The huge Christmas cactus was one of my gifts from them.
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Celebrating Christmas With Greg and Julie
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Friday, December 24, 2021
Christmas Lights
This house that belongs to a member of our family won the prize for the best decorated home in the vilage a few years ago.
This is the approach to the house.
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Friday, December 17, 2021
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Christmas Quilt
This is one of my favorite Christmas quilts I have made. It is in a private collection.
I designed a vest that used these blocks and made enough extras to make this quilt.
If really made a striking quilt with a lot of sparkle in the fabrics and the threads.
It was a lot of fun to make.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Christmas Decorating 2019 First Group
It's amazing I was able to do as much decorating as I did as I gave my middle child a whole truckload of some great things I had stored in the garage.
I thought there were 2 bins left, but I gave it ALL to him.
I added some things around the base of the tree and it looks different with the new quilt.
I did save a bin of greens and berries so I was able to add to this vignette to make it Christmasy.
I'm sharing the top 2 tiers of my corner bakers rack that holds some souvenir ornaments and other items that have meaning for me.
I do love adding Christmas cheer and this year it's all in the great room.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Christmas Quilt
This is one of my favorite Christmas quilts I have made. It is in a private collection.
I designed a vest that used these blocks and made enough extras to make this quilt.
If really made a striking quilt with a lot of sparkle in the fabrics and the threads.
It was a lot of fun to make.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
As November Winds Down, Christmas Is On My Mind
I gave the majority of my Christmas decorations to my middle child recently. He had already started using them to decorate when the family was there for Thanksgiving.
But I still have the minority of them and even that is a lot.
I found some things I love and have done a little decorating.
I don’t do the amount of decorating I once did as I am not in just one place for the holidays.
My Santas come out every year, but never in the same place twice.
He’s sitting on my copper wash boiler this year.
I enjoy seeing the chandeliers decorated.
My newly redecorated breakfast area looks like Christmas all year round!
Putting things up is fun….taking them down after the holidays is what I don’t enjoy!
I have a few other things I’ve put out. It’s possible there could be more.
But I still have the minority of them and even that is a lot.
I found some things I love and have done a little decorating.
I don’t do the amount of decorating I once did as I am not in just one place for the holidays.
My Santas come out every year, but never in the same place twice.
He’s sitting on my copper wash boiler this year.
I enjoy seeing the chandeliers decorated.
My newly redecorated breakfast area looks like Christmas all year round!
Putting things up is fun….taking them down after the holidays is what I don’t enjoy!
I have a few other things I’ve put out. It’s possible there could be more.
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Getting Ready For Christmas- But NOT At My House
I have spent time this past week getting Christmas decorations ready to give to my middle child.
Andy, Tina and Kendal came over to have lunch with me today at Toppers. We enjoyed the new menu.
As soon as we got back to the house they loaded these bins and the box into the truck. Then we went searching for more.
I remembered I had a lot of candles I never use anymore so we packed this box and I found all these votive holders to put the votive candles in,
You can see some more of the things they were able to take off my hands.
Yes, there was more but I didn’t take pictures of everything,
I am sure they are going to create some beautiful scenes with these things,
And I am glad to pass them on and have more empty space.
Andy, Tina and Kendal came over to have lunch with me today at Toppers. We enjoyed the new menu.
As soon as we got back to the house they loaded these bins and the box into the truck. Then we went searching for more.
I remembered I had a lot of candles I never use anymore so we packed this box and I found all these votive holders to put the votive candles in,
You can see some more of the things they were able to take off my hands.
Yes, there was more but I didn’t take pictures of everything,
I am sure they are going to create some beautiful scenes with these things,
And I am glad to pass them on and have more empty space.
Friday, January 5, 2018
My Very Favorite Picture Celebrating Christmas
I took a lot of pictures as we celebrated Christmas on New Years eve.
This turned out to be my favorite. For those who don’t know I bring out a lot of quilts and let each family member/couple chose a quilt to take home.
What makes this even better is Oliver is looking at Greg and Julies quilt and Isla is looking at Jessica’s.
Monday, January 2, 2017
The Quilt Choices
This is the third year the members of my family have each been able to choose a quilt to add to their collection. Couples get one quilt for them and they have to agree on their choice. They have had no problem agreeing to the best of my knowledge.
Without knowing the name of the quilt Greg and Julie chose Door County Dreams. I had gifted them 3 Door County books in their gift bag. If you saw the picture Julie received painted by Carol Baxter you can see how great it looks with this quilt.
Blake and Stephanie chose Tea For Who. It was made in the style of Victor Vasserely’s early work. I think they are the only tea drinkers in the family. I also made this as an interpretation of a Bodum Asam tea pot. I gave them my teapot as I wanted them to have the inspiration for this piece.
Heidi and Nate selected The Salsa Connection and they do like Salsa! This is a bargello technique I created and taught all over the USA years ago.
Jessica and Kevin’s choice was Somewhere Out There. This started as a quilt top I was not pleased with. By slicing, inserting and adding a border and applique it became a great piece.
Blooming Balloon was Nicholas’s choice. This was made for an invitational exhibition. We were required to work with a specific group of fabrics, a real challenge. I added some beads and sequins to this to add some sparkle and interest. My quilt was the February page on the calendar from the exhibit. I will be giving Nicholas a calendar when I find it!
Paisley Star Mandala was Jared’s choice. It was made with a great Gutcheon fabric in 1982 fussy cutting with Yours Truly templates. The quilt has a lot of dimension and a lot of hand work. All the beige triangles are hand quilted every 1/8 inch to flatten the fabric. The quilting is hardly visible as it is obscured by the pattern of the fabric. The paisley are minimally quilted to make them puff out. It is presented on a custom made stretcher frame. The border has batting under it to make it puff out quite a bit I signed it by cross stitching over needlepoint canvas and then removed the canvas threads. It is one of my first very successful original designs. It could have been made very recently, yet is 34 years old.
