Sorry, I've haven't been around lately. I have had the nasty flu and I've been out of commission for a week now. Today, I have some awesome news to announce. I will be participating in the "Cross Country Christmas Quilt Designer Blog Hop" with 11 other wonderful designers across the US. All of the main festivities officially start Nov. 9 and end on Nov. 20.

To get the excitement going before everything officially begins, there will be a guess the designer from the baby photo contest starting Wednesday, November 4. Each blog will have a baby pic of a designer. You will have until Nov. 7 to guess. So, on Wednesday, hop from blog to blog to guess.

Also, at the end of the 12 days of blogging, a grand prize winner will be drawn randomly from all of the commenters. You must comment on ALL 12 sites to be eligible for the grand prize [value: $360 - wow!]

Each day, we will all have a post about a special theme but you will all have to check out the wonderful surprise that the featured designer of the day will have on her site for you!

These fabulous designers will be in for all of the fun. Check them out!

Nov.9th Gudrun [GE Designs]

Nov. 10th Sandy [Pieces From My Heart]

Nov. 11th Terry [Atkinson Designs]

Nov. 12th Pat [Pat Sloan & Co.]

Nov. 13th Heather [Anka's Treasures]

Nov. 14th Pam [Pam Kitty Morning]

Nov. 15th Kari [New Leaf Stitches]

Nov. 16th Terri [Whimsicals]

Nov. 17th Sherri [This 'N' That]

Nov. 18th Carrie [Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.]

Nov. 19th Roseann [Rosebud's Cottage]

Nov. 20th Linda [Linda Lum DeBono]