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As 2007 is beginning all around the world, I wish you a very happy New Year! May your resolutions for this year include finding your creati...

Using a theme for a Christmas tree is lots of fun. This is a photo of my mother's tree. Originally it started with her stuffing all her...

I have an unbelievable amount of quilt UFOs sitting in my quilt studio waiting for attention. Some are samples for classes that I never fini...

This was an adorable freebie from a French site that a friend (hello Francoise) shared on one of my lists. I wanted something easy to stitc...

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas! What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future...

A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away. ~~Eva Logue Yesterday, I had to run to the gar...

These are the beautiful ornaments that Nancy stitched for me. She says she picked these patterns because I quilt and the Ohio Star as that i...

I had a fun thing happen tonight! I had received a gift in the mail from an online friend, Nancy, and had made her one also. We arranged t...

This is my lace corner for the holidays. I love making bobbin lace ornaments. There are also a few ornaments made by my mother on her embro...

This tablerunner is a the first mystery project I did for my quilt group. It is a pattern called 'Friendship Star' and is a very sim...

This was my bargain find of this year. I got these in August while in Brugge (Bruges), Belgium at a Christmas shop. I just fell in love with...

I have been working on this gift for our quilt group's gift exchange this year. I am so pleased with how it turned out! I was out with a...

...or I have really good friends...or both! Look what the postman dropped off at my house. I feel so very spoiled with all this wonderful s...

I stitched this series of Santas over the first 10 years of DH and I being together. Normally I have them sitting in a disply with a miniatu...

The last few months, I was very busy putting these Christmas basket ornaments together. They are from a magazine called 'For the Love of...

"In the glad morn of blooming youth These various threads I drew, And now behold this finished piece Lies glorious to the view. So when...

Here is a photo of my crazy quilt Christmas tablerunner. I created this by sewing 4 diamond shaped crazy quilted pieces together and adding...

I found this wonderful reproduction ornament in Germany last year. It is from on old Clark's thread add. She is just adorable sitting on...

I designed this quilt for a workshop quite a number of years ago. It was fun to make and gives a whimsical place to hang all my Christmas ca...

Each year I have a tradition to reread 'The Christmas Mystery' by Jostein Gaarder. This is a story about a little boy in Oslo, Norwa...