Thankful for friends and fabric from friends!

Cole loves Fall  circa 2003

I made this quilt when Cole was a puppy and president of the Stick Relocation Team for our area.

He loved picking up a stick of dried up leaves, and shaking it. Rattle rattle. Then carrying the "carcass" home.

 I painted leaves with acrylic textile paint, pressed them on fabric and appliqued them to the piece.
Metallic threads of course, I have  had a long love affair with shiny-sparkly items. The teeth are hand cut and 3-D. I might make different choices today but I still put this favorite up every year.

Let's talk about Friends and Fabric for a moment. I entered a drawing for 12 FQ of brights on the objects of design and Sally hand picked these lovelies for me including the pink poodle print! I so appreciate her generosity and gift.

 While I'm at it, look at the cool gifts I was given by friends at the Houston Quilt Festival this year.
Nancy at pugmomquilts gave me the fun, and colorful, mug of the patchwork sewing machine, the ultimate power tool. Note, her  furbabies photo

Maggie at funkydiva  gave me the sweet faced file and magnetic clothes pins, currently living on my fridge.

 I gave them an owl pin cushion to remember me by. 

The following fabric was a total surprise and sent to me by my friend
 Janice Paine-Dawes at http://janicepainedawes.com/   Just because we share a love of dogs and fabric, she sent me this piece of reclaimed fabric with art deco poodles. What a treasure!

As the Thanksgiving season is upon us I wanted to say I'm thankful for my blogging and internet friends who are Real and important to me even if I didn't mention you in this post. You know who you are, and I am grateful for the friendships that have developed between us! Love, LeeAnna