My owl row arrived today by UPS, just in time to roost on the Thanksgiving table. The cleaning is done ....most of the grocery shopping is completed, except for a couple of things I forgot, and the family is arriving today. Let the excitement begin!

     We were going to give 10 books away....but I called Barb and asked if I could have some of her books to give away too. She said yes, so we are giving away 16 books instead of 10. We wish we could give everyone who responded a book!

Below are the winners:
Please email me at alma@blackbird-designs.com with your address. I will send them out next Monday after all my company leaves, ( if I can get out of my chair!)

1.  Sharon Treece in Alaska.....you will have to make more than one row to keep you warm up there!
2.  Ann....who found an owl on the highway and carried it to a rescue group.
3.  Picara
4.  Lisa who wants to make her grandkids a pillowcase
5.  Melody Bryan
6. Barb who uses the picture of the cute corgi for her ID picture
7. Bibby and Pa
8.  Kim from Northern California
9. Susie Hoover
10. Sherril who has an owl house!  Wish I had one too!
11.  Sandra Paschkow
12. Jilly Anderson
13.  Sue Cahill who wants to make a row for her mom.  (Hope my kids are reading this!!!)
14.  Shirley Mann
15.  M & M plus 3 who is going to make an owl house!
16. Karin Terwel who lives in the Netherlands

Congratulations to all of the winners!!!
Barb and I are thankful for all of you. Thank you for your nice notes too. Really enjoyed reading all of them.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

Until later,
Alma

Give Kids the World Village helps children with life-threatening illnesses enjoy weeklong, cost-free vacations with their families. Together, the designers are donating royalties from the book’s sales to benefit this charity.

Until later!
Alma

     Mix a few birds in with some scrappy baskets of flowers, and you have folk art at its best! Notice how the sweet plaids make the burgundies and blues pop. This quilt would be the perfect accent for any room in your home. Barb used a fat quarter pack of  "At Home,"our latest fabric line with Moda Fabrics. She added yardage of several other prints and the look is fun! I'm always surprised how much I love the blue and red and burgundy leaves. It's nice when they don't all have to be green.
     The appliqué shapes are large and simple, making this a quick and easy project. "A Little Flower" is a 60" square.

     Below is pictured # 5 in our Loose Feather series, For the Birds. The same color palette helps to make sure they go together well. "Sing a Song of Seasons" is at the printer and will be picked up on Monday. Then off to the distributors, and they will be ready for you hopefully by the end of next week. I'm working on # 6 now. I know we have missed a couple of months publishing this series. I've had a couple of delays.