Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone in “Quilt Land” the Merriest Christmas!

Peace, Love and Joy!

Colleen

Trying to get as much done as I can...

Wow!  Can you believe it's December 13th already?  And yesterday was my last Sunday before Christmas that I had time to do anything gift related.

And...I didn't get as much done as I had hoped!

I have been working on some table runners for gifts (no photos - sorry, maybe next time)!

And came up with a great way to gift them...in old Crystal Light containers.

Really cute!  And I can cut into my stash of fabric AND scrapbooking with this one!

The recipients so far have been very pleased!

I also went scrap diving last night (after making 4 pillow cases with stash fabrics) and made this beautiful "Folded Star"!  This is based on one I designed a few years ago and have been teaching the class at the shop where I work.  The class is always well received and the students love the finished product!

It is so pretty in person the photo is a little hard to take when the frame has glass in it.

The flash gets in the way!

Well, off to work.  I have lined up a few things to sew tonight.  That's how I am attacking the work load...prep in the morning...sew it in the evening!

Happy Sewing!

Still no "ELVES" but lots of sewing to do!

Happy Sunday Morning!

There is plenty to do today, I don't think I will be leaving the house at all!

My husband said he is going to decorate the outside after he gets home from karate ~ YIPPEE!

That means I will be putting up the Christmas Tree!

Then I can spend the next week decorating little corners of the house as I go...I like to take my time and add little touches here and there.  I never put everything I have out; that would be impossible!  I do have some favorites that go out every year!

After the tree trimming it will be time to quilt this (it is ready to be quilted)!

This is "Yoshi's Secret Garden"!  A lap quilt for my Mother-in-Law for Christmas.

I made this entire quilt from scraps and stash fabric...no shopping for this one!  Well, maybe some shopping in my fabric closet!  And that's the "secret"!

Yoshi loves flowers and is sight impaired...she will tell me she can smell these flowers, that's how sweet she is!  She will love this!

Have a great Sunday and Happy Sewing!



I wish I had some elves!

There are 29 sewing days left until Christmas...I wish I had some elves!



With Christmas fast approaching I have a lot of projects to get moving on.  My  "TO DO LIST" has not seen a lot of activity but I am trying! 

Yesterday I was able to complete piecing the little topper for my daughter.

Today I will decide if I want to add a border or just finish this off as is.

I just love it and want to make some more!  But wait...they aren't on the list.  They will have to wait until I have time!  See, if I had even just one little elf to assist me I could make more!

What would my elves do?

• Clean the house
• Wash the dishes
• Cook the meals (I bet that would be sugar cookies!)
• Do the laundry
• Pre-cut fabrics for projects
• Magically wind my bobbins
• Go to work for me?...No, I don't think so!

Since I don't have to be to work until 4pm today I can try to fit in some sewing.

First I must get some cleaning done and run a few errands.  That will mean battling the Black Friday shopper frenzy.  The errands really have to get done today (Bank, PO, etc...) so I have no choice.

Happy Sewing!  29 days and counting!

Twisting the Night Away...

Sunday was a very productive day for sewing!  FINALLY!!!

My husband didn't feel well so I sent him to bed and he slept for about 5 hours...got up for dinner and went back to bed for the night!  (He feels much better today.)

I worked on a cute sample for the store; wish I could show you it but the design is copyrighted and I don't have permission as of right now to show it.  BUT trust me, it is adorable!!!

Then I took a break to work on what I am going to call "Christmas Twists"!  I decided that I might not get my daughters quilt started :( much less completed and she did ask for a table topper so...the birth of "Christmas Twists"!  I started with some scraps and cut them into 5" squares and assembled them into this.

And I really liked that a lot so I had to sit and ponder the fate of that little top before I proceeded to the next step.  That was REALLY hard to do!  But I pulled myself together and twisted away.  And after I started to build and saw this...

I was glad I continued!  :)  HAPPY...HAPPY!

This was done using a tool called "Lil' Twister" by CS Designs.

Now I cannot wait to see the finished product.  I want to give it to her when I see her on December 8th so she can use it through the holiday season!

Another WIP added to the pile.  I like to have a few of them going so I don't get bogged down into one project.

Happy Sewing!!!