Happy 2012 to all and to all a great year!!

Merry Christmas

quilting

Last week I quilted 2 quilts for a friend of a friend!! She had made them for her 5 and 7 year old daughters. They are cute, made from all children's prints. Easy pattern but turned out so cute. I did a loose feathers pantograph that I liked. I have quilted some other items, but I have misplaced my camera. I hope santa's elves locate it!!! I am using one of my husband's camera that has way too many buttons for me.

Thankful

Thankful for family, friends , fun and shopping!! Yesterday, we went to the Christmas Carousel Show (love the crafts) in Raleigh NC...I always find something to buy and lots that I wish I had room for! We always go eat Chinese (at the Food Court in Cary Towne Mall...it was a bit crowded...did not go in any stores there. Then to my favorite store JoAnn's Fabrics ( I was armed with coupons!) Got a cutting number as I went in and by the time I had selected what I wanted, it was my turn. I got some great deals...one a Christmas apron panel...orginally $11.99...I got for a $1.45!! It was the end of bolt!! The checkout line went fast.  By the time my husband was thru at Home Depot, I was ready to go. Ate the leftovers from Thanksgiving...I LOVE leftovers...just as good as on Thanksgiving. Have not started the Bonnie Hunter blocks, but the second step is string blocks...so I will start them...I love sewing them.

New Project

I decided to start Bonnie Hunter's new mystery...Orca Bay. I hope to get started this morning afternoon...I am getting ready to leave the house to hit a few local church bazaars. I love handcrafted items!! Of course, there will be delicious goodies to buy and munch on!!!

Ramblings

Been busy lately doing quilty/nonquilty things, but still good or fun things...collecting food items for food baskets, raking leaves, taught last quilting class last night for this year, raking leaves, quilting a quilt for one of the beginners in my class ( her first quilt), raking leaves, cutting 6 inch squares for a student's senior project (she needs 5000 to make throws for chemo patient ..(.And I have plenty of fabric that's not large enough for a project?or I don't know why I every bought that piece!!) raking leaves,cooking/freezing collards for Thanksgiving and Christmas...( always cook a huge pot and freeze some so as not to smell up house later!!!) raking leaves!!! Can you figure out we have lots of trees??? 7 Oaks, numerous dogwoods, and several Bradford Pear...the colors are beautiful and the leaves are pretty falling to the ground.
I also tried to enter Quiltmaker's magazine Treasure Hunt contest. I believe some of the sponsor's really do not have the contest button on their website!!! I spent time looking when I could have been RAKING LEAVES!!

Latest project

I decided to make the same quilt in fall colors. I love it. The

 background is a light beige color.

200 prairie points!!! I even found leaf buttons to use!!

I used the sewing machine to sew all the buttons!!

When I quilted it I had to be careful not to sew the prairie points down

and not to catch the sides of the trees. The quilting really makes the trees pop out.