Do you EQ?

One of the classes I teach is EQ6 for Beginners. One of the shops where I teach EQ6 at, wanted a poster board to promote the class. So I spent some of my time this morning making a poster board. I tried using my scrap booking scissor to cut the paper. Decided that was way too much work and ended up using my rotary cutter and a ruler. It is plain and simple and to the point. I hope it helps promote the class. Here is a link from Electric Quilt Company to were my classes are being taught. http://www.electricquilt.com/Users/ClassesTutorials/ClassListing.asp

Here is a picture of the poster board.

How Many Christmas Quilts Do You Have???

While talking to a friend at work about finishing my Christmas decorating, I told her I only had to hang my Christmas quilts. So she asked how many do I have. Well I was a little surprised to see how many I really do have. You know how it goes. You make one here and you make one there. You don't remember how many you have. Then you see another one you like and you make that. They all aren't big quilts, only 1 of those. The rest are all little wall hangings. Some were class sample for paper piecing classes or machine applique classes. So here are the pictures. How many do you count?

Here is the big one, Made in 1997. I started quilting in the Summer of 1995.


Here are some little ones. The one on the left was my first Christmas one, made in Dec of 1995. The other four were all class samples.


The three Wise Men was a class sample, the two in the middle were gifts and the Hawaiian applique is my only hand quilted piece I have ever completed.


Here are the three I have at work that decorate my cubical, the cactus was a machine applique class sample.


And of course you need to know how many days are there until to Santa comes.


Last but not least are the ones I'm working on now, the Winter Wonderland 9 Patch Pizzazz which was a class sample and my Festive Santa. I made him last year for our daughter Kierra. It had started out for me, but I gave it to her instead. So now he will be done for me soon. I think I have enough!

Sunday Night Quilting Updates

Well it is almost time to call it a day and I have taken my pictures of quilting progress. I finished the quilting on the Winter 9 Patch Pizzazz, all it needs is the binding. Since it is not a priority to get it done. I hung it on the wall the way --it is without the binding. I'll do that after the Christmas gifts are done.

Next the Festive Santa, I worked some more on the binding. It's been nice to have some hand work to do. It really has a messy spot on the resting border. I was going to try and quilt it out, but I don't think it will work it might even make it worse. I don't think it will be very obvious to the untrained eye. I'll have to think on it some more.

Last but not least is the Skier. I'm making this for a friend for Christmas. I had three backgrounds to chose from and it took me a couple of the days to decide which one I liked the best. I'm not that crazy about the skies, but I had no medium brown, and now that it is fused to the background I'm out of luck. I'm using my stash only and not buy more fabric for these little projects. My friend is not a quilter so she will be thrilled. This technique is you applique and quilt at the same time. I have only appliqued the one ski.

A Few of My Favorite Things

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love how the world is all dressed up and puts forward it's best foot. I love the decorations, the Christmas music, the plays and the books. Most of all I love the reason why we celebrate and the hope it brings to our life. I'm grateful for the knowledge I have of Christ's birth, His life and his Atoning sacrifice for us.
The pictures below are a few of my favorite things. Bubble Candles that don't seem to bubble like they did when I was a kid. Mini souvenirs of things I frequently saw while I was a missionary in Bolivia. I have lots of hats, a few llamas and a couple of clay pots and some shoes made from tire tread. Hand made ornaments I made over the years. Ornaments from friends, some are lambs because I collect lambs, some from patients that I cared for over the years, so I have some nurse ornaments.
My collection of Nativity scenes is growing, some are gifts from friends, some I purchased and one I made in ceramic classes way back in 1973. Poor Mary has lost her praying hands, but I still put the set out in the place of honor under the tree.
Part of the fun of decorating is to relive the memories of times past of family and friends.
My prayer is that my children will some day have good memories from the ornaments and quilts I have given them.

A Few of My Favorite Christmas Things

New Signature

I finally did it I found a way to add my signature the way I like, without a frame around it and with a clear background so my page background show. I found it on My Live Signature, http://www.mylivesignature.com/. This was much easier than the other two options I had tried. One I did four times and was getting an error message every time I changed the code. I still have to paste the code every time I post but that is OK. I found the link to Live Signature from a blog called Moms Who Blog, http://momswhoblog.blogspot.com/. She has lots of interesting articles on how to tips for bloggers. I see lots I want to learn but I can't do it in a day or a week so I have to pace myself.
Friday and Saturday I added some new gadgets to my right side. One is fun links to a site that has links to a lot of free quilt patterns. Check her blog out http://with-heart-and-hands.blogspot.com/. I also added pictures of the books I have been reading. I added Christmas Bling at the bottom.
I have spent so much time checking out blogs. It is fun to see each person creativity. Well I must go do other things.
Have a Great Day!

Up in the Middle of the Night

Why am I up? I'm on call tonight for work and had a page. I can never go right back to sleep so I'm playing on my Blog. I have added my Christmas background. I must have tried four before I found one I like. Plus I decided I had to change my template to make it look better. Plus I have added a signature. My test signature has a box around it, which I don't like but it will do for now. I'll have to work on it more another day. Well it's time to go back to bed. Night all!