Quilts Come & Go but Christmas Surprises are Forever!

My dear daughter Carmen has been asking forever for the Glorify Quilt I made this summer.


I took a class from Pam Dinndorf at Sisters and then I had Renee of Quilted Elegance quilt it for me with a beautiful dahlia design.

Carmen wanted that quilt so badly she offered to "pay" for it in installments. Ha! Well a mother's heart was warmed and a quilter's heart was delighted that she liked it that much! She refers to the quilt as "color theory" because I believe I mentioned that was the name of the class.

So, I wrapped it in an appropriate box

and here's the moment!

Santa's Little Teddy Bear

At our house we call Teddy by various names...Ted Ted, Ted Bush, etc. He is a happy little Bichon Frise. I picked him up from the groomers' yesterday and he was looking all spiffy as you can see with his jingle bell collar.

Being a good momma, I purchased a cute little santa toy from Bow Wow Doggie Day Spa where he spent the morning...(I know isn't that name a kick in the pants?) Well, we got home and I took my little purchase into the sewing room and then went about my business. A very short time later I heard a rustling in the room...you got it, Mr. Ted Bush had pulled down the bag and taken his santa!

You can see the "uh oh" on his little mutt face! You are soooo busted Mr. Ted Bush!

Then he howled like crazy for a few minutes to distract me.

But with my usual parenting skills, I gave in and was rewarded with this sweet little look.

It really tuckered him out. He found his pal Miso and took a long winter's nap!

Smoochie Smoochie!

No gals, you don't have to kiss me, but I did want to show you my little project finished just in time for holiday smooches! I purchased Quilting Arts Christmas gifts late in the summer and dreamed of making lots and lots of these. Exactly 2 have been created and I believe that will be it for me this year as my eyes are always bigger than my time allotment for quilting. Honestly, I love green fabrics and it was a great reason to hunt for more for the mistletoe. Finding the little felt balls was easy too. If you are looking for them try this source on Etsy adorable little things from Handbehg Felts. The project called for silk ribbons which are so dreamy but hard to find in Chico. Ribbon is one of the items I look for when I go a traveling to larger cities. Britex in San Francisco has rolls and rolls of it!

The interior of the leaves is heavy Timtex two sided fusible. The edges of the thick pellon was visible so I used two colors of green sharpie and it soaked it up just fine I am ready for my sweetie to pucker up and give me a smooch!

Merry Christmas!!

Pounding Away! More One Stitch Off Jewelry

Good Afternoon Gals! Quilting has been set aside while I pound out orders and presents for One Stitch Off this weekend! It has been alot of fun and very encouraging to be so well received with our new little hobby!




It takes about 30 minutes or more per necklace by the time you pound, polish, drill and assemble. We have our etsy shop open too. All the designs below have been spoken for but more can be pounded as Debbie and I keep Santa's workshop going into the wee hours! What are you all working on? Or is it a secret? I have some of those going too...and they are somewhat quieter in the making than mixed metal jewelry! Enjoy your week! xo Pam