Happy New Year

I can't believe that 2009 has gone and 2010 is here! The last few weeks have been a blur. We had a great Christmas after we finally made it to Tennessee. Long story but it involves 20+ inches of snow, cancelled flights & a long, long drive to Tennessee. But after we got home to our family everything was great and we were in the Holiday Spirit! Everybody loved their handmade gifts this year. The Lavender Eye pillows were a hit and "Aunt" Judy really loved her quilt. It is going to look great in her new reading room. We had an uneventful drive back to PA and even though I had to take the hubby to the airport on Monday, I was not that sad because he got to turn around and come back here on New Years Day for the long weekend ( I will take what I can get). AND he gets to do the same thing next weekend.

Now that the holidays are over hopefully someone will want to buy our house. I can't wait to move to Texas!!

I was looking through all my photos on Flicker and decided to put together a mosaic of all the items I made in 2009. It was a busy year!

Here are all the quilts.

1. A Quilt for Christmas, 2. A Quilt for Christmas, 3. Craft Hope Quilt Back, 4. Craft Hope Quilt, 5. Reagans Baby Quilt, 6. Reagans Baby Quilt Back, 7. Stacked Coin Quilt, 8. HR Mini Quilt, 9. Good Ol' Summertime Mini Quilt, 10. Baby Quilt for Camille, 11. Baby Quilt for Camille, 12. Grandmothers BDay Quilt, 13. Grandmothers BDay Quilt, 14. Dad's Quilt, 15. "A Bowl of Sunshine" Art Quilt, 16. "Daisy" 12x12 Art Quilt

Here are the purses.

1. IMG_1383, 2. Buttercup Bag, 3. IMG_1382, 4. Buttercup Bag, 5. IMG_1380, 6. IMG_1387, 7. Buttercup Bag, 8. Tote Bag, 9. Buttercup Bag

And here are some other misc. projects.

1. Fabric Bowl, 2. Fabric Bowl, 3. Small Fabric Bowl with felted bird, 4. Christmas Presents, 5. Christmas Presents, 6. Christmas Presents, 7. Yellow Block for Cristin's Baby Quilt, 8. Sew New To Me Virtual Quilting Bee November Block, 9. Sew New To Me Virtual Quilting Bee November Block, 10. Sew new to me quilting bee - Blocks for Heather 1, 11. Sew new to me quilting bee - Blocks for Heather 2, 12. Birthday Card, 13. Yellow Mini Quilt, 14. Built by Wendy Shirt, 15. Heather Ross Sundress Pattern, 16. row 1

It really was a busy year! Hopefully 2010 will be just as busy. I will be sharing upcoming "New Years Resolution" projects soon!

Here is to a great 2010!

Happy Creating!

Snow, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I am setting here today waiting on the big snow storm to hit. My husbands flight into PA from TX was cancelled this morning due to the snow falling in Philly. Of course we have no snow falling here in Allentown.....yet....the news keeps saying that it is coming. Hopefully the hubby will be able to make it here tomorrow and we can start our Christmas celebration.

In in the spirit of Christmas here are some photos of the presents that I made this year.

somebody special is getting a quilt!

These are some lavender and flax seed eye pillows I made. I have already used the one I made for myself today!

Some cute little fabric baskets. Here are the links to the 2 different patterns I used from Pink Penguin & Vlijtig

I also made a few key fob's but forgot to take a photo.

Here is wishing everybody a safe and Merry Christmas!!!!

Snow

We had our first snow fall of the season yesterday. At least we only got about 4". For those of you who don't know me... I really don't like snow, but I will admit that it was beautiful this morning. It kinda gets you into the Christmas Spirit.

Our "See Rock City" bird house was all covered up!

Please somebody buy our house! Isn't it pretty!!

Well now that you have seen the view outside, here is a peek of what is going on inside.

WIP Christmas Presents! Oh what could they be......Can't tell you. Don't want to ruin the surprise!

Calhoun & Tater shop at Pet Supplies Plus!

Happy Friday

I just love it when I go out to the mail box and it is filled with wonderful goodies! Today was one of those days when I opened the mail box and found two packages and my Entertainment Weekly (my favorite magazine). Oh what a great day!



Oh, and what did I get??

In the bigger package I got some new fabric. I had such a great Tuesday morning when I opened my e-mail to see my Quilthome.com newsletter and noticed I was link of the week! For being link of the week I received a $20 gift certificate! They were also having a one day sell on the Heather Ross Menodcoino collection (my favorite). I also have been drooling over the new Amy Butler Love collection in flannel. So I got some Amy Butler flannel and some pieces of the Menodcoino that I do not have. I am going to make me some Pajama Pants out of the Amy Butler flannel for Christmas!

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And in the smaller package..... I received some labels that I had printed by Lilla Lotta. She does custom labels that are printed on Twill Tape. She can put something together for you, or you can send her your own logo which is what I did. I just love how they turned out and I have about 3 yards of them. I can't wait to use them on the Christmas gifts I am making this year.
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What a way to start of the weekend!

Hopefully my happy Friday will run into the weekend and lots of people will show up for our Open House on Sunday! I am so ready to sell this house!

One quilt finished and a new one started!

I finished hand sewing the binding on my Moda Arcadia quilt. I love this fabric line by Moda. It is so soft and the colors make me think of summers in Florida (oh how I wish I was there!). I only quilted around the blocks and borders because I wanted to keep the quilt soft. This was going to be my Spring/Summer quilt, but I think it will be nice to cozy up with on a Winter day. It will help me think about summer!






I love how the back turned out! I can use the back as the front.

Here is another WIP (work in progress). I use some of my Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett stash to put this together. I was inspired by the mix tape quilts I have seen online. I thought is would be fun to mix it with big floral blocks. The dot fabric is from the new Amy Butler Love collection. The dots are my favorite. Still trying to decide what to do for the back. I think I will use some solids since the front is so busy. I just love all the bright colors. This may be a Christmas gift, but for who.....I will not tell!

Amazing!

I can't believe I am posting 2 days in a row! But I am so excited about this project that I just have to share it.
Here is the quilt I finished and sent to Craft Hope.





Craft Hope is "a faith-based, love inspired project designed to share handmade crafts with those less fortunate. It is our hope to combine our love for crafting and desire to help others into a project to make a difference around the world." They do different projects, from sending handmade sock monkey's to Little Heros Burn Camp to this project where they are sending quilts to Margaret's Hope Chest. Margaret's Hope Chest is a group that donates quilts to people in need. These quilts are going to homeless children this holiday season. I just love the idea that my quilt is going to keep a special child warm this winter.