December 10th Give-a-way & Men who Quilt

And the winner is .....

Doug Weaver

Doug chose Traveling Turtles for his free pattern.

Each and every day we will choose a new winner from our daily orders until December 25th!

Thanks to everyone who placed an order and don't forget to check back to see who won the grand prize quilt on December 26th.  Happy Holidays!

When I sent out my last email with four new patterns all with funny quilting ladies, I received a couple of emails reminding me that quilters are not just women! So this is dedicated to the guys, the first is a take on my Super Quilter done for a name badge challenge by Timothy Means. I love it!
These Nutcrackers were done by Ken Casey. I love seeing my designs in the darker more traditional colors too, very nice job.

December 9th Give-a-way & Grammy's Cranberry Salad

And the winner is.....

Marina Chaney

Marina chose Happy Halloween for her free pattern.

Each and every day we will choose a new winner from our daily orders until December 25th!

Thanks to everyone who placed an order and don't forget to check back to see who won the grand prize quilt on December 26th.  Happy Holidays!

Grammy's Cranberry Salad

2 packages of small cherry Jell-O

- Mix with 2 cups of hot water and 1 1/2 cups of cold water.
- Let set in frig until slightly jelled.

Use a food processors or an old fashioned grinder

- Grind 1 cup cranberries.
- Grind 2 apples cored and sliced.
- Zest 1 orange.  Peel, quarter and grind orange.
- Add 1/2 cup sugar to the ground fruit.

-1 cup chopped celery fine

-1 cup chopped pecans
- Add the ground fruit mixture, celery and pecans to the
   slightly jelled jell-O.

Pour into a glass 9” x 13” dish.

December 8th Give-a-way & No Will Power!

And the winner is ......

Colette Van Ornum

Colette chose the Seasoned Quilter for her free pattern.

Each and every day we will choose a new winner from our daily orders until December 25th!

Thanks to everyone who placed an order and don't forget to check back to see who won the grand prize quilt on December 26th.  Happy Holidays!

The snowman jar on the fireplace mantel started out full this week of M&M's.  My lack of will power has made it go down slowly each day.  Thanksgiving has come and gone and I still want to eat.....sigh.   Why do we have such wonderful things to eat around the holidays!  Why!  Why  Why!  I have a refill bag but it will stay locked in the pantry until Christmas!

December 7th Give-a-way & Apartment for rent

And the winner is ....

Debbie Harding

Debbie chose the Funny Babies for her free pattern.

When I found this sign I just had to have it for my dollhouse.  It is fun to decorate up your treasures for Christmas by adding  some greenery here and there.

December 6th Give-a-way & Christmas Candy

And the winner is .....

Justine Cancryn

Each and every day we will choose a new winner from our daily orders until December 25th!

Thanks to everyone who placed an order and don't forget to check back to see who won the grand prize quilt on December 26th.  Happy Holidays!

Justine chose the Seasoned Quilter for her free pattern.

It's a good thing I exercise everyday because I love to keep candy in this scale.  I also put in some old fashioned Christmas light in there too.  Can you believe how real looking the fake greenery is now.

December 5th Give-a-way & More Snowmen

 And the winner is .....

Barb Lenards

Each and every day we will choose a new winner from our daily orders until December 25th!

Thanks to everyone who placed an order and don't forget to check back to see who won the grand prize quilt on December 26th.  Happy Holidays!

Barb chose the 1 Little 2 Little 3 Little Quilters for her free pattern.

I don't know where I found this miniature cabinet for my little snowmen but it is perfect.

Gingerbread Houses Galore!

I took my granddaughter Rowan to see the gingerbread houses in downtown Lawrence. The event benefits Big Brothers and Sisters in Douglas County.  It was fun to see her reaction to these wonderful houses.  These masterpieces do put you in the Christmas spirit.  I loved the theater above and I took a close up of the dog with the owner right.  On the marquee it says "Its a wonderful life"  which I saw last night on TV and cried once again.  I have to watch it and "White Christmas" every year.

Can you even imagine all the hours that went into all these houses!!!!!

I love this house because each side of the house was a different color.  I wonder if this is based on a actual house?  This is the front.

This is the back.

This cottage  is done beautifully.  I loved the large leaves next to the house.  It belongs to a mouse.  The photo below shows him sleeping in his upstairs bedroom.

He has a candle by his bed and his stocking is hanging on the fireplace.

 

This is Dorothy's house from the "Wizard of Oz".  Notice the witch's feet under the house and the yellow brick road.

I loved the pretzel ladder leaning next to the green popcorn trees.  Notice the pasta wheels on the pretzel wagon.  It is so much fun to see all the candy and snack food that they use.

  

This is a replica of the bell tower on the KU campus complete with a jayhawk.  Lawrence is the home to Kansas University.

This is Spooner Hall.  This is also a replica from the KU campus.  Lots of Shredded Wheat and red licorice!

This is Santa's reindeer stable.

This Victorian house was amazing,  The artist cuts and bakes the miniature bricks separately and then adds them to the house.

A Christmas windmill.

We also saw the Lawrence Old Fashioned Christmas Parade and stayed dry.  The parade has around 100 horse drawn entries each year that come from all over.  The wagons and carriages are decked out in wreaths, lights and bows.  Even though it rained the crowd was there because it is such a popular event.  My mother in law Bev, granddaughter Rowan and I stayed warm under all the blankets.

I hope you all are enjoying the Christmas events in your towns too!