What Am I Up To...???

I've been working on this sweet little project for someone special...!!!

I've been trying to ignore this pile of Kaffee goodness that has been a constant distraction. I think every good little quilter should start out the new year with something new for her stash....regardless of how big...deep...or wide her stash already is!!! Thank you soooo much 'MRS.' Santa.....and yes...Thanks Terri for such a good sale!!!

I need a couple of gifts......like "I can't begin to thank you enough" type gifts....the kind of thank you that requires a whole quilt! I have in mind a softer scrappy vintage look and feel. This is another one of Bonnie's from Quiltville inspirations. It is the 4 Patch and Furrows design....Mine may turn out a little different than the one she shows...but that's ok!! Hhhhmm...I only need about three of these!

Darn...I have been seeing another distraction out of the corner of my eye. Oh...Oh...my heart beats a little faster everytime I glance over at them! Thanks for your 20th anniversary sale Jackie!!!

See...I have more than plenty to keep me busy.....now if only I could speed my little self up a little...I think I 'piddle' around too much!!! I just want to be like Wanda when I grow up!!

Gee Thanks Santa...!!!

Yee-ow.........just what I needed!!!.............NOT!!!

BUT SANTA....I certainly didn't mind getting this!!! Nanette from Freda's Hive was so generous to include me in one of her wonderful Christmas goody packages. This little star ornament is just so lacy.....sweet and too darn cute for words! She created these by cutting up and using a vintage Christmas table cloth.....she tells how on her blog....go see. I'm ga ga over the neat little pile of cute squares of fabric she included too. They really remind me of all things vintage-ee. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness Nanette!!! You need to scoot on over to Nanette's blog and read up on an upcoming retreat she will be involved with!

AND SANTA....whatever could be in this lovely little package???

WOW....it's this fabulous apron made by the ever so creative AMANDA from the Busy Little Quilter blog. Amanda had a giveaway on her blog for one of these cutie patootie aprons....and I won.....and since she knew I loved and collected Santas, she made mine with this great vintage looking Santa fabric. Go here to get the pattern Amanda shares for this 'fat quarter' apron. Thank you for my apron Amanda....it really is so so cute!!!

Chunky Churndash Quilt

WHAT do me and this quilt have in common??? We were BOTH up at 2:00 a.m. this morning! I was bound and determined to get this finished before the end of the year.....well, I just barely slid in on time.....HA! I have a whole day to spare!!!

The back.........showing off the hand quilting......ooooooouuuuu....be still my heart! My concentric circles are 1 1/2 inches apart. I debated at the time between that and one inch. I wish now I had gone the one inch. I like it like it is....but I have seriously considered hand
quilting another line in between.....OK....I'm dun considering...and that won't be happening!

The little churndash blocks change into different designs depending on the fabrics don't they? This is a pattern I used from Bonnie at Quiltvilles website. I can't believe the navy triangles are sewn with some fabric I have had for 17 yrs......and the fabric used for the back I have had for at
least 16 yrs........and whaaaaaa.....I still have too much of it left!!!!

WOW....I almost can't contain myself.....sooooo FAB after the washing!!!

Sorry Little Churndash quilt...I know it took me a while and sometimes I neglected you...folded you up and put you away more than once.....but we're friends now aren't we???

Waverunner Quilt Progress

I have completed the top of my Waverunner. It's kind of wild and crazy isn't it?? The more I look at it and study it the more I like it!!!
Victoria from Bumblebeans blog came up with this interesting little project.....the point of this quilt....NO RULERS. I just cut my strips with my rotary cutter 'free style'. Of course I used my square up ruler to cut the individual 10 " squares, but other than that..."baby you're on your own!!!" Now I just need to decide how I'm going to piece the back. THANKS VICTORIA....this was fun and I am seriously thinking about doing another one!!!
Run on over to Victoria's blog...look on her sidebar and click on Waverunner to see some of the other gals quilts.....and then you can check out the rest of Victoria's blog and projects.....some good stuff going on there!!!

From Our House To Yours

We wish you GREAT Fun.....WARM Hearths....Lots of MERRY Making and GLAD Hearts !!!

HO HO HO

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

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(oh what I wouldn't give for a piece of lemon poppy seed cake)

Black/White Quilt Finish

A view of some of the machine quilting I did.......'simple'.

More machine quilting.......'simple'.

This quilt was hard to photograph.....it wants to look more grayish than a true Black....which is what I wanted from this quilt....MORE BLACK and 'simple'.

More machine quilting and a close up of some of the wonderful fabrics my no blogger friend Gail from Michigan sent to me. She has waited patiently to see how I used them. I chose 'simple' for this Black and White Challenge quilt I signed up for last year. We had a year to complete this

challenge and I just b-a-r-e-l-y made it. Thank you Jackie for setting up this challenge AND

THANK YOU AGAIN GAIL for all these great fabrics!!!

My 'simple' B/W quilt is about lap size.

Here is a view of the pieced back.

Where's The Red and Green...???

No Christmas projects or fabric flying around here today! I've got a 'challenge' deadline to meet......Maybe I'll j-u-s-t make it???