Twinkle Trees Table Topper

Hello Everyone,

 

While the weather outside has been frightful, I've been busy quilting up a storm inside the cabin.  We had 8" of snow over the weekend.

 



I've been working on the Twinkle Trees Table Topper from Kim Diehl's Simple Christmas Tidings book.

This was a fun and easy project.  I hope to get it on the long arm in the next week or two so I can use it this season.

Mazie loves to be included in all pictures related to quilting.  She loves to pose for me.

 

We spent Thanksgiving at home.  The day after Thanksgiving, Jess and Emily came over to help me set up my Christmas village.  This used to take me hours to set up by myself.  Now, Emily is in charge and directs the entire set-up.  She is now tutoring cousin Jess in the construction of the village.

 

 

We dragged everything, and I do mean everything out of the under-the-stairs-closet to get to all of the Christmas boxes.  The entrance hall, living room, family room and dining room are piled high.  The kids loved the maze they created.

 

Well, we finished with the family room on Friday.  There's a small tree all decorated and the village is now done.  Early Saturday morning I was at the computer and saw the weather forecast.  A foot of snow was predicted for the cabin.  We hadn't planned on going up for a couple of days, but I was afraid if we didn't arrive before the storm, we would have to dig our way through the driveway and into the cabin.

 

So I woke up Mr. Joe around 6am and we decided then and there to get out of town and get to the cabin before the first flakes started falling.  I packed my sewing projects and Mr. Joe packed the car......turkey carcass and all. 

 

To make a long story short, we made it up to the mountains one hour before the storm hit.  The temperature dropped rapidly and we just sat back, ate our turkey soup and watched it snow.  It doesn't take much to keep us entertained.

 







Sometime this week, we will have to go home and face the MESS we left behind.  Oh well, it's not going to go anywhere.  We wouldn't have missed this time at the cabin for all the boxes of Christmas ornaments in China!

 

Soon,

Lynn

Sewn Wild Oaks Class Was In Session

 

Hello Everyone,

 

With Thanksgiving taking center stage this week, I'm a little slow posting the pictures that I took at the class last Tuesday.  Better late than never.

 

I'll begin by showing you little Checkerberry waving to you.

 



Laurie made FOUR Checkerberry pillows for her family for Christmas!  They look so cute together.  Her family is going to love them year after year.

Patty is making the tummy for her Checkerberry from a kit.

 



Barbara finished her Homemade Holidays table runner.  I love the embellishments she added.

The fur on top of the stocking is the fuzzy side of Velcro.  Great idea!

Love the little tags on the packages.

Kristie has her adorable wall hanging all together.

Look at the cute little eyes and noses on some of the blocks.

 

Irene is working on her Kim Diehl table runner.  She is going to modify the pattern to fit her table.

 



 

Here is a picture of Irene's little squares all stored together in a plastic sleeve designed for business cards.  Genius!

 



 

Kathy was working on binding for a baby quilt.

 

 Barbara is working on her family tree.

Laurie is making great progress on her Lil Orphan Scrappy quilt.

Isabelle finished the applique on her pumpkin.

Kristie is working on her Country Charmer blocks using Jo Morton fabrics.

Wendy is making a black and white quilt using the Lil' Orphan Scrappy block pattern.

Here is a picture of this very talented group of women in the classroom at In Between Stitches.

It is so much fun for me to just it back and listen to their funny and heartwarming conversations.  Tuesday was a special day as everyone felt so thankful for this time together.

 

Soon,

Lynn

Let Us Be Thankful

Hello Everyone,

 



I am thankful for you, my blog followers, friends, and family.  It has been a wonderful year of meeting more of you, hearing your quilting stories, and realizing how much we have in common.

 



 

Let us be thankful for what we already have.  Let us be thankful for the small pleasures life has to offer.  Let us be thankful for the time we spend with each other.

 



 

Let us be thankful for our health and family.

 



Let us be thankful.
Lynn