Preparing for the Holidays

I overslept this am, so have been rushing around trying to get stuff done before I leave for work. I managed to assemble 13 Christmas cards (need edges finished), sew 12 blocks for the kids quilt and rinse out 12 yards of fabric.

I have an order for 88 yards custom fabric. I had this novel idea that maybe I should run test swatches (is a yard a swatch?) this time. I will be using Egyptian instead of the regular 200 TC which costs more. The Egyptian is on order and I want to have all my recipes ready when it arrives. I want to have this in the mail to Judy before we leave town.


I fudged on the cards this year. We will be gone Dec 10 - Dec 20 so I just won't have the time to design and make them from my fabrics. Oh well, they are still handmade and come from the heart. I still have several rows of the king sized quilt to finish for the kids. Not sure if I will have time to actually quilt it thought. They may receive only the top.

Here are the basic materials for the cards. Only 20 more to go!

Random Images

I was clearing old images off the camera when I came across a few that I thought would be interesting. Above is a common sight here in the Northwest. The ridge lines are covered in these. I find them strangely beautiful.


Tray dyeing in my state of the art studio!



View from my patio this summer. We have some of the most awesome sunsets. Sunrises aren't bad either.

Test runs for Judy's newest order. Normally I just jump in, but I will be using Egyptian for this, so don't want too many oops pieces.


This is my dream studio. It is actually a horse barn down the road from us. I would buy this property in a heartbeat just for the barn.