The Quilts Are On The Beds

Back in October, I was making this squares and piecing two twin quilts.

Here is a photo of the quilts on the beds.  I love to see my quilts in use.  I made these two twin quilts for a friend's boys.  I hope they keep the boys warm.

My manager at work shared this photo of Evelyn, his granddaughter, with a doll quilt I made. I'm glad she liked it.

My Quilt Top Is Finished

I finished my quilt top and it's ready to get machine quilted.  I really enjoyed going through my stash looking for my favorite reds and pinks.  I had a layer cake of valentine fabrics which started this whole quilt, but I ended up using a lot of scraps for my hearts. 

I worked this piece of fabric in below because it had a heart in the design.

I had to include more of Jay McCarroll's fabrics.  Just because I like Jay and his fun drawings.  These fabrics are from his Woodland Wonderland collection. I have only fat quarters from that line so I used only a little bit of them.  I have to save them for a future projects.

He calls these the "Love Birds."

I found this photo of Jay McCarroll from his website. Can't wait to see what Jay will be up to in 2012.  I highly recommend his documentary "Eleven Minutes."  It's great to see what a designer goes through to show their collection on a runway in eleven minutes. 

Merry Christmas

"And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?  It came without ribbons.  It came without tags.  It came without packages, boxes and bags.  And he puzzled and puzzled 'til his puzzler was sore.  Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.  What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.  What if Christmas perhaps, means a litle bit more."

-Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)
Writher, Cartoonist, Animator

What I Did For My Birthday

I spent my birthday working on piecing a quilt for Valentine's Day.  I loved the, This Says It All, quilt in Out of the Box with Easy Blocks.  The one in the book is made by the authors, Mary Lou Weidman and Melanie B. McFarland.  It really is a great book with so many ideas for quilts.  The letters in the middle were fun to make.  I have about 12 more hearts to make to add to the sides and hopefully I'll have it finished in time. 

Handmade is Best

Today is my birthday and my sister, Nancy, made me this beautiful flower scarf. It's crocheted! Something I never got the hang of, so I really appreciate the time she took in making this for me. THANK YOU VERY MUCH NANCY!! I love it and it's really special!!!

Christmas Music

If you need to get in the Christmas spirit all you have to do is hear beautiful Christmas music. I attended the Lincoln Choral Artist concert, Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas. It was a beautiful concert. The guests for the concert were the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, the elementary Lincoln Christian Singing Crusaders and the Summit String Quartet. The audience got to sing the last three songs with the choirs. We sang: The First Noel, Silent Night and O Come All Ye Faithful. It's really a joy to listen to such talented individuals. The choirs were perfect!!

My nephew is in the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir and their songs were excellent. Two of their songs were in a foreign language. My favorite was their last song, Gabriel's Message.