How I Spent My Christmas Vacation

Hello Everyone,

 

I have to stop working/playing and take inventory of projects that need to be finished.  Huckleberry Hill is at the top of my list.

 

I decided what to do with the borders, but first I have to finish the blocks.

 

This block needs a lot of work.  My plan is to work on the bow for the basket today.  I also think this basket needs a little something more in it.  I will have to work on that too.  I have yards and yards of this fabric that has been patiently waiting to be turned into kits.  Sigh......just not enough hours in each day.

 

 

It's hard to work on projects when you want to spend time with all of the littles in the family.  We brought two of our grandsons back with us to the cabin for a few days after Christmas.  It was 19 degrees when I took this picture.  The boys played for hours in the snow and almost turned into popsicles.

After New Years, two of our granddaughters were with us for a few days. They spent more time shopping and playing games than playing in the snow.  It's a teenage girl thing.  They used to spend hours in the snow.  Now that passion has turned to drinking hot chocolate and playing games in the cozy cabin by the fire.

While the girls were sledding, I sat in the car and enjoyed this view while stitching.....

....on my little baskets.

It is supposed to start snowing at the cabin today.   It's going to be a perfect day to finish cleaning out the garage to make room for the car.  It is also going to be a good day to watch football and stitch.  I'm heading out tomorrow for Livermore to teach on Monday and Tuesday.......if my street is plowed....and if I can get out of the neighborhood to the main highway.  It could be dicey.  I'll let you know.

Soon,
Lynn

For the Love of Baskets

Hello Everyone,

I hope you all had a Happy New Year.  We are such party animals. We toasted the New Year in with the cup of hot cocoa at 9pm and headed for bed to do some serious bonding with our electric blanket and a quilt.  Baby it's a cold 23 degrees outside and windy.

I'm starting the New Year off with a little sale on my ETSY site.  I'm offering For the Love of Baskets at the bargain price of $10.95 per pattern instead of $15.95 this week only.

This is my sister's For the Love of Baskets.

This is a great use of those scraps that you've been hoarding.....I mean saving for a good use.  I only used fabric from my stash when I made my version of this pattern.

The detailed directions will show you how to make (8) half-square triangles at a time.  Use four in a block, and then set four aside for another block.  Add a different basket base, and your block will look entirely different.

Click HERE for my basket tutorial.  But.....if you want to make the entire quilt, I'd really like to have you purchase the pattern!  Click HERE and you will be directed to my ETSY shop. Hint, hint, wink, wink!  If not, no worries.....just enjoy the tutorial and make some of these little cuties.

The Christmas Tree is coming down today along with the rest of the decorations.  This always involves a lot of furniture moving too.  That leads to vacuuming and dusting......the list goes on and on.

I hope you all have a healthy New Year.  If we have our health.....then we will all be happy!

Soon,
Lynn

2019 Scholarship Quilt by the Independence Hall Quilters

Hello Everyone,

We picked up this version of my Heritage pattern from the machine quilter this week.  This quilt was made by the ladies of the Independence Hall Quilt Guild in Arnold......my guild.  It is the 2019 Scholarship quilt.

It was beautifully quilted by Debbe Coleman at Red Pony Quilts in Lodi.

Tickets for this quilt will go on sale soon thorough the guild.  It will be making its rounds around the county, and I'll be bringing it with me on my travels from now until next October.

It could double as a whole cloth quilt.

Now to the almost 400" of binding.  My arm hurts just thinking about it!

Soon,
Lynn