Fun on Christmas Day….

How was your Christmas Day?

Because our kids come to celebrate on Christmas Eve….

….. it means that Christmas itself is a relaxing and fun day, culminating with Chinese food for dinner…..

After a slow and luxurious start, Michael headed for his man cave and I climbed the stairs to my studio!! The rest of the day was spent with this as my view…..

…..as I worked to finish the quilting on the “Crumbs for the Geese” quilt.

I spent a few minutes trying out my new cordless iron that Jenny (my daughter) gave to me…..

It gets really hot and will be a great asset to the studio. I just have to learn to put it into the holder rather than just standing it up on the ironing board.

One of the gifts that my Daughter-In-Law (Amber) gave to me was a coloring book that was hand drawn on watercolor paper. Since I have been planning to do some playing with watercolors, I decided that this was the place to start. It was fun to try out a new and different medium…..

Merry Christmas!!!!

I hope that you and your families have the merriest of Christmases and that all of your quilting dreams come true!!!! lol

Trees of a different kind

Since Christmas is upon us, here is a small quilt that I made many years ago for some wonderful friends……

Made entirely of scraps and miscellaneous tree patterns, it was so much fun to make and I am seriously considering making another one….maybe bigger with LOTS more tree designs!!

If I did two trees a month, I could have a GREAT quilt at the end…..hmmmm….something to think about….maybe even as a quilt-a-long????

Under the ‘shroom

I love photographic technology!! It started when Michael (my boyfriend at the time) was given a Canon SLR camera along with a couple of lenses. As he learned how to use the equipment, he taught me as well.

We SWORE that we would ever move to digital photography but after taking 10 photos with our new point-and-shoot digital, we were hooked!!!

And then came cell phones and I loved the fact that I had a camera with me at ALL times. And the other fun thing about the cell phone camera is that it can get into spaces where another camera simply wouldn’t go.

This photo is a great example of that perk……