One little bag I made before Christmas. Ended up I used it for a surprise gift exchange at work and filled it with a cute mug and various teas, ciders and hot chocolate mixes. I also added a gift card for starbucks. Guess what I ended up with? A paper bag with a starbucks mug in it... not even a gift card to go with it. I sure hope someone likes what I gave them! I wasn't at work for the actual exchange because I was sick so I don't know who ended up with this cutie. I feel uncharitable about it, but I'm sorry I gave it away without knowing the recipient. Aren't I awful?!? I like to know my fabric children go to good homes!

Random Winter Photos

Here is a pic of my mom's favorite critter! He stands about 10 feet tall and is made from mostly found items: pipe, chicken wire, green garland and ivy. His head is paper mache and the eyes have real eyelashes. The bids steal his stuffing, but mom is trying to get ivy to grow and fill him in. Isn't he great?






A chair in my grandma's front yard. My DD could not wait to sit in it, but I had to take a photo first!



Here she is making a snow angel... my little angel!

Here is a photo of my hubby and our two dogs. We had just finished shoveling our drive for the second time and hubby collapsed on his chair. Both dogs promptly hopped onto his lap. He was sleeping so hard that when I went upstairs for a moment, the dogs followed me. Then jumped on top of him again! He never moved. Poor, hardworking gent. I didn't fall asleep. I had to log back on the computer and work... such is life.

Pre-Retreat Jitters

Will I have enough to do? Will I get bored with what I brought? Will people ooo and ahhh at my handiwork? Will I make any new friends? Will my best quilting buddy friend get sick like last year and not come?

hee hee - does everyone worry so much? Does everyone pack too much?

I'm so excited - I can hardly wait!

WOW - it's been awhile! Got really busy at work and then got pneumonia on top of all that. Day after Thanksgiving saw me in the ER, hooked up to an IV. 3 rounds of antibiotics later... I'm still coughing, but feeling a lot better. Didn't get any projects done at all since I first felt sick. I have a quilt retreat coming up at the end of January and better get my projects prepped! Not even sure what I'll work on even though I do have just a few, well, maybe quite a few, projects that need some TLC!

I don't think I want to tackle quilting my first large quilt in public. I made enough mistakes last year when I sat directly across the table from the hostess, Mary Huey! I felt like such a goof, but she was charming and helpful. A couple other ladies really helped me when I ran short of my quilt binding - 3 inches too short! They showed me how to create continuous binding with all the seams going the same direction. You could barely tell the few inches were different than the rest! My cousin loved it at her baby shower the next week. :)

Lunch bags

Made this cutie for a friend at work who wanted somthing either batik or woodsy - this fabric covers both!








Here is my Christmas quilt top. My mil gave me the black pointsettia fabric and the pale green pointsettia fabric and my girlfriend and I traded for the cream colored snoman fabric. It is covering a double bed and looks "big enough" doesn't it? I will have to find a quilter to do this for me. I don't think I'm skilled enough yet on my regular machine.












This chair is featured below with a little bag on it. I thought people might like to see it. My mil gave it to us when she was cleaning out her extra room. I've secretly always loved it! I love my mil too!











This batik beauty lasted only a few minutes on my desk! My friend snapped it up for a Christmas gift for her sister.


Tiny bird nests and pink flowers - very springy. I scored the fancy braid handles at the thrift store, washed them in my machine and they came out awesome! (update: my dd asked for this one for her teacher's Christmas gift.)
My favorite - I might keep it for myself... ;-)

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