadn't come down off of my high from Scrap Club hosted by Kevin the Quilter's final reveal!
Soon after that, I headed down to Houston for the International Quilt Festival.

 Here I am at the festival with my scrappy quilting friend Roxann.

It was so much fun spending time and talking quilts with her.

 Speaking of which, she had a quilt accepted into the

Juki "In Full Bloom" contest.

What a beautiful work she has created.

All of the motifs in her quilt are her original designs!

 Lori of Humble Quilts along with myself

were accepted as the royal guard of

Barb of Fun with Barb's quilt which hung in one of the

special exhibits at the festival.

What a beautiful work you have created here Barb!

Thanks for letting me ham it up with Lori!

And while we are on the subject of Lori.....

it was my sincere pleasure getting to know her better.

We had met last year in Houston, but, she was consumed with

working for the festival with no real spare time to speak of.

This year, we were able to talk quilts, vendors, and food!

Thanks for the info on "Phoenicia" and Turkish coffee!

Lori, the enabler!

How could I pass on this amazing Boston Terrier fabric????

I got to chat with Doug Leko, the designer of the

"Simple, Folded Corners" ruler which will be used

with this year's Quiltville mystery,

On Ringo Lake .

And it is always fun to visit with
Victoria Findlay Wolfe.

My friend Ann was working

the Butler System vendor booth

right across the aisle from VFW!

I was able to visit the

Painted Pony and Quilt Shop

in LaPorte, TX while in Houston.

While there, I ran into this quilter

after my own heart!

We are wearing matching shirts!

I also met Tanya that works at this quilt shop

who also follows Bonnie and Lori.

It was so nice to meet you!

My friend Jamie of Sunflower Quilts

 is the creator of "The Original Thread Cutter."

Here she is in her booth with Ann and Jamie's mom.

What a hoot they are!

I am the proud owner of one of these babies now!

Thanks Jamie!

Wow!  What a great product for a chain piecer!

I highly recommend you order one of these gadgets

for you and your quilty friends this holiday season!

And here is my loot from the festival.

All too soon it ended.

But, what a nice time I had there.

Upon my return home, it was snuggling time with

Lilly Mae!

And boy did that thread cutter come in handy

after chain piecing these!

What are these???

The beginnings of

"Carolina Chain"

from Bonnie Hunter's book

"Addicted to Scraps."

Sophia Annabella definitely approves of this quilt design

by Bonnie Hunter!

You all know there were some QOV presentations

on behalf of QOV, Eastern Missouri to commemorate

Veteran's Day.

Jean, our fearless leader is pictured with the

QOV recipients and myself.

These presentations were made at the

Stitch'N'Time Quilt Guild in

Warrenton, Missouri.

(I will be posting more photos of this event in the future.)

And I recently had my very first workshop with

the Hearts'N'Hands Quilt Guild in O'Fallon, Illinois!

What a blast these quilters were!

(More photos coming soon of this fun day!)

I am looking forward to hosting Thanksgiving Dinner with my family here at the Quilt Cave.

Blogging time will be severely limited, but, just know, I am so THANKFUL for all of you that

continue to read my blog and share your quilting lives with me!  I count it an honor and blessing to 

call you all friends.

Until next time,

Keep on Quilting!

Thanks for all of the encouragement!

Kevin the Quilter