The older I get, the more fascinated I am by faces. When I spotted this embroidered face in a booth full of antique quilts at market, I had to stop. And look. And buy all five of the face blocks.

Each one is different. I'm not sure how I'm going to use them so I'm only showing you this one so as not to spoil any surprises. Right now they are up on my design wall, and we are checking each other out!

That's the name of my quilt that just recently hung in the IQA Quilt Show in Houston. It won a ribbon – Libby Lehman chose my quilt for her judge's choice award. I am truly honored because Libby is one of my all-time favorite quilters! Here's the quilt – you'll see it next spring in our new Christmas book…

I'm especially proud of the design in the borders.

It's mid-November and he's still jumping into the pool! I haven't been in the water in over a month because it's COLD (in the 50s). Steve doesn't stay in long but I'm amazed that he's in at all.

He even took time to smile for the camera before he climbed out. He's not exactly swimming, he's in and out pretty quickly.

As long as I had the camera out I snapped this photo of the yellow leaves against the clear blue sky. We have been having some lovely weather!

I believe most of you are on our eNewsletter list. If not, we sent one yesterday announcing a fabric sale. Linda needs to clear off the shelves for what's coming next. Click here to go to our home page and you'll see the link to the fabric pages there. There are some new colors of perle cotton thread and some new notions sprinkled around.

I also uploaded a new Applique with Attitude stitching video (below). I added 'Video' button to the navigation bar on our website. Both this and the first video are there. I'll add more as I can. FYI – when you want this, please forgive me for saying 'outer point' when I obviously meant 'inner point.'

I'm quoting Ami Simms, but it seems the crowd did go wild! The AAIQ auction ended last night and the quilts, combined with the funds where you all rooted for your favorites, raised more than $13,000 that will go to Alzheimer's research. Amazing! I am blessed to be a part of this event and am already looking forward to next year.

In case you are wondering, you can look at the final bids here. Hollis' quilt, Tangled, won the challenge. It is an incredible, arresting piece.

The World Series Quilt Auction ends tomorrow. I'm not in the lead. In fact I'm in last place. Those of you who know me know that I'm competitive about some things and this is one of them. But there is still time for me to pull out of last place with your help. If you were waiting until the last minute to bid, now is really the time.

That said, I'm happy and proud to be part of an event that is raising money for such a worthy effort. And I wouldn't change anything about this quilt. Wherever it ends up, I know it will have a good home with a person who is also happy to make a difference.

If you haven't been to the aucion page, click here.