Carol just completed this Blessings Baskets quilt. It's a Jan Patek design made from her Moda Blessings Fabric collection. It uses jelly rolls for the blocks, so a lot of cutting is done for you. Carol machine appliqued her baskets and vines and Mardell did agreat job of quilting it.

For Christmas Open House on Monday we put our Christmas kits on sale at 25% off. Because the weather has not been too great, we still have some left. They could make good Christmas gifts.

Here's Carols completed Sleepover Quilt. The case is attached to the quilt (kind of like the old "Quillows".) Of course she made it in flannel and we will be doing kits. It would be fun to use a themed fabric to fit the interests of the child who will receive it.

The blizzard they were predicting actually materialized. We closed the shop for the second time since 1992. Actually we were closed three days in a row for the big storm a couple of years ago. We will open tomorrow as Mardell lives in Elk Horn and can probably get there. It might be afternoon before they clear our roads here in the country.

We were supposed to have our staff Christmas party this evening. Guess we'll try for tomorrow night. This gave me an extra day to decorate and clean house.

Tonight I will do some hand work on a few Christmas gifts. I'm trying to do some embroidery using the satin stitch. I haven't done that since my grandmother taught me to embroider years ago.

Carol completed the paper doll quilt. We waited a long time for all the fabric to come in. The top photo shows the envelope on the back that holds doll clothes. Some little girl would love this for Christmas and there is still time to get one done.

We had a pretty good turn out for our Christmas Open House yesterday considering the threatening weather. We collected lots of food for the needy and enjoyed the afternoon and evening with old friends.

We definitely get all wrapped up in our quilting! Mardell had just finished quilting this "sleepover quilt" for Carol and couldn't resist wrapping it around Pam and herself.

I took a rare Saturday off to spend the day with Charlie. It was a nice day and we drove a few miles into Nebraska to do some things he wanted to do.

We've been waiting for this fabric to arrive ever since Quilt Market. It's a Minkie-like product called Cuddle -- softer than you can imagine. There were throws made of a combination of several of the "skins". We'll be doing a sample and a kit for it. You can see one of the dots. We have this in three color combinations. It was used in really cute kid's items. There are even two "faux sherpa" pieces - one pink with beige and one brown with blue. We have several Kwik Sew patterns to use with these. You need to come see these. There is probably something quick you can still get finished for Christmas - how about a pillowcase?

At our Open House on Monday the 7th we'll be demonstrating the laminated fabric cosmetic bags, an "origami" bag, baked potato bag and a super fast table topper. there will probably be more ideas by Monday. There is still room in both sessions (2pm and 6 pm) of our workshop, just call to register.

I finished block four in our TV series - Chained Star. Tomorrow we will be filming program 4.

As soon as we finish filming we'll be making the kits for our Christmas Open House workshop next Monday. Our project is the little "Peace " pillow I showed you last week. I like to design a new hand project each year for the open house.