Welcome to my home in the dead of winter! Lots of snow to shovel. The driveway and road is actually plowed. But I have a very long walkway to the front door to keep clear.

Placemats

This pattern for placemats was the perfect fun thing to do today. They were so easy to make on the long arm. They would make a very nice gift if you can get the fabric on sale. These are for me. 

Purple Christmas

Thought you all would enjoy seeing the purple quilt I made for my bedroom. The pattern is an embroidery pattern by Claudia's  Creations. The purple fabrics with some complimentary greens, quilting the entire quilt using a metallic gold thread, lent itself to a Victorian look. I was pleased with the results. 

Isn't it pretty on my Victorian bed? 

 And check out that loaded purple Christmas tree in the corner of my bedroom. I Love it!

 This tree is in my front room. It has ornaments made by you guessed it, me. The angels were made years ago in the 90's. Free motion angels using gold metallic thread over stiffened netting. Then attached to white felt and stuffed. The pink balls are wrapped in a machine embroidered tatting using white cotton thread then sewn together. Lots of thread and time but very pretty.

 And when the festivities are done, relax with your best buddy!

Before and After

Isn't interesting to see the before and after pictures of quilting? This one had me stumped for awhile. Then it was just go for it! Too much fun. This is a cute quilt. I enjoyed quilting it.

 Loved the look of the trees quilted in swirls. That was the beginning of the theme if you will, for this quilt.

 Then I decided to do feathers inside of the fence posts. Really liked that!

 Finished minus the binding. Cute.

Picture of the back shows a lot of quilting done.

Walking Duke

Meet Duke. He is my best buddy. He watches out for me and loves to take long exploratory walks on our property. Then when we are done, he takes a long nap so I can get to work!

On our way home around 4:00 this was the view. I had to stop to take a picture. It was so pretty to me. You can see the snow on the ground. 

Thanksgiving

Welcome to my table. My granddaughter learned to set the table this year. She did a great job! She is eight years old and very helpful. 

I made the napkins and table cloth. It was amazing to find fabric to match the plates so well! The tablecloth is a suede type fabric. It actually washes very well. It's important to  remove it from the dryer cause it doesn't really iron at all but makes a pretty table setting. Have a wonderful thanksgiving.

It's Cold out there.

It's cold outside, but cozy in here! I love my wood stove. You get such a nice warm heat with a wood stove. This one heats my entire house quite well. And stocking the wood up, keeps me in shape over the winter!  Now for that cup of hot chocolate.