Whew!

The last couple of months have been----well let's just say different. Lot's of family matters to take care of. Things are getting back to normal again and it's nice to have a little time to spend on the blog. I missed posting and reading your comments.

There hasn't been much quilting going on but I was able to do a little Internet shopping. I found these three great books on Amazon.

I just love to get new books even if it's only to look at the pictures and dream.

I also found a moment here and there to work on the borders of Comfort and Joy my Christmas quilt.

I have gotten a little behind on Beyond the Cherry Trees.

The patterns for one of the borders and block 24 are out, but that's just fine.
 I have to keep telling myself---- it is not a race after all.

Now all I need is a little piecing time at the machine.  I have been having withdrawal systems.
I know you understand.

Nancy

I Joined GO-Ville

I really tried to win a GO on the blog giveaway's but no luck -  so I asked for one for Christmas.
Christmas afternoon while everyone was watching football I took it out to  see if I could figure out how to use it.

One of the extra dies I ordered is the Apple Core so I decided to make a scrappy Christmas apple core quilt.
After all it was Christmas.
Well,  the cutting was a lot of fun and I just kept cutting those apple cores until I ran out of scraps.

 All I can say is thank goodness I ran out of scraps!
The cutting may be easy and fun but sewing all those curves are not.

I tried pinning them together and didn't like sewing over all those pins - so I got out my trusty Elmer's school glue and tried gluing them together at the ends and centers.
I quickly got tired of that and went back to the pins because I think it was quicker.

Not one to give up I kept pinning and sewing and glueing and sewing.
I now have this great apple core quilt which I really like.
I am going to do a curved binding since I like sewing curves so much..

Christmas Tree Skirt

I finished making my Daughter's Christmas Tree Skirt a couple of weeks ago but gave it to her without taking any pictures.
She sent me some pictures yesterday so I could post about it.  I am glad I forgot because she takes great pictures.

I used this pattern from Silver Thimble Quilt Co.   You  are supposed to us a 10 degree ruler to cut the slices but since I didn't have one I borrowed a 9 degree ruler from a friend.  Just  had to cut a few more slices.

Christmas quilt

I finally finished my Christmas quilt for my bed.  

It's a Turning Twenty -  king sized or a turning 42.  

Looks a little puffy since I have a down comforter under it.

The fabrics are by Moda -  Figgy Pudding and Fruit Cake.

I bought them last year when they went on sale...not the traditional Christmas colors....  In fact my Husband didn't even know it was a christmas quilt maybe it's the brown pillows.
I really like how it turned out and hate to take it off the bed so soon.

Christmas Quilt Show

I decided to enter the virtual quilt show of Christmas quilts that SewCalGal is hosting. 

I started looking for Christmas quilts that I had made and realized I really haven't done all that many.

 This quilt is called 3-D Rail Fence and I did it when I was a member of Strip Club.  
It's a very simple quilt.  One where the fabric makes the quilt.  
The reds are much redder and the blacks blacker than they appear in the photo.

The  next little quilt is from an old book -  Scrap Quilting Made Easy.  

Sometime you find the best things in old out of print books.

It's called Scrap Bag Snail's Trail and is only 23x23.

The next one is not really a quilt it's a table topper made of wool.

It's called Seven Santa's from the pattern  All Through the Night.

I really enjoy appliqueing with wool nothing to turn under.

That's my entry for the Quilt Show.  You should check out SewCalGal's blog and go on the virtual quilt show. There are lot's of quilts to inspire you and get you in the  Christmas spirit.