Isn't she wonderful! I got her from my friend in Australia for a xmas gift (the one I'm visiting in April)! The material her dress is made of is so soft and gorgeous! And all that crochet details!
And get a load of the Cherry Tree! And that little purse is way too cute!
I have 2 new sewing books to share with you! Above is my Chickadee book. I bought this kit last summer when I was out at my mom's house. But I wanted a different wool for the main part of the kit so I had to wait until I found just the right piece!
And the inside!
Then this gorgeous baby was made by my friend for me for xmas! It is a Sue Spargo pattern.
Don't you just love how it shuts by winding the tail around the button! It makes it so easy to close and open! I love this idea!
Inside is a wonderful new pair of stork scissors Lynn gave me with a beauiful fob! In the very center of the roll is a pincushion. Hard to see in the picture, but it is a big pincusion.
She also gave me a new marking pencil and cosmos floss! I"ve been wanting to try this. I hear it is really wonderful, but I haven't been able to find any since I've heard about it. Can't wait to give it a try!
I finally can share another project I've been working on this fall. Got together with my small quilting group last night and gave them their gifts so I can show you now!
My friend Joan and I went in on these gifts together. Her husband Gary made the wood boxes for me, and I did the punchneedle that we put on them! Above is Joan's. Can you tell she loves pigs!
And Julie's
And Nann's
The days just seem to fly by lately. Things are hustling and bustling at our house. Emily came home from college last Thursday and Jenna will be home later this week. Emily is busy baking cookies before Wednesday when she has shoulder surgery and won't be able to do anything for awhile! I"m just trying to keep up with them and work. 
I did make these for some gifts this year for friends. Little Kindle and iTouch/iPhone holders. Holly found them online and wanted to know if I could make them. It took a few tries, and let me tell you the first few were really, really funny looking, but I finally figured them out! Some of these will be going to new homes this week!
UGGGG and while I was typing this I heard a metal cling, clang, cling, clang. I go into the kitchen and what did I find? Miss Chloe up on the table licking butter out of the bowl for the frosting for the cookies. She has NEVER done that before. Geez. So much for that butter! Look at that face - can you believe it?!
Didn't want to leave you with no quilty pictures, so 2 more Dear Jane blocks!
Thought it was time to do 2 easy peasy blocks for my Dear Jane. At least I got 2 blocks done!
Remember my X-Rated quilt? I wasn't sure what I wanted to do for borders. Well I decided to go plain and put some nice hand quilting on them. 
So I had the piano key strips left. What to do? Make a strippy coin quilt of course!
Holly and Adam arrived safe and sound back to Oklahoma, and got the stocking hung up on their mantle! Don't they look great! 
Holly also got a good start on her xmas decorations. WAY ahead of me! Thought you would enjoy they cute pics she sent me.
It has been FOREVER since I"ve worked on my Dear Jane quilt. So I thought it was time to make a couple. Here are my 2 new ones.
I finally can share the project I've been working on since July! I made wool Christmas stockings for Holly and her husband Adam. I couldn't share before now because Holly checks in on my blog and I didn't want her to see.
I gave them the stockings while they were home for Thanksgiving so that they could use them this year. Aren't they adorable!
I showed a bit ago some blocks I was working on for our guilds raffle quilt. Well I have a bunch of them back and just had to lay them out to get a look. Doesn't it look great! This whole quilt is set in seams though, so it has been a challenge. But I am so happy with the results so far I had to share. I have 4 more star block units to make myself yet. Guess I better get going!
If your wondering what the pattern is, it is "Eldon" by Laundry Basket Quilts.
Sew Cal Gal is hosting an online Christmas Quilt Show this week! Visit her blog at and enjoy the show, or sign up and enter one of your own Christmas Quilts.
Viki turned this
Into this! Go to her blog to see a few more pics! Isn't it wonderful! I can't wait to see it in real life and touch it!
Some of you are probably wondering where I've been and what I'm up to? Well I"m busy finishing up xmas gifts! And I can't share yet because the receivers read the blog! But I'm getting close to being finished with them.
Went shopping to Cedarburg Wisconsin Friday with a friend. We stopped at Ye Olde Schoolhouse Quilt Shop which was in the recent top 10 quilt shops. Oh my goodness - was it wonderful. Here are some pics of the shop.
No I have no goodies to share. I've been put on a "No quilting things" diet. Now that could be really hard and tough for me. But I have a good reason!..........
I'm going to Australia!!!!! Can you believe it! I"m so excited! I"m going for just over 2 weeks in April. I"m going to visit my friend Jody and will be seeing Sydney and Canberra. I can't wait to go! So the condition of the trip was to spend no money on quilt stuff between now and then. I can do that so I can see my good friend Jode!
Oh and before I close a few shots of the old Mill in Cedarburg and the Dam next to it.
