Buhl Bushong, Christmas and Winner!

Getting the second border prepped  for the Buhl Bushong quilt. I also need to start sewing the center portion. Soon...yes, soon.

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I got our tree decorated and these sweet little beaded bells were made by my grandmother. 

The fog and hoarfrost is beautiful but also dangerous with the freezing fog making roads a sheet of ice. Glad I don't have to be out in it too much.

The winner of the vintage doily is Farm Quilter!

I'll get it in the mail as soon as I get your address!

I hope you'll visit Beth's blog today for the blog hop!

https://lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com/

And if you missed yesterday's blogger

https://katyquilts.net/2019/12/10/holiday-favorites-blog-hop/

I hope your week is going stupendous!

Holiday Favorites Blog Hop!

I hope you will join in the Holiday Favorite blog hop! A few of my favorite bloggers are joining!! The list and links are at the bottom of this post.

There are many things to like about the holidays! I love traditions, Christmas tv shows, family get togethers, the smell of pine. 

When it comes to decorating I use several quilts and will show you a few from our main level of our house.

 I seem to have lots of layers this year. The Let it Snow quilt is designed by County Threads and is called Wear Warm Clothes. (I opted to put Let it Snow) The quilts on the couch are not Christmas quilts but are made with lots of brushed cottons so are easy to snuggle with on cold winter evenings. I want my visitors to feel like they can wrap up in a quilt anytime! And in my house, you never know where you'll find the Danish Maileg Nisse or mice.

 Throughout the house you;'ll see touches of my Scandinavian heritage. 

 Hanging in the downstairs bathroom.

My friend Karen made the Santa wallhanging for me. I love it!

This year I decided to go decorating "light", but love the textiles and little quilts. 

This is one of my older quilts that I use for holiday decor. 

 It uses one of my favorite blocks- the Sawtooth star. 

Would you like to make one?

My blocks are 5" finished. (click to enlarge block instructions) 

The little quilt will finish about 22" square. 

Sew together 3x3. 

Cut 2 strips 15.5" x 1.5" and add to sides for inner border.

Cut 2 strips 17.5"x 1.5" and attach to the top and bottom for inner border.

Cut 2 strips 17.5"x3"  for outer border- sew to sides.

Cut 2 strips 22.5"x3" and sew to top and bottom. 

GIVEAWAY!

Admire your work! Don't worry about quilting this year. Hang it up and plan on finishing before next year. 

I just picked up this small doily at the Scandinavian Festival on Saturday. I'm sure it is all handmade and vintage! It measures about 6" square including the adorable tiny fringe. Leave a comment and I will announce the winner of the doily on Wednesday. 

Here's the list of bloggers who are part of the Holiday Favorites blog hop!

Dec 9- Humble Quilts, Lori, https://humblequilts.blogspot.com/

Dec 10 KatyQuilts , https://katyquilts.net/

Dec 11 Beth https://lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com/

Dec 12 Diane- https://www.butterflythreadsquilting.com/

Dec 13 -Timeless Reflections. Kyle. https://kyleredente.blogspot.com

Dec 14  Kelly http://pinkadotquilts.blogspot.com/

Dec 15  Juliann - https://chasingstories.wordpress.com/

Dec 16   Knitty Quilter -https://suehoover.blogspot.com

Dec 17 Lizzy  https://gone2thebeach.blogspot.com/

Dec 18 Barb, https://funwithbarbandmary.blogspot.com/

Dec 19 Judy   https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/

Dec 20- Kevin, http://kevinthequilter.blogspot.com/

Have a fun time! I'm looking forward to "hopping" myself!!

Welcome February

Here's a cute little simple ditty to kick off the month. Designed by Cheri Payne and I copied fellow quilter Kelley in the changes she made. 

I don't know if anybody remembers this cute little fellow. He was dumped and wouldn't let anybody near him to catch him. Well, he claimed a home and although they are the only ones that can pet him, he is warm and fed and looks so healthy. His name is Red and although he is so shy I always smile when I see him, remembering the day I stopped in winter to try and coax him into my car. 

There are so many lovely string quilts on the linky party. I hope you'll take some time to visit some blogs and leave some linky love. 

I hope all of you in the deep freeze are getting relief soon. What crazy weather! Please enjoy your weekend and take some time to sew if you can.

Finally on a Friday

I'm so glad to be back to posting, hopefully on a normal schedule again.

I  suggested you try and get your 2 parts of the Liberty quilt together. I took my own advice!

It isn't the best photo, but the bottom row is all that's left! Whoop! Whoop! Next Friday we will have a linky party and see how everyone is doing. Monday October 1st will be the final instructions!! Cheri would be so proud of your creativity!

I won this cute panel to make a fall/halloween banner from Quilters Coop. I haven't had a chance to look online and see how I am supposed to do it! Any thoughts?

Here's my instagram for the last week.

If you'd like to see how I'm staying active this late summer check it out HERE. I've had a blast and can do way more than I think I'm capable of doing. I bet you can too!

I signed up for a half marathon many months ago and although I haven't been running a lot race day is here! 

Take care lovely friends and enjoy your weekend.

Merry Merry Christmas!

Christmas is almost here!

I want to wish you all love, peace and joy, now and throughout 2018. 

 I feel like I kept my decorating to a minimum. Just enough to enjoy it, but not enough to make it a big chore.

 This adorable applique quilt was made for me for a small quilt swap. 

I had a brunch the other day and it was so much fun hosting!

This book was a gift to me by another generous blogger! Thank you Julie K! Isn't it the sweetest applique quilt?  Julie is a prolific scrap quilter. I swear she makes a quilt or two a week! Check out her blog HERE.

My Instagram feed for the past week.

Love to you all!!!

February

Wow! Here it is February already!! I have so many fun events planned for 2016 that it's hard to not rush!

We have hired a new employee and that is a good thing. I hope he learns fast and works well into our small business. 

 Here's a little stuffed pillow I made for a lovely girl who lost her dad after a valiant fight with a heart transplant. It was a free project at Wooden Spools Design- click HERE to see Debbie's blog post and get the pattern.

 I got some ideas from my Facebook group. (which now has 700+ members! I'm humbled for sure!)

 I'm not a fan of poly stuffing. This is what I used. 

 I'm working on lots of binding which makes for a boring blog post. Here is my completed High Desert Baskets, where my creative photo skills flopped!

 That's better. The binding is not the same print. Remember when I made the binding ahead of time? My quilts were at the quilters and I didn't look to see what the outer triangle prints were. Just one more step in my humble quilt philosophy. 

 One more binding. I love this binding with this quilt!! I'll show you the completed quilt later this week.

One more binding attached, still to be hand sewn. 

Have a wonderful week!

What month is it?

I think I'm confused!

I really need to get back into my sewing room.

Adventures of Sven the Nisse

What a fun Christmas weekend we had!

 We booked a beautiful room overlooking the Willamette River in downtown Portland. The idea was to see the Christmas Ship parade. We ended up missing it! I'm afraid I had too long of a  list of things to do this weekend

Accidentally came upon VooDoo donuts. Crazy iconic place in Portland to get a donut or two!

 Shop till you drop!

Had a silly time walking through Peacock Lane. It wasn't as good as it looks like from the website. But for so may Portlanders in the neighborhood it is a yearly tradition.

Had a festive time after dinner at  Pioneer Square .

Sven experienced his first snow!

And so this is still related to Humble Quilts here are my wool stocking ornaments. Pretty silly and prim but fun to make!

 

If you want to see what crazy thing I did on Sunday click here- Get to Goal.