I can read that everyone had a "wonderful" Christmas---so now it is time to get back to the "wonderful world" of sewing and quilting and knitting and blogging!!!!!
I had a small--quiet -- Christmas day--but what is one suppose to do about it--QUILT--I know what can I say--maybe I was born with a needle in my hand?????
I did get one BIG wonderful surprise on Christmas day----
I went down to Mary's to get her her tea, as usual and this is what she and her two daughter's got me for Christmas---
opps wrong picture--but they also did give me this--it's huge!!!!
this is the gift that made me "cry"--
I have wanted one of these for some time now as my hands--arms don't like to mix dough any more---there is only one thing wrong with this gift---it did not come with one of these--
SOOOO--I will have to attempt to figure out how to use it myself!!!!! AH---I think that means I will have to use the word 'WORK" now in my vocabulary!!!!!
Little sister gave me this--
so I now only need to get a kitten, dog, goat, and bunny rabbit and my farm will be all set up!!!!
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My friend Anne gave me a $25 gift card for the local quilt shop and so I went and got this book--BUT--did not look at it till Christmas day--
YES!!!! another one of Tone's books--here is some pictures--
and---
and---
OH MY this is book 5 of her's that I have collected--and I will be making some of her things in 2010---you just watch me!!!!!!! ANY ONE WANT TO JOIN ME???????
And I did finish these two quilt items on Christmas day--
December's Tisket/Tasket block for my front door--and--
the three redwork blocks are all done and the binding on it!!!!
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Yesterday I got the third Cardinal wall hanging all quilted and started another Christmas embroidery---
And today I got the embroidery all done--
This pattern is Gail Pan's gift to us this year--remember I also did this one--
It was her gift last year--but I just did it last month--I did do a couple things different (you know me--can;t leave a 'good" thing alone)!!!! I added pinecones to the big tree and I did mine in colors--Gail just did her's in all red work. I also changed this years, by using colors to match last year's and I did the outside border like she did on last years so they would match as I want to use them together----some how?????/
Tonight I am going to sign off with this picture---
Besides on this plate being obviously toast--
---what does this picture look like???????
(besides my late night snack, too!!!!!)
Hugs, Di