God Jul Everyone!

Hello Friends~

 My issue Simply Moderne Magazine arrived this week and my God Jul quilt pattern is in this issue!  Thank you Rachael Daisy for encouraging me to submit this quilt.

 I love how they styled it!  Very Danish.

 The pattern looks so good, I might just make another one in different colors.  I hope other quilters are inspired to make it.

Here are some photos from last year while I was making the pattern and quilt.

 I made this quilt start to finish in 2 weeks to enter Quilt Con.  It was rejected.....sigh

 my sewing room helper.

nice dog hair on my background.  Oh coco, I love you.

MY EPIC FAIL!
Toile' the Night Before Christmas

I finished it January 2016 - THAT IS TWO YEARS AGO!

Here is the original post.  In my defense, I have been doing a lot more quilt teaching and traveling.....but still!

Hey, at least I found it this morning...

 To commemorate seeing a final show of the Ringling Bros. BB Circus last year, I'm using this fabric on the back.

 I guess they didn't get the RB trademark because this is not a real circus.

 I also have this wonderful circus animal print which I may or may not use.

Yesterday I cleaned my sewing room to ready it for Santa's Wrapping Workshop.

 My little pink and red tree.  I have to find the tree topper today.

I know how busy everyone is, but I just want to say thank you to all the readers who leave nice comments.  I appreciate each and every one. 

Hope your holiday preparations are going well.  Here is a link to Sue Garman's Blog, where her family has posted all the quilts from the remarkable exhibit this year at the Houston Quilt Festival: 

http://suegarman.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-greatest-show-on-earth.html

enjoy! xo

Fun For Friday - I'm LEAVING!!

Just for the weekend.....
This weekend is our annual Shawnee Retreat!  Hooray!! I'm Saved!

But first a little Frida love.  I bought 3 yards of this fabulous fabric at the Lancaster Quilt Show.  Won't this make a wonderful backing?

This is my favorite art book of her work.  She was a talented and fascinating woman.

Little Day of the Dead figures of Frida and Diego keep company with my thread.

Today I'm also sharing a fun note and photos I received from Gwen Marston (my mentor, idol and friend.)  It was such a fun surprise for me.

Here is a photo from 1995, my first Beaver Island  retreat with my dear friend, Mary B.  The theme was log cabin quilts and  I made 1 small quilt a day.

Gwen in on the far left, I don't know who is in the brown pants, then me looking totally dorky in a denim dress and sweatshirt (nice hair, lol) and my Mary.

Here is the log cabin quilt that Mary made.  I loved it then; I love it now.

Here is what I'll be working on at the Retreat:

The Flying Geese project:

And my king sized bed nine-patch quilt (not worked on since the retreat 2 years ago - ooops.)  I even added some more of those chinzy looking brown florals.  Oh yea, I have a backing already.  Now I just need to SEW!

I hope you are doing something really fun this Weekend and Happy Spring!