This past week, I had the privilege of quilting a beautiful quilt for a new quilter. Although there were a few issues with the quilt top, I have to say I had a most pleasant experience. This lady was so eager to learn the right way to do things, she was a delight to quilt …
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Christmas Tablescape 2016 Rustic Green
Holiday time means a pretty table and a chance to use my holiday china. I love the holiday china pattern that belonged to my mother. I used to buy her pieces every year for Christmas, helping her to build her set. Once she had all the cousins over to her place for a meal, and …
Christmas Vanilla Sugar Cookies – a new recipe
It just isn't Christmas without sugar cookies, but one thing that has bugged me for a long time is the blandness of them. Just white sugar and flour for the cookie, and no flavor to the icing. So, I set about making a sugar cookie that keeps the essence of a sugar cookie, but has …
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Iris Folded Christmas Cards
I first saw these cards last year, and thought they were simply wonderful! The folded paper creates such an interesting design. Just last month, the ladies that introduced our quilt group to this had a program on how to do them. I still love this idea, and wanted to share the process with you. This …
Christmas Wreaths
My Christmas wreath from last year was a winter style, suitable for leaving out all winter. But, the ribbon was really sad, so I turned it into a fall wreath for this year. Of course that meant I had to do another one for Christmas. I scored a box full of glass balls and gold …
Giveaway Day!
Merry Christmas! I decided to participate with Giveaway Day on Sew Mama Sew this year, and have a fun prize for you to win just for visiting and commenting, and a link for more giveaways today. Last summer, I did an event on my blog called Christmas In July where I made a tutorial for …
Quick Red Squares Quilt
While working on all those red fabrics for the Scrap Dance Waltz quilt along, there were some that just didn't fit. The color of red was a bit off from the true reds of the ones I wanted to use. These appeared to be a bit to the orange side of red. So, I cut …
The Last Bit of Autumn on the Mountain
Autumn is breathing it's last now, the leaves are almost gone. The smoke was thick on Thanksgiving morning, and the pictures were just so interesting, I had to find a time to share them with you. Usually the only time I can get a good picture of all the layers is when there is fog, …
Dealing With Those Pumpkins, and a bit of Mountain Living
Now that the Thanksgiving holiday is done and we are well into Christmas decorating, the orange pumpkins need to go. Baking the little pie pumpkin is easy, and will provide wonderful fresh pumpkin for use in recipes. All you need to do is cut the pumpkin into halves and scoop out the seeds. Place cut …
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Catching up to Christmas
I am working on several new projects for this holiday season, but nothing is ready to show yet. I will be working on our quilt-along this afternoon, the next step is tomorrow. My weekend sale online orders from all my favorite retailers are coming in for new projects for the blog, thread and fabric should …
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