Holidayish...

Well...we picked up a new table top Christmas Tree yesterday. I wanted to downsize and found someone that would use my old (25 years) 7 foot tree...so we have a new little one. I like it. Katherine and I put it up this morning. Now if we can just keep Evil Puss from eating the feathers we have adorning the little tree. We also have two peacocks. I will take a picture when the decorating is done. I have to start wrapping presents. Get those out of the way.

I hope everyone is happy and healthy! Take care!

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!

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!

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.

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!

Not so chatty lately!

I have been busy...but that is not a good excuse I guess. Let's see, what has been going on? I am getting close to finishing that quilt with the blue, brown and red stars. That is going to be gorgeous!

I have also done something I am so excited about! I ordered a desk to be hand made for me. It is wonderful. The man who is making the desk is a real craftsman. He uses all old wood working techniques, no nails, fits the pieces together with dovetail joints. The desk is going to be made out of butternut and will replace a big, dark, heavy roll top desk I have in the living room now. I want to have a smaller, lighter piece there. I feel I will make use of it rather than use it to hide junk.

One more thing to tell. I am making great progress on my applique quilt. The pattern is from one of the Dear Jane members and the little blocks are fun to make. My quilt will be made of red, green, yellow and just a hint of cheddar. I am excited to see this quilt progress!

I hope all my friends have a great weekend!

Oh so busy!

I haven't posted all month. I can't believe how busy we all are! We seem to be running all the time and not getting anything done.

This weekend I am going to finish the flying geese I need for the Ohio Star blocks that will go into my next large quilt. I am very excited for October to get here. I am on Kari's list for quilting two large wall hangings. I need to have these bound, labeled and ready for the Heritage Club show in January. It will be wonderful!

I hope all my friends have a great weekend!