details.details.

 Sewing in the attic.

I love this door knob!

Another animal lover. ;)

Look at that sweet little owl!!

Wonderful!

Aren't all the little details GREAT???

Our neighborhood is coming together!!!

Thank you....

Nancy, Sue, Mary, Carla,

Victoria, Cheryl, Susan, Kelly and Barb.

I'm so happy you live in MY neighborhood!!!

getting along

My 2" scraps seem to be getting along with me this week!!!

Is it because they know Christmas is right around the corner???

Their little seams are matching up so nicely!!

I think the reason MIGHT be this little machine!!

She sews along so sweetly.

I'm also being a little more careful to

use a SCANT 1/4" seam.

Maybe that helps...but....

I'm going to give my little featherweight

ALL the CREDIT!!!

I was ACTUALLY getting LOW on 2" scraps!!

Can you believe it??

I cut some more today....

and hope that....

This quilt grows to be

TWIN size sometime real soon!!!!

little something

I made a little something for my little girl's

music teacher.

Isn't that little picture perfect???

I added some scraps and Viola!!!

A little gift card holder!

After piecing the little ornament and quilting it,

I used embroidery floss to

hold that card on the back.

Pretty simple.

I could have also added a little pocket.

But....I didn't think of that soon enough. ;)

I'm especially thankful for this teacher.

I've watched her grow up and

NOW

she's teaching my little girl!!!!

baking

I bake bread...

once in a while.

It's much easier (for me) to make a bunch of loaves of bread

than it is to bake cookies.

When I make cookies......

I always have a batch or two that end up in the oven

too long!!!!

and you know what THAT means!

I made some Carrot-coconut bread this year

using a recipe from an

old cookbook of mine that I see is still in print!

Wow!!

I also saw another recipe book that has me intrigued.

I've always loved the Taste of Home magazine

and have used some of their recipes for years.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a WHOLE book

JUST with baking recipes???

Yes. it. would.

Here's the recipe for the bread if you're interested:

Carrot-Coconut Bread

2 1/2 C. flour

1 C. sugar

1 t. baking powder

1 t. baking soda

1 t. cinnamon

1/2 t. salt

combine then add:

3 eggs

1/2 C. oil

1/2 C. milk

Stir until dry ingredients are moistened.

stir in:

2 C. shredded carrots

1 1/3 C. coconut

1/2 C. raisins

1/2 C. pecans or other nuts

Bake in small greased/floured baking tins

30 - 40 minutes.

Each batch made about 5 small loaves.

Add a thin strip of Christmas fabric.

Tie a bow.

Give them away and say

Merry Christmas!!!

birthday gift

What do you give the expert knitter who has everything?

A new project bag, of course!!!

I had fun creating!!!

Just like making a quilt...

but a little simpler.

;)

sweet houses

Aren't these fun?

Kathleen, Sue, Sara and Kim.....

Your houses look so great together!!

See what good neighbors you are???

I can tell just by looking....you get along!

Here are some more from Tara.

Fun. Fun.

Rachael went a little crazy.....

Yippee!!!

Look at these beauties!

By the way...

She's got a great giveaway going on RIGHT NOW!

Scrappy blocks that some lucky quilter is going to win!!

Well. I'm sure having fun over here...

Checking out the houses.

ACTUALLY...

I'm really trying to keep them all straight!!

I don't want to get the names, addresses and houses

 mixed up before I begin to

put them in groups and distribute them January 1!!!!!

Since some of you are sending more than one block...

There will be MORE winners!!!

Woo HOO!!

You are the sweetest bunch!

I haven't even mentioned the little gifties that some of you include

in your envelope!!!!

DO you KNOW all the warm fuzzies that gives me???

Well. IT DOES!!!

 We've been making some little houses here too..

The SWEET KIND!

Can you see that roof sagging on the left????

The two little ones thought decorating these was GREAT FUN!!!

The two big kids thought we should probably try to

FIX that sagging roof....

A hair dryer????

Hmmmm......

red and green

Now I've got a little red to go with my green!!

:)

Just a HOP SKIP and a JUMP

(hand sewing the binding)

and this quilt will be ready for Christmas!!

Let me tell you...

I was so proud of my quilting on this one.

I wanted the family to NOTICE it last night.

I was hiding all the long thread tails as we talked.

Guess what???

No one said anything!

I thought I had done an outstanding job (for me)

on all that quilting.

By the way...it took ALL DAY!!

I stipple quilted green in the green areas,

creamy snowflaky looking designs in the cream centers,

red thread in the yellow and red flower areas,

and then white feathers around the outside cream areas.

Well. I was proud.

THEN....

I saw Victoria's quilting this morning and was totally

HUMBLED!!

Maybe I'll have to invest in the book she recommends!

I know she got a new camera recently too...

but even in real life...my quilting does not even come close!!

Well.

It's good to be humbled once in a while!

I do hope that's the last humbling experience of the day.:/

Here's the lovely linen back.

I found two curtain panels and thought they were

PERFECT for this quilt. :)

They were also the RIGHT price! ($2)

I should rename my blog...

The FRUGAL quilter.

I love a good deal!!!