I love this time of year, don't you?

I love the crisp autumn air.

Scarves and cozy sweaters.

Soups and pumpkin pie cake.

I love the fallen leaves in my yard.  

And the thrill of my children raking them up in huge piles

just to jump in them over and over again.

I love family get-togethers.

And thinking about my blessings.

I love the festivities of the coming months.

And I love my newly finished "All Hallows Eve Portrait" wall-hanging.

It's my only finish as of late and I think it's the perfect little quilt to take our home from the cold, dark nights of Octobers' tricks and treats

into a cozy, thankful November. 

The pattern, "All Hallows Eve Portrait" can be found in Joanna Figueroa's Fresh Vintage Issue #17.

Delighted!

Working in the fabric/quilting industry is really a dream.  I smile when I tell someone that "I was working" when I was actually at home sewing, playing with fabric, designing, writing up patterns, researching {Pinterest, blogs, magazines}, marketing {blogging}, going to quilt shops and buying fabric.  Once in a while I even get to hang out with some really amazing and inspiring people that love what I love.

One of those occasions was last week when I was able to attend Amanda Herring's {The Quilted Fish} launch party for her new fabric line called Delighted!  I had first got an email about it and then a darling invitation in the mail so I've had been looking forward to it all month.  I made arrangements to go with my quilty friend, Heather {from Quilt Story}.  We had a blast and I just have to share some pictures from that night.

Amanda thought of every detail.  Seriously.  I could tell the moment we walked in the door that we were in for some fun. 

Look at these centerpieces!

And these window displays...

 

 {LOVE that truck!}

 

 There was make and take stations, a photo booth and even a candy "bar"!

I LOVE the ferris wheel {and look ~ she even made pillows for the cabs!}

There were a few familiar faces

[Amy from the blog, Amy's Creative Side, Heather and Erin from the blog, Two More Seconds].  It was fun to chit chat and get a little kick in the pants from Amy...I've been such a slacker lately :)

 [ Me and the hostess, Amanda]

That girl is so inspiring.  She really knows how to go "all out" and make everything a party!  I drove home that night with goodies in hand and my creative juices flowing.  Thanks Amanda for showing us how it's done!!!

Pretty Peppermints

Look familiar?

That's right.  My Christmas Dresdens quilt is now a pattern!  Just in time for the holidays!  This quilt makes me so happy to look at so I'm excited to share all the details with you.  Pretty Peppermints is the perfect new twist on an old-fashioned block.

Pre-orders are now available in MY SHOP.

All orders will ship next week.

If you're a store owner and would like information on wholesale pricing please shoot me an email at adctd2qultng@gmail.com or convo me through Etsy.

Happy Quilting!

~Amber

A Different Kind of Post

Did you have a good weekend?

I did!  I made some great headway on my new sock quilt, ate lots of Snap Doodle Breakfast Cake (family recipe can be found HERE),

feasted on the word of God and did some crafting with my daughter.

It was a great weekend for handwork as our family spent about 8 hours in front of the television (Saturday and Sunday) listening to a prophets voice.  We always look forward to the opportunity that we get twice a year for what our faith (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) calls, General Conference.  I truly feel uplifted after listening to our dear Prophet, who is such a sweet and funny man, as well as other leaders of our church.  Questions have been answered and promptings have been felt.

I've been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints all my life.  I've always felt that it was true, but it was when I was about 19-years-old that I really found my strength and conviction.  Today I have been checking out the "I'm a Mormon Campaign" that I've heard a little about and let me tell you that listening to these every day peoples' stories about who they are and how the church has touched their lives is addicting.  I've only watched about 3 or 4 videos so far and I've already laughed, cried and smiled.  If you want to learn more about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints you can start HERE.

I didn't plan to post about this today.  I hope you don't mind that I've gotten a bit serious here on my quilty blog.  Today I am just enjoying thinking about stuff that really matters.

~ Amber  

Socks

Hey ya'll.  We just got back a few days ago from a little family vacation to D.C. and New York.  It was great, but I'm glad to be home :)  Apparently I'm getting old because I think I need to see a chiropractor after all that walking.  I think my hip is out of joint!  So today I'm just taking it easy, doing some laundry and hoping to get in some quilting time.

I'll post about our trip later, but while I'm gathering pictures off of the three cameras and 1 phone that we used while we were there, I thought I'd share my status on an old WIP that I got to working on last night. 

It's a BOM project that my LQG did last year (yeah, I'm just a year behind).  I only have Decembers blocks left to do though and I was just tickled at how cute they are.  They're "stockings"!

I got them all prepped and ready to hand applique last night.

Aren't they fun?  There will be four on my quilt - one for each member of our family.

So.  I had a vision.  Wouldn't it be fun to make a whole quilt of just socks?!?  It could be a great stash buster and think of how scrappy it could be!  It would be so cute!  I'm thinking I would like to make one in lots of creamy neutrals as the backgrounds with some muted greys and blues and reds for the socks (hmmm...that might be the perfect project for Sweetwater's Hometown line.  Love that line!)   It could even go in a laundry room!  OR, it would even be cute to make 25 socks/stockings in Christmas colors for a Christmas quilt! 

It just never ends does it?  My list could go on and on.

So what do ya think? 

Would you care to join me on a mismatched sock quilt along? 

~ Amber

Jolly Halloween

Remember this?

I got it back from my quilter a couple of months ago.

Some how it got passed me to share it with you.

Then I figured I might as well wait until it got a little closer to Halloween.

"Jolly Halloween"

38" x 54"

Great quilting by Kaylene Parry! 

(Lehi, UT. 801-404-8876)

A feather in the border.

Binding = ticking, not biased!

A cute little label by Riley Blake and hand embroidered info. finished off the quilt nicely.  This quilt was a long time "in the works".  I love that it's finally finished.  Just in time.

A few more details about this quilt can be found HERE.

P.S.  My last year's Haunted House quilt was featured on the blog, Quilt Inspiration the other day.  You can click HERE to check it out (if you're in a spooky sort of mood :) 

Are YOU working on any "frightful" kind of projects?

Happy Quilting!

~ Amber