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Well the Christmas tree is still in one piece at our house.  We have remembered to water it and the dogs haven’t tried to eat it.  So far it’s a success.

The tree doesn’t have a ton of ornaments…yet.  Every year the Indianapolis Modern Quilt Guild does an ornament exchange with our Holiday meeting.  I had poured over Pinterest and the internet to get some inspiration.  I found this tutorial that was more what I was looking for.

From @KoJo Designs. Click on photo to head to tutorial.

I found these vintage thread spools in my ...

1. Crazy chevron baby quilt
2. Orange and blue quilt
3. Lindsay tote bag * cut out the pieces
4. Fussy square quilt *need many many many more blocks
5. Scrap storage
6. Giant Scrappy Granny Square quilt
7. Four in art  “structures” challenge
8. Nova nesting bowls ...

I’ve been the crazy printing lady this weekend.  Printing up a storm with Inklingo shapes for the Celtic Solstice Mystery quilt.  Clue #2 was released on Friday and surprise, surprise.  I’m already behind.  I know you’re surprised.  Not.  But I’m determined to catch up soon.

Last week was crazy busy with preparing for the JSS Christmas party on Thursday.  Because you know what a procrastinator I am.  And true to form, I was busily stitching the blocks for our exchange the day before the party.  Thank goodness I only had to make 5 of them!  And ...

I sorted all the fussy swap squares on Saturday night and whipped up my fussy square Christmas pillow Sunday night. I guess I just couldn’t wait to get the pillow made. Above are all the fussy squares I swapped for and a few extra the ladies included for me. Aren’t they sweet?

I Frankenstein-ed some batting and used some of my not-so-favorite-anymore fabric for backing.

I pieced 4X4 fussy squares with a skinny boarder. I quilted a simple grid in the ditch. I pieced the remaining 8 blocks for the back with some fun Christmas fabric scraps.

Et ...

I just love to do appliqué..especially the fusible web appliqué..

I always used blanket stitch for appliqués, and it was always nice.

This time i tried satin stitch, to give more life to the pattern..and I'm happy with it..

….  i made a blue version with the same pattern..

I loved both the finishes…and it looks prettier on the gold tinted fabric..

and here is the close up of the appliqué..

Doing satin stitch on my Janome horizon 8900, was so good…

and i would advice using stabilizer for a better finish…

it was a bit wonky ...

It seems like so long since I last posted but it's really only been a week.  Fair warning, I'm pretty talkative tonight and Shain is asleep, so this post might be pretty wordy.

First, a few days ago, I got my first order from a store on Esty called Zipit Zippers.  I'm not going to claim to be a serious critic, but let's just say, that unless I am in a REAL pinch, I may never buy zippers anywhere else.  The packaging, attention to detail, hand written and ink stamped thank you's, bonus items.  What ...

The Caledonia Guild started the Scrappy Club in August.  The first pattern we used was Boxy Stars, from Quiltville.  Link HERE for the pattern.

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In honor of Pantone’s color of the year for 2014, Radiant Orchid, I am hosting an all purple charm swap. I thought it would be fun to celebrate one of my favorite colors. If you’d like to join, head on over to the flickr group.

Have a great week!

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I finished this little quilt for an American doll. I like the colors, they are reminiscent of an Amish quilt in a way.

I did a little bit of hand embroidery on the back to sign it.  I always forget that my embroidery comes out better if I draw the word s on first, but still I think it came out ok.