Sanford NC quilt and fiber show

This is Cathi from Shakerwood Quilts (http://www.shakerwoodquilts.blogspot.com/). She had beautiful wools and patterns for sell. She hand dyes wool!! Check out her blog.

I loved this booth...it was so full of items I love

More patterns and fabrics

I loved this Cotton Boll quilt...I didn't buy the pattern as I am not into applique!!!

I bought the pattern for the quilt with the houses on it... Who knows when it will get made???? I also bought several other patterns here. Will post them later.

More fabric and patterns purchased.!!!

The show is today and tomorrow in Sanford NC at the Dennis Wicker Civic Center...very easy to find. There were 70 vendors there....everything from Featherweights, quilting machines, patterns , fabric, and rulers galore!!! I test drove a Homesteader midarm.It was great. I want to check them out...if anyone has one I would love to hear how you like it. My husband drove me ( it's about an hour and a half from our house) and he knows how I follow directions. I think he enjoyed it..he talked to several vendors and encouraged me to buy fabric and patterns ( as if I need encouragement!!! LOL!!!)

Mailman brought package....

Snow Folic

Yuletide Snowflake quilt



Woodland Stars Winter Fun (table runner/wallhanging)

 I placed an order with Connecting Threads last Sunday and here it is. These kits were on sale/clearance. They always have more than enough fabric to complete the projects.  I think Woodland Stars will be the one I do first...but I have to make a sample project for the class I'll be teaching starting the end of January. I went to Hancock Fabrics yesterday and bought the fabrics for it. It is going to be super easy...large scale print and 2 other colors.
    Today I am still packing up Christmas "stuff' ....dishes and decorations. Hopefully I will finish soon.

Can you believe...???

I went to WalMart (7 miles from my house) to get a Christmas tree storage bag.....there was no way I could get that tree back in the box it came in. The road was clear. Yesterday, we had 10-11 inches of snow... the cashier said she worked 12 hrs. yesterday. I said the store was open??...she said yes, and the people were packed in. (Only 4 cashiers made it in)  Why risk your life and that of others to get to a sale or return something??? They had tons of Christmas items  and looks like most will be there a week from now.

No Sewing....

guest towel display fixture

No sewing has been going on the last 3-4 days...I'm trying to reorganize my sewing room. I discarded some fabric that I know I will never use,so I have more space to put other fabric/items. I  have tried to sort out by color, panels, seasonal,etc. also. I found the above item ( guest towel holder) at an outlet store yesterday for $.50 each. I got several. It is made up of 2 cubes (each 4.5 inch square). They are great for fabric markers, fabric pens, scissors, rotary cutters, seam rippers, screw drivers, etc.  I can see what I have....I did not know I had so many seam rippers!!!
I hope I get through today....I have one shelf that miscellaneous items end up on. I hope to find everything a home today!!!

a thing of beauty

Thanksgiving Cactus
As you can see my Thanksgiving cactus is in full bloom...I have two and both are opened. I have two ivory Christmas ones that will open as soon as I bring them in from the garage. I am waiting for these to go by. I have limited space for them inside and it soon will  be time to get the Christmas tree up.

Too Busy!!!

My time to wind down came at about 7:00. My day went like this...Exercise ( an hour), go to grocery store to buy a turkey and other things, get ready and go to a luncheon meeting ( 11-1, but really lasted to 1:25), taught quilting class 2:30-5, teachers meeting 5-6, home ( husband said he was not feeling well...made us hot ham and cheese sandwiches), watched my favorite show (Jeopardy), planned to do some embroidery BUT didn't!!! I read a book instead. Today, I plan on doing nothing...we'll see.

Distractions

My embroidery machine is stitching along making a label for my Secret Santa Christmas Swap item. I spent some time this afternoon doing the fabshophop troubleshooting...it starts tomorrow but I started early. I love all the quilt sites/shops. If you find the rabbit, on some sites is a quilt pattern for Signs of the Season:A Christmas Sampler. It looks like it would be fun to do. I think it may be my Christmas Quilt Along project next year.
My 4 year old granddaughter spent the night with us. She is SOOO smart. She certainly has grown fast. I enjoy her all I can...Grandma may not be her favorite person long!!

Busy day???

Stayed gone most of the day...breakfast out with hubby, Hancock Fabrics, Home Depot to look at tile for shower/bathroom makeover, Lowe's to look for carpet & wallpaper for church parlor, pottery to check out Christmas decorations, Sears to checkout cookware ( to use on that new range), Chick Fil A for sandwich, home. Tired!! I did finih last weeks Stitching for Christmas block, so I'm only a block behind now!! Will post pic tomorrow.

Finally!!!

Today at lunchtime, I'm going to be testing the new range.  It arrived while I was at quilt retreat...so my husband did not test it, either. Yesterday, he decided we would go over to Selma and check out some antique shops and eat at Cracker Barrel. They have a new entree..it was DELICIOUS!!! It's Cider glazed Pork Roast. The glaze had apples, raisins & pecans in it. We both had it and loved it. It was a large portion of meat, too. Now, I'm getting ready to do 2 things....iron a few items and work on the border of the retreat item. In about an hour...I'll start cooking!!! This afternoon , I teach a quilting class at the community college....so there goes my day!!!

Sew Day!!!

Off to a friend's house to have a Sew In!!! Four of us will be there....one is going to teach us to make a patchwork jacket from a sweatshirt. She has made several and hers are all beautiful!! I have my batiks washed and ready to go. It's great getting ideas from others.

Natural beauty

I don't know how it can be so HOT and we

still have beautiful flowers. Aren't these

 gorgeous? They must be related to Hydrangea.

Projects

                                                               

This is what I have been working on the past 2-3 days. They are totes to carry cutting mats, rulers & rotary cutters to class . The top one is for a friend. The bottom one is for me. On mine I put the pocket across the bottom for the rulers. The bottom picture shows it opens on the left side. The top pocket is for rotary cutters, etc. On the backside is another pocket for 6" square rulers or whatever. On the inside of both is a zippered pocket for change, key,etc. I made the straps long enough to go over my shoulder as I usually have both hands full!! On thebottom one, the pockets are black with the flap being green.

latest project

I started the thread catcher or as the pattern calls it Tidy Tote yesterday. I completed it today.

I machine embroidered the design and then sewed it together. The pattern is one a friend gave

me a short time ago. It was a 1981 one. I had mentioned looking at directions on the internet to

make one. I liked this one best.  

Distractions

Well...I was out of the quilting mode for a short spell. This is what I created. Some will be given to friends. They are a great way to ID tools at workshops.