Yay!

I had been told by my Blue Hill pals some time ago that there would be a quilt with Party Dress appearing in McCall's Quick Quilts but I wasn't sure what month. Well, I was perusing the McCalls Quilting website last week and saw the preview and nearly popped out of my skin! It was even more fun to go into my local grocery store and pick it up off the newstand and find the quilt in the December/January issue!! The quilt was designed and made by Joanie Holton and Melanie Greseth and I love what they did. It was exciting for me too because when I spoke to them several months ago and they told me they were fussy cutting the diamond garden flowers I told him that was something I had in mind when I designed it so I was so excited to see it used that way. It is on page 64 of McCall's Quick Quilts December/January issue! I need to go get one more issue to send to my Granny!

Holidays!

I finally got some Holiday crafting in and it felt good to scratch that crafting itch. I have other things to do but I just needed to make something holidayish and my sweet Gnoma Clauses from Monica have been whispering to me. I finally got one stuffed and on the mantle. That first cut into that precious panel of Gnomas was hard but now I am on my way. I want the whole row stuffed and perched on my mantle! The wreath above him is something I found on Amber's blog. The first one I made I kept marveling at how on earth could she have made so many of these because the yarn wrapping took forever! But then I finished and had to make another one! And another one! And several wreaths later I don't want to stop. Be warned! I even made a 20" silvery grey with red pink and white roses for Valentines Day. I hadn't intended to craft for Valentines Day yet but it looked so perfect together.

This one I made for my daughter. I just love all of those sweet pink and purple roses. It is hanging on her door now so it is nice to look up the stairs and see it. I didn't want my son to feel left out so I offered to make him one with blue roses and he politely declined. "Ya I'm good Mom". Noted.

We are on a snow day from school though there is little snow to speak of. Just a nice sheen of ice. We are warm and snug. I just made two loaves worth of french toast using Silk Nog (Soy Milk egg nog-so yummy!) we have full bellies and a full freezer too. I hope everyone is having a good fun day today too!

I'm back!

Wow! What a whirl wind fall! I have been trying to get this blog post up all week last week but it just was not meant to be! It is a little late but here is my version of Quilt Market!
Here I am with my partner in crime and roomie for the weekend, the always lovely and kooky other Mo, Monica . We are visiting with the uber talented and sweet Patty Young. Her booth was fabulous. The effort put into these booths is significant and the work really shows. I personally think that her Kyoko pattern is one of the best, if not the best, little girl dress pattern out there. Gorgeous!

Next up is my girl Violet's new bag pattern put out by Indigo Junction. I got my hands on one of those patterns and am so ready to get one made so I can parade around with that gorgeous bag on my hip. Well done Vi!

This is sweet Katy form England. She and Brioni, two of the talents behind Fat Quarterly came all the way from the motherland to come and see Quilt Market. I am so glad they made the journey because I sure did have a ton of fun with them!

coolest tatoo ever. I may have to get one of those... Here now is John (also of Fat Quarterly) giving us his Blue Steel and Monica proving that he is in fact, her homeboy. (by the way- go check out that gorgeous quilt on his blog today...)

I have more pictures of people's booths and that will come later (when I find the card reader to this stupid camera with the smallest most obscure memory card ever! Monica let me use her camera which is why I have all of these fun shots) but here is Kate Spain's booth. So pretty- Central Park is her new line and it looks fantastic. If I had to pick one word to describe Kate it would be effervescent. She is warm and bubbly and makes you feel like you have been friends forever. I love this quilt. She quilted around each of the little animals in the border. So sweet.

I just have to show you this- it was made of FELT! The detail blew my mind.

This had to be a high point for me- I found a quilt hanging with Grandma's Pearls in blue in it. It sort of took me by surprise to see my fabric out there in the wild! Isn't that a cute quilt block? It is the work of Pixie Girl Quilts.

Ah the famous Cake Party. That Lizzy House can bake as well as she can design fabric. It was Heavenly! Violet, Beth Dunn, Melissa and Monica. It was such a nice break in a hectic day of trying to see every single booth at Quilt Market! By the way, Melissa has a new line called Swoon and I don't have a photo of the quilts made from of it that they had in the Andover booth but you will have to take my word for it that they are stunning. Beautiful fabric!

Here is the sweet Bari J. She had a booth and it was lovely. I think this was her first time exhibiting and you wouldn't have known she was a booth rookie. We got to visit over dinner Saturday night (friday too, come to think of it!) and she is as sweet as she is lovely.

Last but not least, the amazing Elizabeth. She is the one at the table signing her brilliant new book. If you haven't seen this book yet, it is FANTASTIC! It really is. She is my sewing pal here in town and she is such a wealth of knowledge. And funny too!

I will be back because there is more that I want to share and I have more thoughts I want to put down but right now I have to go get the kids off the bus and walk the dog!!