Cookies Made, Quilting Done!

Saturday was a busy, but fun day!  Up bright and early for

BOM class then home to finish my "hearts" wall hanging,

make cookie dough and get things ready for my daughter

and her boys to come over and play.  Thought it would be

fun to make "Valentine" cookies early as they'll be doing

it as a family this coming weekend and it isn't nearly as

fun making them by myself.  We had a great, messy

time!

The boys floured, rolled the dough, cut out hearts

of all shapes and sizes and tasted the dough to make

sure it was ok! 

Cookies baked and cooled, it was now time to frost and

decorate them which requires intense concentration!

Spreading frosting over the entire cookie and not getting

any on your fingers is an art, but not nearly as much

fun! 

The best part or the second or third best part of making

and decorating cookies is eating them.  As you can see

my grandson's did a great job of cutting, baking, and

frosting our cookies.  And there were plenty to share

and take home!

What a joy it is to have my grandchildren close by and

be able to share these memorable times together!

This picture does not really do justice to my heart table

topper.  This was really fun to make and oh, so easy!

Purchased the pattern at my local quilt shop but it is

from A Quilt Woman.com Company, Straight to the

Point Series, "Hearts".  Sewing in straight rows and 

then cutting, resewing into "on point settings" is so

simple and easy.  Really worked up fast!

This is my completed project from Stina,

http://kviltstina.blogspot.com

The  pictures are not very good, sorry to say!  They

are a little dark.  I have this hanging in my kitchen

and it makes me "smile" every time I look at it.  Such

a fun project.  Thanks for sharing Stina!

Close up view of one of the heart blocks.  And below

how it looks hanging on the wall.  Shelf display is

not completed yet, but the shelf frames the wall hanging

perfectly.

Thought I'd share pictures of other Valentine Wall hangings

I've made the past couple of years.  This is one of the first

projects I did after completing my cancer treatments.  It

felt so good to have the energy and stamina to create

something once again.

This was made from scraps left from other projects.

Now it's on to other projects.   Always happy to have 

something waiting in the wings.