The decision to let every one choose their own quilt has been a good idea. I could never have picked the quilts for each person that they liked best and chose. I always have many more quilts for them than there are people to choose from so no one ends up with a quilt that they don’t want.
Without knowing the name of the quilt Greg and Julie chose Door County Dreams. I had gifted them 3 Door County books in their gift bag. If you saw the picture Julie received painted by Carol Baxter you can see how great it looks with this quilt.
Blake and Stephanie chose Tea For Who. It was made in the style of Victor Vasserely’s early work. I think they are the only tea drinkers in the family. I also made this as an interpretation of a Bodum Asam tea pot. I gave them my teapot as I wanted them to have the inspiration for this piece.
Heidi and Nate selected The Salsa Connection and they do like Salsa! This is a bargello technique I created and taught all over the USA years ago.
Jessica and Kevin’s choice was Somewhere Out There. This started as a quilt top I was not pleased with. By slicing, inserting and adding a border and applique it became a great piece.
Blooming Balloon was Nicholas’s choice. This was made for an invitational exhibition. We were required to work with a specific group of fabrics, a real challenge. I added some beads and sequins to this to add some sparkle and interest. My quilt was the February page on the calendar from the exhibit. I will be giving Nicholas a calendar when I find it!
Paisley Star Mandala was Jared’s choice. It was made with a great Gutcheon fabric in 1982 fussy cutting with Yours Truly templates. The quilt has a lot of dimension and a lot of hand work. All the beige triangles are hand quilted every 1/8 inch to flatten the fabric. The quilting is hardly visible as it is obscured by the pattern of the fabric. The paisley are minimally quilted to make them puff out. It is presented on a custom made stretcher frame. The border has batting under it to make it puff out quite a bit I signed it by cross stitching over needlepoint canvas and then removed the canvas threads. It is one of my first very successful original designs. It could have been made very recently, yet is 34 years old.
The decision to let every one choose their own quilt has been a good idea. I could never have picked the quilts for each person that they liked best and chose. I always have many more quilts for them than there are people to choose from so no one ends up with a quilt that they don’t want.
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Our First Night Of Christmas!
Greg and Julie and family visit after Christmas as they have their own family Christmas and have to schedule around work and other obligations.
This year instead of each individual receiving a gift bag, each couple shared a gift bag. Kevin thought the scarf was for him and Jessica was laughing so hard when I took the picture. I DO think Jessica wears it well.
Seems Greg realized the scarf was meant for Julie as it sure looks great on her.
Blake also doesn’t seem to realize that even though this scarf is big and long Stephanie could wear it with style.
Nate and Heidi are Packer fans to the max and they now each have a Pickard china Packer dinner plate.
Nicholas has always loved frogs from the time he was about 3 years old. His big Radko ornament has 3 frogs.
Jared is wearing the crazy hat I knit for him as he opens his presents.
We like the big smile Greg has here.
A nice picture of Kevin and Jessica after she finished laughing.
Julie is showing off her painting by Carol Baxter.
Stephanie, Blake, Nicholas and Jared appreciating Blake’s Radko fish ornament.
Nate and Heidi appreciating some completer pieces for her vintage Pickard china in the Hemlock Syncron pattern from the 1940’s.
It’s always a fun evening doing our unique gift exchange. I try to come up with new ideas for it each year.
Stay tuned as the quilts everyone picked will be on the next post.
This year instead of each individual receiving a gift bag, each couple shared a gift bag. Kevin thought the scarf was for him and Jessica was laughing so hard when I took the picture. I DO think Jessica wears it well.
Seems Greg realized the scarf was meant for Julie as it sure looks great on her.
Blake also doesn’t seem to realize that even though this scarf is big and long Stephanie could wear it with style.
Nate and Heidi are Packer fans to the max and they now each have a Pickard china Packer dinner plate.
Nicholas has always loved frogs from the time he was about 3 years old. His big Radko ornament has 3 frogs.
Jared is wearing the crazy hat I knit for him as he opens his presents.
We like the big smile Greg has here.
A nice picture of Kevin and Jessica after she finished laughing.
Julie is showing off her painting by Carol Baxter.
Stephanie, Blake, Nicholas and Jared appreciating Blake’s Radko fish ornament.
Nate and Heidi appreciating some completer pieces for her vintage Pickard china in the Hemlock Syncron pattern from the 1940’s.
It’s always a fun evening doing our unique gift exchange. I try to come up with new ideas for it each year.
Stay tuned as the quilts everyone picked will be on the next post.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Christmas 2013 continued
The Lord, Lady and Master of the Manor!
The entry hall
Heidi sharing another Village!
Coffee table in family room
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care……………
And Santa WAS there!
The island all ready to put out the food! Dana (and her broken arm) is getting something out of the refrigerator.
Looking through the pass thru you can see the activity in the kitchen as they are getting dinner ready.
Sorry I didn’t get a picture of Jeffrey as he was too busy working all the time I was there.
Dinner was delicious with family favorites from both sides of the family.
The younger generation prepared a lot of the food and also cleaned up after dinner.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Christmas Decorations 2013
I’m thinking this is a new tree this year. I didn’t take pictures last year.
That is Greta on the lower right. She LOVES to have her picture taken and poses.
Another tree with a display to complement it.
And one more tree!
It takes a family to make put up a village! (and to take it down eventually!)
The table for the younger crowd.
The dining room table.
Dining room buffet
Dining room tree
To be continued!
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