Sunday, November 29, 2009

Christmas Log Cabin finished!

Oh darn, it looks crooked but that is just my poor camera work. It is very happy looking in person. Made from Crimson and Clover (Jo Morton / Andover) and an EQ6 block pattern. It will be the offering for our December Heritage Club. I am so glad to be done....and even early!

I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and is well on the way to being ready for the rest of the Holiday Season!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope all my friends are having a great time with their friends and families! We are headed to my sister's house and I am bringing "that corn thing". My yearly foray into cooking. Good thing we are hardy people, no one has died yet. Phew!

I am working on the December quilt for our Heritage Club. We are having such a great time doing our own thing that we don't even miss Jo Morton's Club. I think Club Nine is out now but we won't be doing that until next year and then we will just fit it in as time allows. Jo really did us a favor when she got behind in her club offerings. Our show is in January and I will post the site so you can see our stuff. I am proud of what we are doing.

Katie laid out my Night at the Opera quilt for me last night so my next big one is one step closer to being done. That is going to be one gorgeous quilt!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Candy Day!

Stephanie, Joann and I made candy today....it is our yearly thing. Joann makes Caramels and Cherry Mash bars. Stephanie made tons of stuff and coated pretzels is one of her standards. My Mom made fudge and Nut Goodie Bars. I made Peanut Brittle and English Almond Toffee. We all had a great time but it gets harder to do this every year. It is worth it...good times with great friends.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Adventures in Sewing...

I just got back from Quilt Camp....my friend Lois
set up her family room for sewing and she entertained me and my featherweight. It was lots of fun, as usual. Lois sewed circles around me, as usual....she is so prepared for sewing days like this. I need to take a lesson from her. We also experimented with Inklingo and I failed badly...but will try using Inklingo on my next project that requires a large quantity of half square triangles. I want to be able to make them accurately without having to trim a bunch.














Of course, Lois had an assistant...hmmmm...
This may be why she got so much done. Look at that young man iron. He is a whiz at the sewing machine as well. Gavin was very busy helping Grandma. He also found time to make a rocket ship for himself. What a cute guy he is!


Next quilt camp is in April....and I can't wait! Let's see...what did I accomplish? I finished the stars for my Vienna Nights quilt and made a practice block for the log cabin quilt we are going to use in December's Heritage Club. I worked too!