Our Christmas was busy, fun, and crazy as usual!  Lots of family and food.  We added a new decoration outside.  Electric Sex from A Christmas Story!!!

I finished another green paper-pieced block today!

Now to go work on a hand-pieced block!!!

I've had a productive weekend.  In addition to housework and laundry and getting the decorations up outside, I got some quilting done!

I got the last two napkins done for my Christmas set and I got another one made to send to my aunt as an example.

I made some mini trees as decorations to give to my quilting friends.

I got the next Green Paper-Pieced block done!

And I got two more of the hand pieced Quilted Diamonds blocks done.  They're so easy and fun!



I dug out the Christmas Tree Skirt I started a few years ago and got it finished. 

I also made another Quilted Diamonds Block.  #3 was a challenge, somehow I got some of the pieces cut backwards and had to re-cut them.  The little blackbirds in the center look like eyes!

I've started the next block in the Green Paper-pieced quilt, but I need to get the Christmas Tree up first.

Got two more blocks done and a few more cut and ready to sew.  First the paper-pieced block.  It's really different and the picture doesn't do it justice!

Now the hand pieced diamond.  The smallest pieces are

 3/4" x 5/16" finished.  The diamond is 4" x 7 3/4" finished.  I thought it would be hard but it's not. 

So much fun!!!

Unfortunately the holidays will interfer with my sewing but not too much.  I have a lot of greens but I can already see I need a lot more!  Now I have to clean and  get ready for Thanksgiving!



I've been busy since my last post!  I finished my paper pieced owl wall hanging.

I created this snowman table runner/wall hanging for the quilt retreat and made a quilt top at the retreat! 

I also learned how to make these napkins at the retreat so now I have new ones for Christmas.  I just need one more color for another set so that I'll have 12.

Now I've started a paper pieced quilt in greens for my daughter.

These are the first two blocks.

And I've also started a hand pieced Quilted Diamonds quilt.  This is the first block.  Both quilts are really fun!

I've also read several books.  I listened to Another Man's Moccasins and The Kitchen House and I just finished Nora Robert's New York to Dallas.  I'm now reading Laura Child's Skeleton Letters.

Now I'm off to do my weekly shopping so I can get back to quilting!

Sadly we had to leave Vegas today.  We're in Flagstaff now and will be home tomorrow.  We got to Vegas on Sunday evening and were disappointed that the Sherwood Forest Cafe was gone and MacDonald's was closed for remodeling. 
Monday we headed over to Monte Carlo and had a yummy cupcake at Cupcakery.  We rode the tram over to Bellagio and saw the new cakes.

Then we went to the conservatory and saw the talking tree.  Amazing!!!

Next we went to the Cosmopolitan.  There was lots of sparkle!

It's been great fun but it'll be good to be back home!

My allergies have been so bad I lost my voice!  It didn't stop me from getting my granddaughter's quilt finished though!  Finally! 

Hand quilting is not my favorite thing but it's done and she's happy!  I also made a pillowcase for each of my three grandkids.  Now I need to make a quilt for her mom and finish some others I have started.  

I am soooo ready for vacation.  We're going to Vegas again.  New things to see and I love to people watch!  We're going to miss the dogs though.  They've become a big part of our life.

Aren't they cute?!?
I'm reading Tess Gerritsen's book The Apprentice and listening to Craig Johnson's Another Man's Moccasins and M.R. Hall's The Coroner.  They're all good!  We'll be listening to Janet Evanovich's Smokin' Seventeen on the way to Vegas.  Too many good books and never enough time to read them all!!!