Tea Time Thursday #90

WELCOME OCTOBER! I love the month of October and I wish you a Happy Tea Time Thursday!

I have been busy this past week and haven't had as much time to blog as I did last week. Jimmy has been gone for over a week playing mountain man with old time friends from Illinois. I have had lots of time to clean and decorate and work on my Etsy a bit. Of course, I have had to cover his babysitting, so have had extra shifts with my little Otto.  My dear friend LaVonne is coming to visit and that was motivation to get everything clean and the house decorated for fall.

I had to drop off some items at the Goodwill and so I popped in to see if there was anything interesting. I was good, but did find this really pretty poppy teacup and saucer. It is hand painted, but I couldn't find a signature. It's so pretty and just looked like fall.

It's marked Bavarian and is now living in my collection! I decided to have a cup of tea and look at my photos from the quilt show last Thursday. I finally have a bit of time to post about the show.

I so want this little light up house at one of my favorite booths at the quilt show...someday!

The work on this quilt was just stunning. I was sad that it didn't win a ribbon. The quilting was amazing.

This simple quilt just appealed to me. It's more modern, but I liked the colors and the simplicity.

Wool quilting is in in the Northwest now. This quilt was very well done and just sweet. Again, I liked the colors.

These bright and colorful quilts aren't my thing, but I do enjoy looking at them and so admire the work.

My photo of this quilt really doesn't do justice to this quilt. It was amazing. The following photo will give you a better idea of the work on this one.

I liked the technique on this one. The wiggly lines between the blocks are acutally small piece of fabric, sewn over to the side. It really presents an interesting look.

Here's another look at a fantastic quilt with great color!

The circular quilting just made this quilt. It sure looks like gears turning. A prize winner for sure.

Can you believe this quilt? WOW WOW WOW! This is a great use of new and old! I just love the boarder.

Another temptation!

My friend Nancy taking a phone photo of these fabric flowers. My other photo of Nancy and her SIL didn't turn out...sigh.

Velvet pumpkins...so beautiful.

The perfect little Janome sewing machine for some lucky little girl...Hello Kitty!

Although machine quilting is really becoming quite an art, I though it was funny that so many of the booths were featuring wool quilting that has more of a primitive look! It is very appealing to me, so this is what jumped into my bag!

I have given this needle minders to most of my friend, yet I have never gotten one for myself. I finally found one i especially liked. I got the very last one.

I don't think this will get done this year, but it will be fun to work on for next fall.

This is a whole kti for a table funner. Again...a fun project.

I should be able to finish this little goodie. It'a a simple pincushion. This will probably be the first project so I can get into my wool projects. I'm excited.

Welcome October~Time to Decorate!

Oh welcome October! A new month and one of my favorites. I remember when the doctor told me I was expecting my first baby in this glorious month, I was so excited. That baby will be 37 the end of the month.

I love this quote from Anne of Green Gables. You can find these graphics in an Etsy shoppe called Islays Terrace. Soft and such a good quote.

It's pouring rain this morning but the sun and some warmer temps are to return later this week. Our fall has been pretty soggy.

Our leaves have hardly started to turn this fall. You will be lucky to find one in my backyard with this much color! I do hope that changes soon.

When I posted about pumpkin pie spice last week, one of my blogger friends asked me about allspice. So, I did some research and was surprise to learn about the spice all of us have in our spice cupboard.
Allspice is a scrub that produces berries. Most of it is grown in Jamaica. The berries are harvested and dried in the sun. It has the smell of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves with a hint of juniper and peppercorns. That explains why it has such a lovely smell.

The berries are a bit bigger than peppercorns. When they are dry and ground, they have a lovely reddish color. Now I want to buy the berries to grind for baking. See what you learn when blogging?

If you are in need of the spice for baking and have run out, you may use this formula for making your own. 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg and 1/2 tsp cloves. If that is too strong for you, use only 1/4 tsp of the nutmeg and cloves.

I am going to start my fall cleaning and fall decorating today. I love to decorate at this time of the year.
One more cup of coffee and I need to get going! Happy October.

October and Teacup Thursday #75

Happy October! It's so hard to believe that the 10th month of the year is now here! I love October, it has to be one of my most favorite months. My first born Angela celebrates her birthday this month. I will never forget how excited I was when my doctor told me I was going to have a baby in October. She was due Oct. 23 but arrived on Oct. 22nd. That was almost 36 years ago....amazing.
It's still so nice and warm here in Oregon, but it has been getting a bit colder and when the sun goes down in the evening, you can feel the fall air. I decided to take some pictures of my outside decorations as the weather was so nice.

I love my pumpkin man who greets visitors at my front door! Clear Moon Frost Soon...............

I'm back to bible study on Thursday mornings and it's my turn to take treats. I decided to make spiced cupcakes with a burnt butter icing, like my mom used to make for us when we were kids. The house smelled so yummy.

Here's the finished product, ready for tea time. I made some extras for my hubby as I'm trying to be good and cut out the sugar and carbs for awhile. So hard!

So, it's my 75th Teacup Thursday! WOW...3/4th the way to # 100. My teacup for Miss Spenser's Teacup Thursday is a rather simple one with just the right colors for October. It's marked Phoenix  China T F & S Ltd. Made in England. The design is done with a raised paint.

Happy Autumn and welcome to this new month of October. What do you enjoy about October?