Swoon.....ing!

I love this pattern....you can find it here.  It's a Thimbleblossoms design.  I loved it the first time I saw it hanging up in a quilt shop in Utah several years ago.  It's a beauty!  But, I didn't piece mine!  Nope - I had my sweet friend, Trish, of Notes of Sincerity, piece it for me. You can read more about that process here. She does that for people!  And she did an absolutely beautiful job!  I love it! 

I had randomly picked out 18 fat quarters (so I did have a little something to do with the process.)

 

 

I chose a solid grey background.

 

 

 

If I had to have a favorite block it would be the orange & navy blue one in the corner.

 

 

My customer, Elizabeth, from Virginia, sent her Swoon to me to be quilted.  She requested a Baptist Fan pattern for the quilting design.  Oh dear - I recognize when I can't do a particular pattern so I went searching to see who quilted the original Swoon of Thimbleblossoms.  It is Abby Latimer, of Utah.  So I contacted Abby - and wah-lah....she was willing to quilt both my Swoon and Elizabeth's.

Here is Abby's blog - she's wonderful to work with and does a beautiful job.  Both Elizabeth and I were beyond happy with the results.

Here is Elizabeth's quilt - I'm sewing the binding on for her to hand stitch.

 

She has a solid white background and very happy, pretty prints.

 

 

Elizabeth chose this sweet floral backing...it really shows off the Baptist Fan quilting.

 

 

 

I waited and waited for a sunny day to take pictures, but all I got was a snowy day.

 

 

Shhhhh......I guess you could say I completely cheated on my pretty Swoon...but, I am now the proud owner of a beauty.  (Thanks, Trish & Abby)

snowmen...

My sweet friend in Mississippi, Trish, of Notes of Sincerity, sent me this darling little house ornament. 

I love her choice of little bity snow people fabric. 

Darling!

 

 

The back...

thank you, Miss Trish!

 

My sister, LeAnn, sent another Christmas pillow - my heart smiled when I got this one. 

It is still sitting on my bench in the hallway.

 

 

I have to get out my little snowman pot that my friend, Tammy, made me at least 15 years ago!

 

 

This popcorn has a KICK to it.

I brought it to my Open Sew class at the high school tonight. 

SNAP - it was gone just like that! 

 

I love my snowman pot....

 

Here's the recipe:

 

2 tsp. vegetable oil

1 cup unpopped popcorn kernels

Pop the popcorn on the stove top.

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

Line 2 baking sheets with foil & spray with cooking oil.

Cook on stovetop 3 cups sugar, 3 cubes (1 1/2 cups) butter and 3/4 cup light corn syrup.  Cook until sugar is dissolved and mixture almost turns a very light brown.  Turn off heat and add 3 tsp. course salt and 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper.

Pour over popped popcorn in very large bowl.  Stir until coated and divide on to your baking sheets. 

Bake @ 250 degrees, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.

You can also add some roasted nuts!

enjoy!