Last “Schnibble” for 2014

Our Schnibble group assignment for December wasn’t actually one of Carrie’s Schnibble patterns at all!!

It was a cute little mini quilt design from Sherri McConnell,  one of our lovely Schnibble group leaders, called “Shine”!

I don’t know about you, but by the time Christmas finally comes, I am so tired of red and green stuff all around, that I yearn for some blues!!

So, I made my little quilt from some fabric I bought years ago for a purse- with blues, aqua’s and lime greens!

The background print has to be at least 10 years old!!  But I still love it!!

The backing was a large flower print!!  Such a lovely little quilt!!  Quite fun to make!!

My husband and I both came down with the flu two days before Christmas… it’s been a long time to feel better and finally get a bit of energy back between coughing!!  But I finally got the Christmas decor packed away… just have the tree to do today!!!  How about you?

Yogi and I want to wish you all a fun New Year Eve tonight and a relaxing day tomorrow!!  Ready or not, here comes 2015!!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!!

I hope you are savoring the season and enjoying your family and friends today!!

You and I wish you a very wondrous Christmas and a most blessed New Year!!

Busy Days!

So, are you all ready for Christmas? I think I finally am!!  Just got home from the last trip to the grocery store… hopefully!!  What a zoo!!

I think I told you in a previous post that I finished another of my Christmas kits on my guild UFO list, but I couldn’t show pix or post about it as it was a gift!

But my sister opened it, so now I can show you!!

It was a free pattern for the “It’s Christmas!” fabric collection, from last year.

But of course, I made it my own by adding the border print on all four sides rather than just the top and bottom.

I fell in love with the curls on everything!!  Elf hats, shoes, treetops, chimneys, etc!!

I have always loved anything with curls and spirals!!  You, too??

I also saw a neat idea for storing your quilting rulers on a pegboard mounted on the inside of a closet door!  How very clever!!  So my DH cut and mounted this pegboard on my stash closet door for me!!

And by getting all those rulers out of a large dresser drawer in my sewig room, I was able to take my precuts and kits out of the cubbies and put them into those now reorganized drawers!  Which left me with some empty cubbies (YAY!!)

which them allowed me to reorganize my fabrics in all the cubbies and make more space!! 

It’s soooo nice to be able to see all the fabrics in each stack and be able to pull one out and not have the whole stack come out and fall to the floor because of it all being crammed into those tight spaces!!  Woo hoo!!

Well, Yogi is worried- are you ready for Christmas?? 

Where Does the Time Go?

I told you about the UFO activity our local quilt guild in a previous post.  I have four Christmas quilt kits on that list, and now I’ve finished three of them.  Yay!!  This was one of them that I showed you before-

The corners cut off the tree flying geese units were saved and sewn together to make half square triangles.  I used those scraps and some others to make this little table runner for my foyer.

I LOVE it when leftovers come together so perfectly…

and fill an empty space so well!!

The third UFO quilt is a gift, so I can’t post pictures of it until after it’s been given!!

I also made this cool little sewing organizer.

It’s called The Beatle Bag from Abbey Lane quilts.

I’ve not filled it yet with sewing thread, scissors, needles, etc…

And, I needed a quilt for the hall wall hanger for the Christmas season.

I used bits and pieces from Nancy Halvorsen’s book- “Christmas Favorites” to create my own Santa wall quilt!

I used only stash to make this, which really makes me happy!!

And I especially LOVE the curly print I used for the beard and mustache!!  I quilted on the curly lines and it looks GREAT!!

I’m thinking I finally have all the Christmas decorations I need for our new home!  YAY!

So, are you super busy getting gifts made/bought for family and friends?

Yogi is really excited about the holiday season!!  LOL!!