Well it was a good day today. It was beautiful and sunny ,and my english daisies were soaking up the rays.

I got all caught up at the office and the Christmas tree taken down there as well.
Did a few groceries , organized some of my paperwork , started laundry ( that job never ends!)
I managed to get another block finished after dinner! Yea. Only 4 left to finish on Christmas Town Sampler.

Chat soon,
Denise

Happy New Year!

Well I am starting off with 2 small finishes today. The first is a little stitchery , it was a pre traced gift from my friend Doreen. I started off by colouring the snowman with white crayon and then stitching the snowman. After it was all finished I tea dyed it.

My snowman will eventually be a pillow front.

My second finish is one of my last 5 blocks I need to complete my Christmas Town Sampler blocks.

Until next time,
Denise

I have had such a great last couple weeks! I have new quilting buddies to chat with and work on projects with! It just makes my heart happy! Lol

I’m so excited about a couple of new quilt alongs coming up real soon.

The first is a mystery Block of the month, by Esther Aliu! Wow is all I can say about her projects and incredible talent. Check out Esther’s blog , and you will see the information for ” Forget Me Not“, I can’t wait to start!

Continuing with my paper piecing fever, even though I have not completed my Africian Sunrise, I feel compelled to start the New York Beauty Quilt Along. You can see all the blocks for the quilt here. It starts March 5th, and I am going to give it my best shot! It will be beautiful when it’s all done!!
I hope you follow along with one or both of these amazing quilt alongs.

I think I have figured out that there is nothing better than a group of friends who share the same twisted and obsessive love of fabric and quilting that I do!!!

Until next time,
D.

Have you ever been overwhelmed by the talent in the women that surround you at a guild meeting? I sure have! With my crazy busy life, I celebrate the small victories that’s for sure, a few minutes of cherished machine time is sometimes all I can squeeze in.

But I have been blog surfing and seen some amazing Christmas projects from Ellison Lane Quilts. They have been doing the The Christmas Sampler and there are some amazing blocks and they all have tutorials! Here is a list of all the participants:

Oct 25 – Julianna @ Projektownia Jednoiglec - Block 1: Christmas Truck
Oct 27 – Sara @ Sew Sweetness - Block 2: Santa Claus
Nov 1 – Kaelin @ The Plaid Scottie - Block 3: Christmas Hearth
Nov 3 – Jennie @ Clover and Violet - Block 4 : Scrappy Star
Nov 8 – Elizabeth @ Don’t Call Me Betsy - Block 5: Presents
Nov 10 – Riel @ The Q and the U - Block 6: Snowflake
Nov 15 – Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts - Block 7: Tree
Nov 17 – Lindsay @ Lindsay Sews Block 8: Noel
Nov 22 – Jessica @ SewCraftyJess - Block 9: Ornaments
Nov 23 – Sarah @ Fairy Face Designs - Block 10: Stockings
Nov 29 – Heather & Megan @ Quilt Story
Dec 1 – Kim @ My Go Go Life

She also has a really cute sewing machine cover tutorial worth a peek at!

Click Image to View Tutorial

Then there is the new mystery quilt from Quiltville‘s Bonnie Hunter that’s just started, for any of you so inclined to jump in. It’s called the Orca Bay Mystery, there’s a lot of piecing, but her mystery quilts are amazing! Check it out it might be something you are interested in.

I will leave you with some holiday inspiration!

Until next time,

D.

Just a glimpse of what makes me so happy everyday!

Shes the best part of my day. Just thought I would share that with you!

Until next time,
D.