Christmas Finishes!

I'm so excited!  Myrna was able to quilt my snowman table
topper in less than a week!   And, now it is all bound and
ready to be enjoyed. 

Was also able to make two pillows for gifts:

And, the grandchildren's placemats are stitched and
quilted. They will receive these after Thanksgiving
so they can start using them December 1.  My mother
always did a little pre-Christmas gift for us and I
have tried to carry on this tradition.  So these plus
a ornament will be their pre-Christmas gift this year.

Found this cute snowman fabric for the backing so
they can use both sides.

I was making great progress on my snowman
ornaments until I accidentally used a different red
to stitch one and when I soaked it to get rid of the
transfer-ez, it bled.  (That's what happens when you
do this at night!)  I have never had that happen
before.  So, now I have to do it over.



















I had also started stitching a table runner with
this DMC 321, but think I will now unpick it.
Don't want to have the same problem after
going to all the trouble and time to stitch it.
Has any one out there ever had this problem?
If so, what did you do to salvage your piece?

Hopefully, the rest of my snowmen will be
ok.  Think maybe I'll a dollop of vinegar just
to be safe of the last few.

Off To The Quilter's

The end of October I posted a picture of a snowman
block from the Beehive Quilt Hop.  At first I was
going to make individual snowmen and give as
gifts, but I changed my mind.  Decided to make
two of the blocks into a table topper.  The pattern
was free with the snowman sample kit and was very
easy and quick to make up.

While at work, I contacted the lady who does
machine quilting for me and found out she could
take my pieced top and quilt it for me.  I was
afraid she would be inundated with Christmas
quilting, but she was kind enough to take my
small piece.  Hurried home from work to cut and
sew the borders on before dropping it off.

It should be ready in a couple of weeks.  Then I'll
sew on the buttons for the face and bind it. 

I have a little grandson who is learning to stitch/
embroidery simple little designs.  While he was
over one afternoon asked if he could make something
for Halloween.  We found this simple little ghost
and he was able to stitch it up in no time.  I was
very proud of him and his Mother framed it for him.
Now he wants to do a turkey.  I'll have to get busy
checking clip art for a simple design. 

It is so much fun to sit and stitch together.