Let the November Quilt Stacks Begin!

Can you believe it? ! It is November! Where has this year gone? 

TURKEY HOLLER SALTBOX and With Thy Needle and Thread's November Word Play

A very happy Wednesday to you , sweet friends. 

Let me start off by wishing you a fabulous new month filled with blessings , love, laughter, peace  and hope.  It is a beautiful month. 🤗🦃🤎🧡🧡

Did you say goodbye to October with a visit from ghosts and goblins? I had only 3 haunt my  humble home; we were  down one who was feeling poorly and could not go trick or treating. 

Oh ,these little dickens tried to be scary , but they were old school characters and did not frighten this old grandma at all. 😀 I did oooh  and aaah over them and then gave them a complimentary Aaawwwwghh ( scream , which they laughed in delight) . I then plopped a big ole' bag of candy in each Halloween bag in hopes that I would give them a candy high as they went on their merry way. 

As soon as the youngins' left. The turkeys flew in. 🦃🦃🦃🦃

Soon I was going through quilt stacks searching for just a few quilts to hang on my 3 thrifted shutters. 

The first quilt that was pulled from the stack was  a snowball quilt top. Hmm that will do even though it is not quilted I thought.

Mr. Pinker looked down at the quilt as I was photographing and asked, "Is it going to be any bigger? Like maybe a full size or queen?" 

"Nope," I replied, " I just had a limited amount of these fabrics. " 

"I like big quilts! " Mr. Pinker said. 

"I know, I know, dear". I then proceeded to pull out other quilts to preview. 

"What about his quilt?" I asked Mr. Pinker. 

"Hmmmm, I like all of the browns," said Mr. Pinker, "but..." 

"But what?" I asked.

"Well it is just not big enough. " sighed Mr. Pinker 

"Oooh I like the turkeys in that quilt, ", he chimed as I dropped a turkey quilt on the floor.  "But again it is a wee too small for me to even wrap my big toe in ," he playfully remarked. 

"These quilts are not for wrapping up in , Silly, " I said. I then grabbed my bundle of quilts and gleefully shouted as I ran out of the room "Let the November quilt stacks begin!"

With the eyes in the back of my head, I swear I could see Mr. Pinker shaking his head. 😁😀🦃  

Anywhooo, in two shakes of a turkey tail, I had those quilts hanging on the thrifted shutters to admire with more country clutter sure to join them. 

I still have some tweaking to do, but it is a beginning! 

With all that was going on, I failed to stitch my November doodle. So that will be on the agenda today. But I do have it drawn and ready for you if you are interested. 

UPDATE: Nov. 1, 2023. My nimble fingers worked overtime to finish this little doodle today. 

I am using DMC 498 to stitch my monthly doodles. 

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 If you are interested in stitching this piece,  just grab , the images. For printing tips, refer to the post Tips for Printing which has loads of tips from my sweet friends.

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My little doodles are hand drawn so they are never perfect. 

So far I have shared the January Snowman  , the February Pansies and Groundhog  ,   March Sheep Basket , April's Bunny and Watering Can  ,  May's Berry Basket  , June Bee Skep , July Picnic Basket , August Sunflower Wheelbarrow , September Apple Basket  and October Pumpkin Patch Doodles.

Each block is stitched  on a 7 1/2 squared piece of fabric and then trimmed it to 6 1/2" . The block is then framed  with 2" strips .

Speaking of embroidery, yesterday, Joy at Days Filled with Joy published the last motif in her free Summer Mystery SAL. I hope to begin this project very soon. Joy is always so generous. Thank you , Joy.  

And I can not forget to tell you that tomorrow will start the Mr. Snow SAL. Eeeh ! I am so excited for you to see the new snowmen that I  have been working on. Perhaps you may want to join me or just follow along. Either way I would love for you to drop by for a visit. 

Thank you so much for the Wednesday visit. Enjoy your day, dear friends and... 

 As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

November is the month to remind us of the many positive things  happening in our life. 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear baby sister, Amy. I love and miss you so much, Amo. ❤❤❤  

 I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Susan at Quilt Fabrication for  Midweek Makers Wednesday

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday- Thursday

Nina at Creations, Quilts, Art , Whatever by Nina for Off the Wall Friday

Alycia's of Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant - Friday

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday

Sarah at  Confessions of a Fabric Addict  for Whoop! Whoop! - Friday