Fall Into Fall Quilters GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Bittersweet October.  The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. 
                                                                ~Carol Bishop Hipps


It's the first day of October!  And it's time for the Fall Into Fall Quilters Giveaway!!  Are your ready?!?  Of course you are.  But first a quick update:  Mom is healing but is quite spacey on morphine.  Yesterday she said that my sister and I both had freckles - neither of us do.  Then she said she saw butterflies in her room.  Ah, the wonders of drugs.  Last night DS got a call that Mom was trying to pull out all of the tubes and IVs - I think she's had enough.  We will see what today brings.  Thank you all for your prayers and positive thoughts for Mom's quick recovery.

Photo Of The Day:

Orange spider gerbera in my front yard

The color orange:  Orange is vibrant. It's a combination of red and yellow so it shares some common attributes with those colors. It denotes energy, warmth, and the sun. But orange has a bit less intensity or aggression than red, calmed by the cheerfulness of yellow.  Orange brings up images of autumn leaves, pumpkins, and (in combination with Black) Halloween. It represents the changing seasons so in that sense it is a color on the edge, the color of change between the heat of summer and the cool of winter.  Because orange is also a citrus color, it can conjure up thoughts of vitamin C and good health.  Orange, a perfect color for the first day of October.

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I did manage to complete 3 hexagon flowers for my GFG quilt while sitting in the hospital yesterday. 

I'm only giving you hints of the bottom two since I am saving those to show on One Flower Wednesdays!

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GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Now on with the Fall Into Fall Giveaway!  Have you not heard of this?  It will be fun!  There are 8 businesses and 143 bloggers participating in the great giveaway including me!!!!  Just click on the link above and it will take you to the list of bloggers - check them out to see all of the great giveaways.  But wait!!!  While you are here check out my giveaway!

I'm giving away a darling kit for a baby quilt!

Just Ducky Baby Quilt from Connecting Threads designed by Darlene Jewell-Walhood

The approximate finished size is 41 1/2" X 41 1/2"

It includes the following:

Pattern

Fabric: Over 3 1/2 yards of fabric is included!!

A package of charm squares

1 1/4 yard Checkered Plaid, blue/yellow

1/2 yard Basket Weave, lt green

1/2 yard Crooked Crosshatch, dark yellow

1/2 yard Lily Pads, blue

3/4 yard Vining Stripe, blue

***You will need to provide an additional 2 3/4 yards for a two pieced backing and some black embroidery thread

Here is a closeup of a portion of the instructions

You have 5 chances to enter but you must leave a separate comment for each question below.  Make sure to leave your email address if your blog email is not activated!

1.  What is your favorite thing about autumn?  Leave one comment for your answer.

2.  Are you a follower?  You don't have to be but I would be happy to have you become a follower.  Leave me a separate comment if you are a follower, a new follower, or just an occasional reader - I thank you all!

3. What are your Halloween plans?  Leave me a separate comment for this.

4.  What is your favorite thing about writing a blog?  Another separate comment

5.  Why do you read blogs and what do you look forward to seeing the most?  Your final comment.

So, you have 5 chances to win the Just Ducky Baby Quilt.  I look forward to reading each and every one of your comments.  Good luck.

Remember, each entry must be left as a separate comment.  You may enter a maximum of 5 times.  The winner will be selected by random.org.  This giveaway will close on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 6:00 p.m PST and the winner will be announced on Saturday.

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Final Thoughts

October turns our thoughts toward Halloween, followed quickly by Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Autumn is one of my favorite times of year as it means we will finally be heading into cooler weather, the leaves will be changing into their color splendor, the days will be shorter, and we will have a fleeting look at few different birds as they begin their migration south.  I would like to share a recent poem I found the sums up autumn rather nicely:

"October's Party"

October gave a party;

The leaves by hundreds came -

The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,

And leaves of every name.

The Sunshine spread a carpet,

And everything was grand,

Miss Weather led the dancing,

Professor Wind the band.

                                                                                       ~George Cooper

Have a wonderful, warm, wise, and winning Wednesday!