Merry Christmas!

Hope you get to spend many happy hours with loved ones & friends & have a blessed Christmas!

 

We spend a wonderful day with our 2 year old grandson, Zahn, on Christmas Eve.  It was so great to see the excitement on his face when he opened his gifts.  One of his favorites was a Batman tricycle.  His feet don't quite touch the peddles yet but he seemed to get around on it just fine anyway.  In this picture he is testing some of the buttons.

 

A small collage of pictures of Zahn in 2015.

I also want to share the Block of the Month quilt that I'm leading in my Palo Verde Patchers Handwork Group this year.  It's called, "Twelve Days of Christmas".  It's a redwork quilt with crazy quilt blocks. 

Here are the blocks:

Here's the finished quilt:
 

  I also spent a little time teaching the ladies how to make a crazy quilt block and demonstrated  embroidery stitches each month so they could stitch on the seams of their crazy quilt blocks.

Handmade Christmas Gifts for 2015

Seasons' Greetings.  I spent many happy hours making Christmas gifts for my quilting friends this year.  For some I made a crazy quilt style embroidery hoop picture and for some I made a little pin cushion using wool felt with fabric accents.  

 

What a wonderful time of year!  I feel so blessed to be able to spend time with friends and family.  Last week alone I attended 3 Christmas luncheons - good food, good friends, and a lot of good memories made.