Christmas Eve

Almost random thoughts...

Merry almost Christmas everyone!

We are spending the morning with our DS and DIL. I am so happy that they aren't morning people so I get to sleep in. She is promising monkey bread so we are looking forward to that.

The weatherperson is saying that we may get snow. Imagine ...a white Christmas in North Texas! How amazing is that?

Big thanks to my dear aunt in Auntlanta ( I couldn't resist) for the Honey Baked Ham. It will be the centerpiece to our Christmas dinner which may be either two, four, or six people. How is that for a definite plan.

Sad that we have to have the holiday without our DD and SIL. They will be here next month so woot woot Christmas part deaux for us.

Christmas present, ya'll!!

Prettiness

So I really liked the ________'s that I made for Christmas gifts so I decided to run out and buy some more the focus fabric. <play sad music> Apparently everyone else like Blizten by Moda and they bought some too. Like most of it but there were some other really pretty fabrics at the store. Here is what I ended up with:

I can't wait to start working with them.

Here is the current state of the studio:

It looks like I have been hard at work but it is all a lie. Work has been nutso so not much has been accomplished. I am taking Thursday off so I have big plans.

See you soon!

Before Christmas

Ah, the trauma that is the holiday season. What to get? What not to get? Did I spend enough? Did I spend too much? Will they like it? What if they hate it? Argghhh!

DH and I surprised everyone by putting up the tree last weekend.

Usually it doesn't go up until after the 15th. You could have knocked me over with a feather when hubs asks where the tree is. So off I go to the garage attic and there it is. The ornaments faired pretty well this year especially since I kept the fragile ones in the house. We did have a box of red balls that had managed to vacuum pack themselves into the container. I had to pop them out and was afraid that I would break one. Lots of our old ornaments did not make it out of the tissue paper this year. They were either too big for our five foot tree or they were just too hookey. Sorry moose collection.

And the tree won't come down until mid-January when dd and sil make it to visit. So much for the 01Jan deadline!

Happy Holidays!

Pointless Wonder

I have not made many bed quilts but here is first one I made.

I saw the pattern at Quilt Country http://www.quiltcountry.com/ in Lewisville and just had to make it. So I bough some fat quarters in  assorted batiks. The fabric may have come first since I was in an intense stash building stage back then. No idea of a unified color scheme except what said "pretty" to me.  Followed the directions and made lots blocks.

Pretty but how to make it my own and bigger?

Alex Anderson had a guest who showed an attic window setting on a quilt. That's the thing. So off I go to find blue (why blue? cause I like it!) fabrics for the sashing.

I used a fold and sew method to make the windows Now it didn't seem quite big enough so I cut squares out of  the leftovers and added side borders using the same fabric that was in the sashing.

Quilting was not so successful at first . I  had tried four or five times to quilt it but couldn't figure out how to baste it and no clue how to quilt it. It was finally basted with safety pins. I auditioned quilt ideas and even started quilting and then unquilted it.  It was finally done with a big loopy meander in the stars and swirls in the side borders.

Start to finish:Eight years.

That is why I say I am not a bed quilt kinda girl!

Would I use the pattern again: Maybe. Great directions but might want to make smaller blocks.

Keep or give away:Keep!

Happy Sewing!