Some Christmas finishes

 I finished these two placemats to match the two I made last year using Kate Spain fabric...

 And two potholders with some of same fabrics..........

 Here are the swap blocks from our Sloanie group in 2012 that I finally got into a top to hang...
but will quilt it later....just had to get it hung before Christmas!

 Some of the steps of the Bonnie Hunter mystery..........I don't have very much done so far....

The next photos are family photos and the first one I love of Kali (GGD) looking at our iTwinkle tree that changes patterns, colors, etc using the iPad.

 Kali watching the John Deere train set up on my cutting table....

 Then family on Christmas Eve.....

Happy Holidays everyone.....
I will link with crazy mom quilts and with Freemotion by the River.....

Merry Christmas

I just walked around the house taking photos of my decorations and this photo is a present I received many years ago and it is a rug that I have hanging on my wall.  

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!  Smiles and hugs....Caryl

SPBB #7 #8 and #9

Before I put things away from Christmas I took some photos of projects I did before blogging... the first one is a 10" pillow I made in the 70s or 80s....

Next is a quilt I started in Nancy Fisher's class in 1993.... it is called strips and squares.... it is hand quilted... finally finished it 5 years ago after a lot of years of not quilting....

this table topper is 10" string blocks... four put together and used the serger to do the edge... I probably did this in 2007... that is about when I started quilting again after a long break of doing other crafts....

here is the same table topper taken at night with the ceramic tree lights on... I wil keep looking for more SPBB (some projects before blogging).... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Secret Santa Swap fun

Pat Sloan's QuiltMashUp group had a swap earlier this month...

I decided to join in the fun....

Here is a little Santa bucket on the tabletopper I made....

I personalized the tabletopper for my swap partner.... and I used Kate Spain 12 days of Christmas fabric....

this photo shows all the goodies I put in the package... I also had some almond roca in the snowflake box.... the little snowman changes colors... I put some photos on flickr of what I got from my swap partner.... this was a very fun swap... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

SPBB #6

Here is another project I did before I started my blog. I had a photo of it last year with my decorations but not about Sweet Trimmings. This was part of the Cross Country Christmas blog hop in November 2009. The design is Gudrun's of GE Designs and the free pattern is on her blog Gudrun's World and here is where you can find her post about Sweet Trimmings.

This is a close up of the top of the wall hanging. It was a lot of fun to make. Smiles and hugs....Caryl

December

Since it is December...
it was time to change the header...
these photos are from last year...
the village was in my kitchen last year...

this photo is inside the front door...
you can see the tree lights outside...
the quilted Sweet Trimmings tree on the wall...
this was from the blog hop last year...
free pattern by Gudrun of GE Designs...
and the kitchen is in the background...
on the other side of the kitchen...
is the buffet with village and lights...
Smiles and hugs....Caryl