Little Gifts

Recently, I bought a Double Diamond Ruler for a class given by one of our guild members.  Judith taught us how to make bookmarks.  After I made a few, I discovered the bookmarks are great little gifts.  Here's a sampling of the ones I still have.  They are also great for bazaars. The best fabrics are batiks or two fabrics with good contrast.  My favorite bookmark is shown below, mostly because I love this print fabric.

Merry Christmas

Last week, I changed the Bulletin Board in our Sunday School class and hung "The Nativity Quilt".  The pattern was designed by Naomi Norman of Franklin, TN.  Two of my best friends and I had the opportunity to test this pattern in September 1996.  Wow,  that was a long time ago.....
The wall-hanging is 38" X 50" and used freezer paper piecing for speed and  precision.

Our Dear Sweet Doggie

Today was a sad day.  Our dear sweet doggie, Nipper was diagnosed with kidney failure on September 21st.  She quit eating her dog food and only ate "people food", which we hand fed to her.  She had good days and bad but continued to go down hill.  On her good days, she still wanted to play with her toys.  The highlight of her day was walking out to the mailbox.  Today we decided it was time to put her down and end her suffering.  The picture here is from 8 or 9 years ago, when she was in her "heyday".

December UFO Challenge #4

I was delighted to read that Judy from Patchwork Times plans to continue the UFO Challenge for 2013.  By finishing the December challenge, I can report that 6 of my projects were completed.  Thank You Judy!!

December's Challenge is "Here Comes Santa", which is a Christmas Table Quilt.  I see it still needs Santa's reins embroidered prior to quilting and binding.

November UFO Challenge #9

The day after Thanksgiving, I got November's UFO Challenge quilt top out of the box.  The Mile-a-Minute  top was complete, along with the back and the label.   Discovering who should receive this quilt, inspired me to finish it on time. 

UFO #6 Challenge for October

Here it is the middle of October and I am just now taking the UFO for October out of the box to take a picture of the quilt top.  Yes, the top is complete with borders.  I took a class at our guild.  Thankfully, I have kept all of the guild newsletters.  I was surprised to discover the quilt was less than 5 years old.   I found the information in the June 2008 (Issue 137) newsletter.

The class was given by Libby Smith of Nashville.  The quilt pattern is "Honeycomb Waffle".  A clear view 60-degree ruler is needed.  I used Sara Nephew's Triangle ruler dated 1986.

Beautiful Fall day in Tennessee

Early this afternoon, we hopped in the car and took a short ride to our local Greenway.  My DH took all the great pictures.  Our little dog had a delightful time.  She is now taking her afternoon nap.  Within an hour of arriving back home, the sun disappeared and it's cloudy.  Our timing was perfect.

The top 2 pictures look like they would be good for landscape quilts.