Day 6 Holiday Lane Blog Hop...

I must thank Mme Samm for gently convincing Jill from Jillily Studio 

to let us use this pillow pattern for the blog hop and it has been perfect...

I have had so much fun making this Holiday Lane pillow.

I started with a solid black homespun for the night sky, stitched the house blocks
and then started planning the embellishments!!
I stitched french knots to make a gentle falling snow.
For the snow on the roof tops,
I felted some recycled winter white wool garments from the thrift shop
and hand buttonhole stitched around the drifting snow.
This is my first project working with wool...boy am I excited!!
Of course I had to have snowmen and I used more of the wool...luv the snowmen,
I embroidered their eyes and noses added the ear muffs and homespun scarves.

Is this not cuteness!
Then I added doors, windows and shutters
and raw edge appliqued around them with invisible thread.
I embroidered the window panes and
there were even a few birds that  flew in to sit on the sill.
2161 that's where I live at the moment but
time is ticking till we move back to Canada.

Then came the lamp post and the trees.

  

I added buttons and beads for the door handles

and even a heart shaped grapevine wreath on one of the doors.

I embroidered house number...32 on the red door
(sorry , DH should have taken a closeup)
When I move back to Canada
 I'm moving to her back yard...the warning is out!!

I embroidered the smoke from the chimney and hand quilted around the roof tops,

trees, windows, doors, and the snowmen.  

The back of the pillow has an open back to insert the pillow form.

I bound it like a quilt so I can take out the pillow form and use it as a table runner.

or...I can add a hanging sleeve and use it as a wall hanging.
I love this pattern...it is a free pattern at Jilliley Studio.

She has more free patterns...be a follower of Jill's and you won't miss any of them.

My plans were to have 2 projects finished....that didn't happen but I am

planning on making more Holiday Lanes...it may be 2013, just saying!

I'll post it when it is finished...I really do need these deadlines.

Visit the talented ladies who are sharing their inspiration with you today.

Leave them a sweet comment and make their day Ü !!

November 28

Quilt n Queen

Keep your fork There's pie

Quilts My Way

Grandmama's Stories

Quiltscapes

Espritpatch

Quilt to the Edge

Farm Road Ramblings

Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

Peach Patch Quilts

Cherry's Prairie Primitives

Mary Jo - that other blog

Don't forget to visit Mme Samm at Sew We Quilt...to see the top picks of the day.

Mme Samm has a Pinterest board for each of the blog hops...

be sure to check them out....there is sEw much inspiration!!!

Now...if you have been with me from start to finish...you deserve a giveaway.

Just leave me a comment and I'll draw a winner on December 5th. 
You don't have to be a follower but I would luv it if you choose to be.

Make sure I have a way to contact you...I will need an email address.

Someone will win a $25.00 gift certificate to Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop.
Check out Cori's shop...you will find great prices, and the best customer service.
I know she would luv it if you signed up for her newsletter or followed her blog.

Ü Ü Ü 

...hugs and happy stitching

A little stitching.....

Moda tea toweling by the yard......

you can buy it at Crazyquiltgirl.....

There are ready made tea towels available too.

  

and the little embroideries are from

Bird Brain Designs pattern 'Here Comes Santa'.

There are 20 corner stones to choose from in the pattern...
...make it a Christmas or an everyday tea towel!!!

Bird Brain Designs has a new 'Freebie' Snow People pattern and it is just the cutest.....
and for the month of December they are offering
FREE SHIPPING for all USA orders!!!!

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Crazyquiltgirl has Moda's Ruby yardage on sale for $3.99 a half yard

 but it ends tonight at midnight...
hurry, hurry, hurry, no coupon code needed.


Hurry over to Crazyquiltgirl and Bird Brain Designs
for lots of great holiday gift ideas......

.....follow their blogs
Crazyquiltgirl and Bird Brain Designs
and you won't miss any of their specials or freebies....(o:

hugs and happy stitching

A bad start to the day and a thank you.....edited

...last week before we changed our clock back and gained that hour
that I never seem to get....
DH was driving into work...and it's blacker than the ace of spades
the car is not sounding like it should...and he suspects a flat tire!!
oops! (not his words I'm sure)...yes....it is...
he pulls into a parking lot with flood lights and he changes the tire
....in suit and tie and his AAA card in his wallet...
he arrives at work....leaving the hub cap in the parking lot.
On his way home....blacker than the ace of spades again
he stops at the lighted parking lot.....NO hub cap to be found....
The next day I take his car into Belle Tire....
(they had installed the tires exactly 2 years ago)
I waited for nearly 2 hours.....thank goodness I took my stitching.
...finally they call my name.......and this is what they took out of his tire
it is 5" long


the good news
the tire was under warranty so NO CHARGE!!

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and now a BIG 'THANK YOU' to Cori....
THANK YOU....Cori

for donating the Minick and Simpson paisley fabric to make the pillow cases for

John'aLee's project 'Her Lost Soldier Boy'.

If you have never visited her online quilt shop
 please stop in....Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop
you won't be disappointed!!

...she offers great 'everyday low prices' on all her fabrics, patterns and books,
(she even has some Lynette Anderson patterns and buttons in stock now)

...she refunds you the difference if she can ship for a lower price

...USA orders over $100.00 ship free

...she offers a weekly special on Fridays that runs till Wednesday midnight

This week it is an additional 20% off 
all Moda LITTLE APPLES Fabric by Aneela Hoey

combine that with Cori's everyday low price and you can
get a jelly roll or a layer cake for only $25.59
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Find the promo code in her newsletter and on her blog
enter the code at checkout to get the additional 20%. 

ends November 16 at midnight 

....she has a sale section and best of all

....she offers fast and fabulous customer service!!!

...thank you for stopping here for a visit
I appreciate the time you spend reading and commenting
....it makes me smile...(o:
hugs

Shoe shopping!!!!!!!!!!

A lot of you already know I am from Canada
and have been living in the USA since June 2002.

We have lots of family and friends come to Michigan every year to visit
.....to shop and quilt....

and of course go to the NASCAR races in June.

For the past 5 or 6 years

my Dsister, Dnieces and a Dfriend would come for 3 or 4 days of
lots of quilting  amd some shopping........ always in August.

This year our Dfriend could not come.....
We missed her )o:.....

...we managed to do a lot of sewing and some shopping....
mostly shoe shopping
...just look what they bought...12 pairs of shoes...

...2 pair are mine...the cute black flip flops, top row, second from the right, are mine....

I just luv the sparklies......yes luv those sparklies.....

and on the bottom row, the third pair from the left are in my closet......

...the other 12 pairs are back in Canada.

There is nothing like shoe shopping in the USA!!!...(o:

I know all of you luv to buy fabric, that is a given..... but are you a 'shoe' person......
a 'purse' or something 'else' person?

I'm a shoe 'person'.

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hugs and happy stitching