Best of intentions...

I had a plan...

Take two of these...

Some of this...

Note: My border didn't have to be red until I saw this fabric.  Uh, right... like I had it in my power to resist this beautiful piece of red fabric.  I knew right away that I would be fighting a losing battle... though it must be said that I didn't even try to put up much of a fight.  Call me weak... but I did fold pretty quickly. 

But I digress...

I was going to make a "Bless Cindy Lou" quilt but it just didn't get done. 

I'm getting patterns written and ready to pack ~ and I'm trying to think of a project for :::thing to be named later:::... tomorrow actually.  More on that in a moment...

So while I didn't get a new Cindy Lou made, I would like to give a high-five to everyone who did! 

::: HIGH FIVE ::::

The quilts are awesome and I love all the changes, personal touches, and variations.  Way to go!

And since one is the loneliest number... and two of anything just has to be better than one... two prizes.

Big list ~ two actually.  Lots of names... random drawing... and the winners are:

From Sinta's parade of Schnibbles... Megan of Crooked Seams.  Megan made a beautiful Nostalgic Cindy Lou using the April Cornell collection.

And from Sherri's parade of Schnibbles... Jocelyn of Happy Cottage Quilter.  Jocelyn made a wonderful Cindy Lou using Civil War reproductions. 

If Megan and Jocelyn will leave comments here, I'll e-mail you for your mailing addresses.  One of you will get Happy Camper and one of you will get a Wiscasset Jelly Roll. 

Picnic is up next and I'm ready!  I have plans!  I have fabric!  I might not have a sewing room... but I'll figure a way around that hurdle when I get to it. 

A couple of things to tell you about...

I promised to share the recipe from Williams-Sonoma for Pumpkin Bread Pudding.  I've included that below ~ if it works, this should be a link to a PDF file for the recipe.  (Yes, I'm testing this for an upcoming thingie.)

Pumpkin Bread Pudding

You will need to make Pumpkin Bread for this to work.  While the recipe calls for the Pumpkin Pecan Quick Bread mix from Williams-Sonoma, there are other pumpkin bread mixes available that can probably be substituted.  It won't be as good... actually, I wouldn't know since I haven't made this with anything else. 

I have a loaf of bread in the oven now ~ it smells amazing! ~ so that I can show you the finished bread pudding by tomorrow or Tuesday. 

And I will be back tomorrow to tell you all about [something].  I was asked by [someone] to play along in a [something] to take place starting on Wednesday.

Actually, part of it starts on Wednesday, but the "big show" starts on Sunday, November 9th. 

Lots of fun... lots of projects... lots of recipes... lots of stories...

Ooops... there went my timer! 

Au revoir, mes amis... à demain.

Comments

[CJ]

I have trouble resisting RED fabric too. :D I saw the tease of what is starting on the 9th! I'm excited!

[deb]

Lovely lovely combination!

[Judith]

When it would have been finished I am sure it would have looked great. Have looked at Blessings in a quiltstore in Belgium and it looked great.
Thanks for the compliments on my schnibbles. I am so happy that my mother and me have the same hobby (I learned her).

[Marianne]

Oh that Pumpkin Bread recipe looks delish, think I'm going to give it a try. Thanks, Carrie!

[Jocelyn]

Oh my goodness! Thank you Carrie! What a lovely parade it was too :-)

Jocelyn

[Megan]

Hi Carrie - Woohoo!! Thanks so much for donating the goods for the giveaway - I'm so excited!!

[lovetostitch]

Thanks ever so much for the recipe - I happen to have one of those mixes in my pantry. A funny thing happened - cant figure it out - when I went to copy/paste the recipe - it came out with funny symbols. When I opened it, it looks fine, but when copied it has funny symbols - could have just been my fingers, I guess - lol!!!
Blog hop sounds fun!!

[Cara]

Carrie I have a question. How many Schnibble patterns need more than 2 charm packs?