December 31st
…which is a sneak peak of a pattern yet to come.
I couldn’t leave Christmas 2009 behind without sharing one last Christmas quilt with you all. Of course it’s my plan that you’ll be seeing this wonderful new design again in the near future (think: exclusive pattern, magazine feature, or inclusion in the next manuscript….)
But first, let [...]
December 18th
…..but it sure smells like it inside!
Mom and I have been baking Christmas goodies in my kitchen almost non-stop for the past three days. We haven’t done this in years. I can’t tell you how much fun we are having!
Mom’s snowballs are so delicious and simply melt in your mouth. Can’t you almost taste their [...]
December 11th
….the lighter side of Christmas.
Â
Who says Christians don’t have a sense of humor?
And who’s to say flamingos weren’t at the birth of Jesus?
This is part of the light display in our neighbor’s yard. I love it. ‘Tis the season to be cheery!
Happy Friday, everyone!
Read more of We interrupt the frantic pace of the holiday season to bring you……
November 28th
For those of you out in blog land who celebrate the American tradition of Thanksgiving, I hope you all had a wonderful day and that you enjoyed a delicious meal surrounded by your family and friends. We were blessed to have my brother and his wife, Bob and Cheri, and my folks here visiting with [...]
November 17th
I’ve been hard at work (um, play) collaborating with Birgit on a dynamite new design for Christmas that I can hardly wait to share it with you all. The star blocks shown above are just an itty-bitty sneak peak of the quilt center. Today, I was busy stitching the oh-so-fun-to-sew borders (shown below)…
…when my friendly neighborhood Fed [...]
October 22nd
They are all projects IÂ stitched yesterday!
Would you like a sneak peak of the Jelly Roll top I finished piecing? I don’t want to reveal too much until it has been quilted by Birgit, but at least you’ll get an idea of what it looks like:
This quilt is the result of our Jelly Roll Challenge:
1 Jelly Roll + [...]
Read more of What does a Jelly Roll, turkey leftovers, and a UFO have in common?…
January 6th
Kent and I decided months ago this year we were going to keep Christmas low-key and simple. And for a number of reasons, we decided to keep gift-giving on a small but meaningful scale. It was easy to choose fun board games and special Lego kits for the boys. For each other, Kent and I [...]