It's turkey time! My favorite day of the year is Thanksgiving. I love the food, the holiday spirit, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the football, making calls to friends, and all the anticipation of the holidays to come. Central to our celebration is a good meal, served with gratitude for all we have. Setting a …
Sunday Chat
It has been a minute since we had a Sunday chat. October was so jam packed with projects. November is a time to relax and enjoy the season. Autumn color is hitting its peak this past week or so, and the color is glorious. We did a wonderful drive on our mountain roads with a …
Stashbusters November
It's been five weeks since our last check-in, have you been sewing during Autumn Jubilee? There were certainly a lot of projects to use up some stash. Several projects in Autumn Jubilee reduced my stash. Using the lovely fall fabrics was delightful. First, 1-1/2 yards out for the Autumn Jubilee apron. Counting out 1/4-yard for …
Cradle Quilt Update
The cradle quilt drive has been amazing. Before we began Autumn Jubilee, I did two updates with photos of the 73 quilts that were received in September. The month of October has been nothing short of miraculous! This will be a very long and picture heavy post, as there are more than 100 more quilts …
Autumn Jubilee Wrap Up and One More Mason Jar Idea
"I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves." - Ann Drake Wow, it has been quite a month, wouldn't you say? Lots of projects and prizes, winners from all over the US, inspired by Mason jars. I have one more idea for you today to put …
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Fall Tablescape for Autumn Jubilee
Finally we get to the Autumn Jubilee tablescape, now that we've made some of the things we'll be using. This table is anchored with our Harvest Festival quilt from the quilt along. The place settings have rust color chargers with white dinner plates topped with my favorite fall salad plates. The set is discontinued from …
Autumn Jubilee in the Sewing Room
For our last project post of Autumn Jubilee, we are going to play with Mason jars in the sewing room, and then preview a few new releases from our giveaway sponsor. Using Mason jars to separate buttons by color is a fun way to display your button collection. I put bits of Harvest Festival fabrics …
Autumn Jubilee Week 4 Winners
More winners were drawn this week! Congratulations to all these lucky readers! Backside Fabrics North Carolina based, Backside Fabrics sent lucky winner Rita H a gift certificate to their online store worth $50!! Quilter’s Dream awarded THREE twin size battings this year (Dream Green, Dream 80/20, and Dream Bamboo) to Kathryn L. Find Quilter’s Dream …
Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along Finale
I hope you are enjoying the Mason Jar inspired quilt along, with fabrics from Benartex's Harvest Festival line. Today we are going to talk about the finishing, with some ideas for labeling. When we left off, the quilting was done and it was ready for binding. I thought the plaid in the brown and rust …
Autumn Jubilee Wreath
Fall wreaths adorn the wall outside our front door, and also in the garage at the door coming into the house. I like that bit of Autumn color welcoming me home, and greeting guests no matter which door we use. Because our garage was added to the home sometime after it was built, there is …
From My Carolina Home 