From My Family to yours

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
We're wishing you a Christmas Full of laughter, love and light,

With delicious holiday foodsTo excite your appetite.
We're hoping you receive Delightful gifts to make you smile,

With family and friendsTo love you all the while.
We wish you a Merry Christmas;

May your Christmas dreams come true,

And when Christmas is over,

Happy New Year, too!
By Joanna Fuchs

Merry Christmas to our family and friends. God bless you and keep you safe.

Penny

It is now a quilt

I am in love with my long arm!!

My, "Wickedly Easy" top is now a quilt. I will put the binding on tomorrow.

I have my, "Turning 20" quilt top pinned on now. I will get it quilted over the next few days. I have to get my wrapping done for Christmas. LOL
Penny

WOW a busy Friday

I just took a lap quilt off Lola. It wasn't anything special, just made from scraps from another quilt. It and two others I will donate to the local personal care home.

This morning I pinned on my, "Wickedly Easy" quilt top. I had a variegated thread that matches the 30 reproduction prints perfect. I am doing just a stipple and loops but it sure is fun.

Enjoy the photos.

Penny

Meet Lola

After 5 years of waiting Lola, the long arm, is here. She is an APQS Utl II and runs like a dream.

As you can see in the photos, I still have to paint the walls and hang some curtains on the window, but that can wait. lol

strange friendship

1 large dog + one small kitten = best friends

The dog is a rescue the kitten was born here just 12 weeks ago. It is so sweet to see the two of them together.

Off To the quilter

I just love my quilting friend. :) She has agreed to take on yet another one of my projects. She has, "Mary's Rose Garden" it will be my mothers. I am also sending her "Feathered PinWheel". This top was done 2 years ago. I marked it and even started some quilting. BUT! I hate the hand quilting part. So, Elle said she would take it on and finish it for me. LOL I am going to owe her my first born, lol wonder what Amanda's husband would say about that. LOL

The sewing machine has been put away

That's right! LOL I have put the sewing machine away. She was ready for some much needed time off. LOL I have TWO! hand quilting projects I want to get finished. So, today I pulled out my Feathered Star. I have most of the white background quilted and will start the stars when that's done. I still have to decide what color quilting thread to use on them. I have decided to put more quilting on the white. I want this quilt to be a "show worthy" quilt and that means, when a quarter is dropped on the quilt it must touch quilting. I have to many open spots. This is my winter project. I'm looking forward to some down time.

This one is a KEEPER!!!

OH MY GOSH!! I love, love, LOVE this quilt. I am so proud of myself. The only pattern I had was for the center star, the rest was just done by measure, cut, measure, sew. The top is 90 inches by 108 inches. It will go on our bed after it's hand quilted.

So far So good

Well, even with the interuptions I was able to sew some.

This is what I have done on my Amish Lone Star so far:

Sew Sunday

I am going to work on this Lone Star quilt I started a few weeks ago.

I saw the quilt on the internet and I'm working on my own version using Eleanor Burns's "Radiant Star Quilt" book and amish colored Kona cottons. My background isn't as cream colored as I would like so I am planning on Tea Staining the entire quilt top when it's finished. I'll keep you posted as to how much I get done today.