Happy New Year!

A New Year’s Wish for Quilters

May your points always meet

May your thread never break

May your borders behave

And may inspiration never desert you

Lonnies Show and Share

 

Lonnie stopped in to show her recent creations. This is another from a book using just  2 1/2" strips. 

Just three more to go and she will have made each of the 25 quilt patterns in the book. Can't stop now! All of these quilts, except some background, are coming from her stash.

Lonnie also stitched along with the Primitive Gatherings weekly block patterns for American Gathering. She used the more primitive red, white and blue fabrics, again drawing from her own stash.

Beautiful.

Merry Christmas!

 

The table is set - - -

I bought 4 yards of  54" woven Christmas fabric to cover my porch chair cushions. With the leftover fabric, I made 4 napkins and googled a fun way to fold them.   PS: Notice the old fat quarter table?

Since the fabric is woven (like homespun) the napkins are pretty on both front and back. I cut 16" squares, stitched around the outer edge and left a soft 1/4" fray on each side.

 

And when I say "covered" I mean I wrapped them in the fabric like wrapping a package and secured with safety pins. It just needs to look festive for a couple weeks.

Much better than the blue and white floral.

Friend Joanie made this apron for me so I am ready to start cooking.

When daughter Willow arrived, she put together a charcuterie board featuring this salami rose. She started with a narrow coffee cup and folded each round slice of salami over the cup top edge, overlapping pieces as she worked around. Then she inverted and removed the cup.

Who do you suppose made these guys put on the goofy glasses? Calvin's face says it all.

Fun Christmas Decor

I grabbed a pic of a couple of the holiday displays while in Texas.  McKinney (where my kids live) has a historic town square that is just full of fun shops. 

This first one was in the center of a store. It is a tree made from stacking broken down boxes. It reminded me of all the fabric boxes we broke down and hauled to recycle. Such a clever idea.

This next one is a reindeer on a sidewalk park bench. People enjoyed sitting beside him for photos.  On the opposite corner of the square there is a huge sleigh used for the same purpose.

Open Sew News

Please note these changes to Open Sew at the Adel Library. Mark your calendars and share with friends.

December - No Open Sew

2022 - Quarter I

January - Thursday and Friday, Jan 20-21

February - Thursday and Friday, Feb 17-18

March - Thursday and Friday, Mar 17-18

Drop by for an hour, for a day or leave your things overnight and stitch with us for 2 days!

Show and Tell for Quilt Circle of Friends and anyone else that wants to share is 10 am on any Friday of Open Sew. Let's have a reunion.

Holiday Letter Boarding

I enjoy switching out my letter board with seasonal messages. Pinterest is a great resource for ideas.

 

Abbie's next state fair entry - -

If you were at our October retreat, you may remember Abbie Allen working on this paper pieced beaut.  Here it is! Stunning.