Fun Day at Gardner Village...

Every year at this time, my family gets together with my mom, sisters and cousins. We meet at Gardner Village and have lunch....we then find our way over to Pine Needles for some lovely quilt shopping.

Isn't this a great Halloween quilt?

The applique on this quilt was so endearing. The paperdolls were just fun. My niece bought a few patterns from this quilt for my sister to work on for her.


This little quilt is so cute for Christmas...

Witches were everywhere...Love this season....

This adorable little girl is my niece. She just turned 4 and got to come with the big girls. My mom made her this adorable little apron and... knitted this gorgeous coat, which is fully lined and has a velvet collar. My mother had started this coat several years ago for other grandchildren, but just recently got it finished and it happened to fit this little sweetheart. My mom does the most beautiful job of knitting and finishing work!!

After a day filled of fun eating and shopping and enjoying each other's company, we were off to Women's Conference. What a great day!!

Another UFO bites the dust...

Last year I put together this little wall hanging for autumn....I decided to do the big stitch in quilting. It is very primitive, however, it is done and now I feel like I can do the big stitch on yet another UFO project for Christmas. It is a primitve nativity embroidery that I put together a few years ago. By the way, the big stitch was actually kind of fun and a tip for those trying to thread the needle with pearl cotton--use a needle threader. It makes it easy peasy!!

Quilt for the store....

I forgot to take a picture of this quilt before I took it to the store. The quilt is called "Splash". It was really fun to make. I revised the pattern. The square blocks were supposed to be appliqued on, but I made it a sew version. The "splash" flowers were all appliqued and that was a little time consuming, but it sure turned out cute!!