Friends & Flakes

We had a few flakes today with wind and much colder. When it gets cold I like to stay in and sew or quilt. Have been sewing on my Jewel Box and marking my teal and brown quilt. Also trying to get some Christmas things out. This is a small door hanging I made just for fun.

Finished Quilt

Have this quilt finished and ready for the next grandchilds wedding. It was quilted by CBQ and I made it through the local quilt shop. It is a BOM sampler that I started in 2003- not very speedy on this one ; 0.

Christmas Ornaments

Here are a couple of ornaments I made today. I found the pattern on Elsie Marley's blog

Belated Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you all had a great day- we didn't plan anything big but were happy when a grandson came for lunch and even brought a pie. Pretty neat for a college kid. We made some home- made ice cream to go with it.
Finished sewing the binding on my black, red and white quilt but can't show a picture. Think the gremlins have been using my camera and I haven't had time to straighten it out.
Didn't go out for black Friday- just don't like the crowds. The weather is beautiful- 58 degrees on Nov.27 in South Dakota. Can't beat that.

Help- cross hatching (maybe)

Another beautiful day in South Dakota- I have the center figured out. I want to do cross hatching on the borders that hang down but don't know quite how to go about it. I do not want to cross hatch in the blocks. The four corners are like the picture I am showing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Cards for our military

XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL

If you go to this web site, http://www.letssaythanks.com/ you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq.

You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services.

It is FREE and it only takes a second.

Our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them.

Another busy Sunday. Had planned on marking a quilt but had a pleasant surprise- Our Grandson and his new bride visited us. They live about 3 hours away so don't see them as often as we would like.
Today I will show you our challenge fabric for our guild's quilt show. We have to make a mini-quilt using some of the fabric. It can't be any larger than 8 1/2 x 11 and has to have some paper piecing(groan). I just am not a paper piecer but will give it my best shot. Have been searching for ideas. We have a show bi-annually and in between we go on bus trip shop hops.