Whirl Into Winter GiveAway!

AND THE WINNER IS-------I JUST DO NOT BELIEVE THIS--------YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THIS----------


DEBI OF "QUILTING WITH DEBI"--OUR DEVOUT LEADER!!
I am truly glad that you have won a "Whirl Into Winter Give-Away, Debi. Thank you for a job well done! I had a ball and I appreciate being able to join all these great bloggers. I need an address and your gift will be mailed soon. Thanks again.

Click sidebar pic or Title to post to see a complete list of all the Give Away Blogs. You will not believe the generousity of these quilters!

I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT SIGNING UP FOR THIS GIVE AWAY! I happened to visit a blog who is participating also and nearly jumped out of my skin. Anyway, I had decided what to GIVEAWAY, so ----HERE IT IS----

This is a paper pieced pattern of my own design. It can be used as is or enlarged to your liking. I am encluding a fat quarter pack of 1930's reproductions that will work great if you like the fabrics used in the quilt shown below. I have other versions of the quilt posted (bottom of post)so that you see how other fabrics work as well. I loved making the birdhouses seemingly being viewed from your window. In another version, I chose fabrics that made each house seem to actually be in your own back yard or a park, or maybe in the woods somwhere. They are also used to depict the four seasons.

Anyway--I hope you are glad you visited my site and I hope you win! Good Luck!!! What a great way to start the new year--meeting new friends. Just leave a comment telling me if this is the first time you have visited my blog! If you don't tell me, your comment will not be counted. I want to meet you!

You need to have a blog so that I can contact you if you win or include your email address in your post. The winner will be announced on January 15th.

BE SURE TO VISIT OUR HOSTESS' BLOG. THANKS, DEBI--GREAT IDEA!

FRYER RANCH OPEN HOUSE

WELCOME--PLEASE COME IN!! I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU COULD STOP BY! Please put your coat and hat on the hall tree.



Oh, you like the side board? It belonged to DH's Great Grandmother and Grandfather.

Sorry, no fire tonight. You know this Texas weather--always warm--even in the winter. Why do we HAVE a fireplace? Well, I guess we are just wishing. No, really, we do have cold weather at times in the winter. Some winters are colder than others. We are lucky to see snow in a lifetime.
(Notice my embroidery basket in front of the hearth)

I finally have a Texas tree this year. Previous trees have been full of ornaments that have been gathered year to year. Ornaments given to us by parents, ones the children made at school, or some I made and others given by friends. You know the drill. This year we have a theme tree--all TEXAS. The topper is a Cowboy Hat. One of the bears underneath is perched on an antique chair that belonged to my dad's little sister. Probably from the 1940s or before. Not really sure. The santa is made from an old quilt by my mother. It is one of my prized possessions.


Finally, I must show off Floyd. Floyd is my husbands trophy Elk. He came to live with us a few months ago. This is the only place in our house that he would fit. I am sure that there are many of you out there that have a simlar prize (Problem).

I want to give you a link to Martha Stewarts Christmas Cookie Video.

There are two parts and you must watch both. It is too late for me to gather the supplies to do this this year, but I intend to plan this for next year and I thought you might also. The darling cookie cutter comes from Macy's. On sale right now! The video discribes gadgets and tips to make these cookies a breeze. You know what--I think that there is as much improvement in cookie making as there is in quilting. They are not nearly as hard as they look! The secret is in the type of icing and the way it is put on--plus letting each color dry before starting on another. Leave it to Martha!

Oh, you have to go so soon? I was just about to offer you a hot Cranberry Wassil! Well, I hope you will come back really soon. Don't wait until NEXT Christmas. You drop by and visit anytime. Bye-Bye! AND A VERY MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS!

Oh, by the way--I usually have a "little something" for each guest that stops by during the season. All the guests that leave a comment will have a chance to win a wool pincusion made by me. The drawing will be after New years Day.

PUT YOUR NAME IN THE HAT!

The Catering Quilter is having a 100th post give-away. You get to expose your roots in quilting and in return you get your name on a sheet of paper hopefully to be drawn from a hat. If you win this is what you get------------YUMMY!

She ask that I pass the word, so I am trying to help out a fellow quilter by sending any visitors that I might have over to her blog to sign up and hopefully win this wonderful pack of STUFF. We all NEED stuff! Have a great day, ya'll!

WONDERFUL CONTEST

Cleaveland Girlie is having a wonderful contest on her blog. She is from South Carolina and a great photographer and quilter (a alot more). You must tell her what you have learned during the past year to enter up for the drawing, but hey, there are so many things to list that that should be no problem, right? Tell her Molly sent ya!!

SO IT TODAY, AS THE DRAWING IS WEDNESDAY.

AND THE WINNER IS~~~~~~~

On Tuesday, I announced a scrap fabric give-a-way to anyone who commented on that post. I also said that anyone who linked to my post would have their name entered twice and that I would add fabric to the pile. Well, it has been a week and time to announce the winner.

AND THE WINNER IS--------

Well, Jeanne, how about that. You lucked out. Jeanne had her name in twice as she linked to my post and it paid off for her. I have packed the box and it will be on its way as soon as I get an address to stick on it.
Thanks to all who commented. I enjoyed hearing from you all! Molly

FABRIC GIVE-A-WAY

Trying, once again, to straighten and clean out my sewing area. Seems it can get so, so cluttered that I cannot get motivated to work on a project. Maybe the problem is that I try to work on two many projects at once. I should only have out one project at a time and work on it till it is finished. STAY FOCUSED! Oh Me--I don't know if I can ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After cleaningout the closet, AGAIN, I now have a box of fabrix+ to get rid of. I was thinking it would be fun to offer fabric for comments. If you comment, I will put your name in a drawing for the box of fabric+. I will give all a week to comment then I will have someone draw the name and announce the winner. Then you will be ask to send me your snail mail address and I will mail out the fabric.

Help me get rid of some fabric (whew--that leaves a bad taste in my mouth)and get some much wanted comments. THANKS

If you link to me and tell me you did in your comment, I will add your name in twice and if you win, I will put in added fabric. Just a little added bonus.

VISIT DEBI FOR ANOTHER GIVE-A-WAY TREAT!!