Finally, I can publish this post! I started this post way back in January, back in January - can you believe it is February already? I had to keep this to myself because my friend's, my daughter, and I just had our Christmas get together yesterday. That was February 7th!
Oh well, we all had a great time! We had good food and good conversation all while catching up on everyone's news and me with my hand work. We were even joined by curious on lookers, don't you love it when that happens! Everyone was ooing and ahhing over the various home made items, all very good for the creative ego.
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These are two table runners I have just finished as Christmas
gifts for my friends. |
These two small table runners are the special gifts I gave. They like so many things came from Kathleen Tracy's blog, she has the best little ideas. They were so much fun to make and give and can you imagine the girls didn't even mind the obligatory cat hair that came with them. Thanks Tess!
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| Tess the Pest! Contributor of many errant Cat Hairs! |
Tess is a wonderfully active 14 years old, long haired terror, or at least she is when she wants attention. Tess will persistently knock thread off my table or scratch on quilts and fabric in order to get her required me time. All the while and ever increasingly telling me "You have more important things to attend to! You know, ME" She really is charming in an terrible twos sort of way and all in all is really much quieter than she was. So I continue to enjoy her daily antics and converse with her as she goes about her business, knocking over all my stuff.
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This is one of the gorgeous things people were
looking at! |
This is one of the wonderful things that was catching everyone's attention. My friend Molly made this for me, I am a lucky girl!
Now for some of the multitudes of projects I have been working on...
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This is the Twelve Days of Christmas mystery
by Temecula Quilt Company. |
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The January Mystery that Cheri Payne Hosted! Quilted and
bound - Oh My! |
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I have been working on lots and lots of little projects lately,
like this one patch by Kathleen Tracy. |
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I am well on my way to finishing the quilt a month challenge
presented by Sentimental Quilter. |
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I have 2 blocks completed and all the other blocks are
in process. I hope to have them done today or tomorrow. |
It was so long waiting for a date to be set for our Christmas get together, that I finished piecing the Mourning Crosses top. So you get to see that too!
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| Here is my finished Mourning Crosses top! Now to quilt it! |
It was even long enough to get the new selection for February from Kathleen Tracy. I even got the center block embroidered.
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Kathleen Tracy's February Quilt along, I am doing the
valentines version. |
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| The baskets from the cover quilt in Primitive Quilts! |
Can you tell I had a small vacation? Now that that is over reality is setting in and my production is slowing down. Oh but, it is fun to play with new projects! I have another long term project in the works that I will share next time! It is industrious! It is a quilt! It may take years! It is done by hand...so far completely by hand! Can you guess what it is?
I heard somewhere if you start the New Year sewing, you will sew all year long. I think I am off to a good start, don't you? I hope everyone is merrily pursuing there heart's desires this new year! Have a wonderful time, until next time, Take care and Be Happy - Joanne
