Happy Thanksgiving !

Happy Thanksgiving to all, I hope you have a wonderful day with family and friends. We will share dinner with our neighbors, something we have done the last few years. So most of my day will be spent in the kitchen, hopefully a little handstitching time this evening - or maybe I will be too tired ? Is anyone planning to shop tomorrow - I rarely do this, but my friend is tempting me .....

More Show Pictures

Just had to show you some more pictures from the show. The quilts were breathtaking.

Hier noch einige Bilder mehr - die Quilts waren atemberaubend.

Show in Jacksonville

I went to the Quiltfest in Jacksonville this weekend with some quilter friends - what a great time we had ! We stayed overnight, went to the show, shopped, ate, shopped .... well, you can imagine. I was especially excited because I entered a boutis in the show and - it won 3rd place in miniatures ! Here are some pictures of my favorite quilts and my boutis - enjoy !

Ich war am Wochenende mit einigen Quilterinnen in Jacksonville fuer das Quiltfest - es war eine super Zeit ! Wir blieben ueber Nacht, waren in der Show, haben eingekauft, gegessen, wieder eingekauft ... na ja, Ihr koennt es Euch vorstellen. Ich war besonders gluecklich, weil ich auch etwas ausgestellt habe, und zwar ein franz. Boutis - und ich habe sogar den 3. Preis in Miniaturen gewonnen. Hier sind einige Bilder von meinen Lieblingsquilts - viel Spass !

Lise has spoiled me !

Lise in Norway had a giveaway on her blog and I WON ! Look at the wonderful gifts she sent which were waiting for me when I got home from work. Thank you Lise, they are wonderful - I especially love the wonderful stitcheries. I had heard about the Tilda things but never have seen any. I will really enjoy stitching the Santa, he is just delightful.

And there are two pieces of very pretty blue fabric I have not seen before.

What a great treat - and especially arriving on a Monday :-))

Congratulations Lise !

Lise at www.lises-hobbyblogg.blogspot.com is having a giveaway for her 100th blogposting. Go visit her and look at her quilts - I am always happy to read about what the girls in Norway are up to, they make such lovely quilts !

Quilt Cat

Every house should have one of these !

Machine Quilting

I decided before working full time that I needed to finish some OLD tops that had been lying around here, including some I have already shown you. I have them back from the quilter and I am very happy, now I can spend some time putting bindings on ! Because that might take a while, here are a couple I haven't shown you yet .... imagine the bindings, if you will !

Bevor ich meine Vollzeitzstelle angefangen habe, wollte ich einige alte Tops quilten lassen, einschliesslich welche, die ich hier schon gezeigt hatte. Inzwischen habe ich sie zurueck vom Quilter, und ich muss die Raender fertignaehen. Da das vielleicht doch noch eine Weile dauert, hier sind zwei die ich noch nicht gezeigt habe .... die muss man sich dann fertig vorstellen !