Is there a Dr. Seuss in the house?

Dawn's Quilt Corner is sponsoring a wonderful giveaway: 7 yards of Dr. Seuss fabric:
http://www.dawnsquiltcorner.com/2010/12/happy-new-year-fabric-giveaway.html. Check it out and Happy New Year.

The little community is growing...

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Please drop by for coffee sometime!

Wonky house on the block...

Playing around with Gwen Marston's (http://www.gwenmarston.com/) "liberated quilting" technique tonight. Getting ready to start another coop project using a variety of madras plaids I got from my friend June. Here's my first attempt at piecing a wonky house. The finished size of the blocks are to be in multiples of 3 inches. This one measure 6.5 x 12.5 allowing for a 1/4" seam.

The sky around the roof line could use a few less pieces, but that is the name of the game.

Show and tell...

As an extra Christmas gift, I made this little bag to hold my friend's jewelry when she travels. Had been saving a wonderful piece fabric printed with birds and butterflies.... it was the perfect choice to use for the lining since the bag was for my coop butterfly|moth quilt friend. Paper pieced the outside with scraps from the quilt store's scrap bin. Am beginning to fall in love with black, red and cream printed fabric combinations... made a second bag with the same scraps to keep.

Was LUCKY enough to win one of Kate Spain's generous stocking stuffers. Thank you again, Kate Spain!!

Don't you just love her fabric lines? I used scans of her "12 Days of Christmas" line in creating my blog advent calendar. Check out her new "Central Park" line: http://katespaindesigns.blogspot.com/.  Also included in the gift was a charm pack of this new collection.

Hope all had a wonderful Christmas ..... and will have a Happy New Year!

Day 25...

and a very Happy New Year!

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Day 24...

The message of Christmas is that the visible material world is bound 

to the invisible spiritual world.  ~ Author Unknown

Day 23...

Keep your Christmas-heart open 

all the year round.  ~ Jessica Archmint

Day 22...

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being 

wreathed in smiles.  ~ Author Unknown

Day 21...

No matter how carefully you stored the lights last year, they 

will be snarled again this Christmas.  ~ Robert Kirby

Day 20...

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have 

entertained angels unawares.  Hebrews 13:2, AKJV

Day 19...

Even as an adult I find it difficult to sleep on Christmas Eve. 

Yuletide excitement is a potent caffeine, 

no matter your age.  ~ Carrie Latet

Day 18...

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to 

keep it all the year.  ~ Charles Dickens

Day 17...

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents 

as opening our hearts.  ~ Janice Maeditere

Day 16...

May the beauty found in nature this season, sustain you 

throughout the coming year.  ~ D

Day 15...

Sing hey!  Sing hey!
For Christmas Day;
Twine mistletoe and holly.
For a friendship glows
In winter snows,
And so let's all be jolly!
~ Author Unknown

Day 14...

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child 
something useful for Christmas.  ~ Kin Hubbard

Day 13...

Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what 

we feel in our hearts at Christmas.  ~ Pope John XXIII

Day 12...

May your days be merry and bright,
and may all your Christmases be white...  ~ Irving Berlin

Day 11...

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Day 10...

I love the Christmas-tide, and yet,
I notice this, each year I live;
I always like the gifts I get,
But how I love the gifts I give!
~ Carolyn Wells

Day 9...

Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas 

shopping when they ran out of money.  ~ Author Unknown

Day 8...

The perfect Christmas tree?  All Christmas trees are perfect!  ~ Charles N. Barnard

Day 7...

Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home.  ~ Carol Nelson

Day 6...

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a

conspiracy of love.  ~ Hamilton Wright Mabi

Day 5...

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop 

opening presents and listen.  ~ Author unknown

Day 4...

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind 

us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.  ~Eric Sevareid

Day 3...

There has been only one Christmas - the rest are anniversaries.  ~W.J. Cameron

Day 2...

Christmas, my child, is love in action... Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. ~ Dale Evans Rogers

24 days and counting...

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.  ~W.T. Ellis