My Pick-a-Pumpkin Challenge Quilt~ Oh My Gourd

My "Oh My Gourd" quilt

for the

Pick a Pumpkin Challenge on the Jolly Jabber

I have been working on this project off and on all month

I sewed the blocks Here

These pretty fabric are

Dew & Moss By Art Gallery from Fat Quarter Shop 

Quilted Here

on my Janome

The background and backing fabrics is 

 Shabby Green by Lori Holt for Riley Blake

I really enjoyed making this quilt.

I chose pumpkin fabrics that I can leave up on my wall long before and long after Jack-o-lantern day comes and goes.

Orange and green is a favorite of mine.

The folded quilt below it is a quilty treasure.

my Bright Hopes Quilt 

made for me by my online quilty friends in 2013

when I was having my first eye and uterine cancer surgery. 
Today I am cancer free.

It is a gray damp and chilly day here.

My bright and happy quilts chase the chill away.

:-) 

#FQSpickapumpkin 

Pick-a-Pumpkin Patch in Progress

Here is my Pick a Pumpkin Patch in progress.
I have the large and medium pumpkin blocks sewn.  

for the quilt project Started Here

I wanted this pumpkin patch to look garden and fall,
but not Halloween

The fabrics are this fun fat quarter bundle,

Dew & Moss By Art Gallery from Fat Quarter Shop 

As you can see, I picked the green background fabric for my pumpkin patch.

This fabric is Shabby Green by Lori Holt for Riley Blake.

These "shabby" fabrics with their fun visual textures are 

fast becoming one of my favorite choices for  backgrounds. 

I am sewing along with the 

Pick a Pumpkin Contest @ Fat Quarter Shop

and I picked this 

 Oh My Gourd pdf pattern 

I really like the way the pattern shapes these pumpkins.

These blocks are fun and easy to sew.

This project is coming together very quickly.

#FQSpickapumpkin

Are you sewing along?

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It is Day 3 of the 

October 9

Home Sewn By Us

Kathleen - Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Websterquilt

Seams To Be Sew

Sew Many Yarns

There is lots of fun and inspiration in the links.

Happy Blog Hopping! 

Fabric Picking Time in the Fabric Scrapatch

Quilty Kitty Nutmeg and Katniss are helping me choose fabrics for a new project.

Green shabby background ?

or

Cream background with some of the cute print ? 

Fat Quarter Bundle is

Dew & Moss By Art Gallery from Fat Quarter Shop 

Katniss and I have decided and are cutting.

Which would you choose? 

I am always interested in hearing my readers thoughts ... :-) 

Going to see the new Downton Abbey Movie tonight! 

Are you a Downton fan? 

Happy Saturday!