Woohoo! Thank you so much, that's really awesome! It was definitely the most embarrassing Thanksgiving ever!

That turkey snack looks so great! That's a great idea. I bet my son would love it. Thank you for sharing it with us. :)

Beautiful Christmas quilt, IrishMom!

The quilt is beautiful, IrishMom!

And so is the fruit kabob turkey! It made me so hungry for fruit. My grandkids will be with us for Thanksgiving, and they would love that!

It's been awhile
 

Not really sure how long it's been that I've not participated, but I would love to join this coming years swap.
I've used every bit of previous years swaps. Will send you my info via pm

Oh, how lovely. I have never made one. I had a friend make one oh, maybe 40 years ago, and I watcher her s-l-o-w-l-y make what amounted to a bed runner then gave it up. Are you planning on the by hand method or the stitching by machine method. I need another project like a hole in the head but what a beautiful quilt that would make with gem toned holiday fabrics. That will have to sit in the box and stew a bit. I want to make the Sylvia's Bridal Quilt also and I have a Farmer's wife that needs to be finished. So many plans and so little time. Tee-Hee-Hee!

Got three christmas candy sets from Ibex94 yesterday. Yea!

My mother had planned on making quilts for her childern/grandchildern, and after she passed I found a notebook where she had written down the names of kids and the quilt pattern she had selected. She didn't end up making that many quilts before she discovered crochet and we all got afghans instead.

She had selected Cathedral Window for mine, so I felt I should at least make a small one for myself. I made a runner for my Hope Chest. I did all the stitching by machine, and that size was enough of a challenge for me. Though I made it a bit worse by making rectangles instead of squares. and doing a shaded pattern with the background so it was gray in the center and then shading to black for the outside. I sewed the blocks into rows, then sewed two rows together and then machine stitched down the fold all along the row. Then I added another row of blocks, and then stitched down the fold. Worked pretty well doing it that way. I have it hung up in the sewing room now.

I'm making the Cathedral Windows by machine. I'm not sure of the size yet, I'll just keep adding to it and see. I was thinking of maybe making it into a Christmas tree skirt, or table cloth size. Here is the start. It's far from perfect, but I don't mind. It's a learning curve for sure.

All the Christmas candies seem to shine. Thank you for the side swap!

Received 3 sets of candies from Irishmom today!

NZ, What a lovely Cathedral Windows quilt! It would make a beautiful pillow.

Love that you sew on a vintage Singer 15!