Here’s the link if you are interested:
Hello Sun Free BOM

Chat soon,
Denise

I got all caught up at the office and the Christmas tree taken down there as well.
Did a few groceries , organized some of my paperwork , started laundry ( that job never ends!)
I managed to get another block finished after dinner! Yea. Only 4 left to finish on Christmas Town Sampler.

Chat soon,
Denise

Well I am starting off with 2 small finishes today. The first is a little stitchery , it was a pre traced gift from my friend Doreen. I started off by colouring the snowman with white crayon and then stitching the snowman. After it was all finished I tea dyed it.

My snowman will eventually be a pillow front.

My second finish is one of my last 5 blocks I need to complete my Christmas Town Sampler blocks.

Until next time,
Denise

Well 2012 didn’t turn out to be a very productive blogging year. Sometimes life just gets in the way of things we’d like to do.

In 2013 I am going to try and post all my finishes and my starts, so at least at the end of next year I have a journal of sorts, of my productivity for the year.

My goal for the upcoming year is to work on UFOs and I have one new project I am very excited about starting and will post about it soon.

I love the blogging world, there are so many talented and generous people sharing there ideas, patterns and tutorials. I will link you to some of the wonderful posts that I find along the way at the bottom of my blog posts in a section I will call Free Finds!

Here’s hoping your New Year is filled with happiness, simple pleasures and laughter.

Chat soon,
D

Well I didn’t think that I could fall in love with yet another project, but I have! I will show you one tonight, and the other one ( yes, there are two!) tomorrow or Friday.
The first one is called Sugarplums/ Tales of the Quillt Shop, a collabrative project by HollyMabutas of Eat Cake Graphics and author Terri Thayer.

A Christmas applique quilt , with a story of a quilt shop provided each month with the pattern. It is only $2.25 per month and available as a PDF file so you recieve your pattern and story right away.

Check out Sugarplums right here and tell me it isn’t cute!! Lol

I guess this is the year of starting a lot of projects, and hopefully finishing them as well!

Until next time,
D.

Reds are Delicious

Don’t forget to check out the BOM section of Esther’s website, she has made her fabric choices for Forget Me Not , with fabric requirements and cutting instructions! It’s so exciting.

Until next time,
D.

I’m so excited about a couple of new quilt alongs coming up real soon.

The first is a mystery Block of the month, by Esther Aliu! Wow is all I can say about her projects and incredible talent. Check out Esther’s blog , and you will see the information for ” Forget Me Not“, I can’t wait to start!

Continuing with my paper piecing fever, even though I have not completed my Africian Sunrise, I feel compelled to start the New York Beauty Quilt Along. You can see all the blocks for the quilt here. It starts March 5th, and I am going to give it my best shot! It will be beautiful when it’s all done!!
I hope you follow along with one or both of these amazing quilt alongs.

I think I have figured out that there is nothing better than a group of friends who share the same twisted and obsessive love of fabric and quilting that I do!!!

Until next time,
D.

I had so much fun last Saturday, our Guild had an all day class called African Sunshine, which was taught by my friend Carol. Who, by the way is an amazing teacher! :) I have to say I was nervous because this project involves paper piecing! It’s never made sense until Saturday, and now look out, I’m on a roll! I am making arcs all over the place!

Carol's Class Sample

My New York Beauty Arcs

Until next time,

D.

I’m not going to make any unattainable resolutions for the next 12 months. I’m going to try to move more, make better food choices and find a balance in my life. I am also going to use my blog a lot more often to share with you the trials and tribulations of my daily life, and way more sewing goodies, links to awesome blogs, etc. 2011 was a very tough year for me, my Mum passed away suddenly in September, we were very close and I feel lost without her. So I am hoping for a peaceful 2012 , filled with good stuff!

I have been following Temecula Quilt Co.’s blog with the 12 days of Christmas that started on Dec. 25th. It’s fun, a 3 1/2″ block each day for 12 days , then a small mini quilt! Never too late to join in, all the blocks are on the blog!

My Days So Far

The other thing I am really excited about is The Free Motion Quilting Project by Leah Day. If you are at all interested in learning to free motion quilt, but are like me, who has been afraid to just go for it, you have to check this out! Sign up for the newsletter and you wont miss out on her weekly lessons. On January 1st , I free motioned a very small wall hanging. It is far from perfect, but I have to say I felt pretty good I accomplished something! New Year, no restrictions! ( on quilt related stuff! ) :)

Well, that’s it for now, I wish you all a year filled with happy unexpected pleasures and and no pot holes in the road of life!

Until next time,
D.