End of a year and decade

Slippers donated to Frontier Missions. Quilts donated to frontier Missions.

Starting a new quilt. I have one loaded on the quilting machine, Bonnie's new mystery quilt and this one started with the piecing. Here is a picture of the thread spools from this year. 53 spools and 97 pre-wound bobbin carcasses.

The tree skirt I made for my son and my favorite DIL. I had to wait until after Christmas to post so I wouldn't ruin the surprise.

A hat a knit and gave to a friend for her daughter. Mittens I knit for my grandson. I knit three pair of these mitten, two for Otis and one for a friends grandson.

List of projects for the year:

Double Delight quilt- a mystery quilt by Bonnie

Cotton Candy Puke

Prairie Dust was quilted-- gave to my BIL's mother.

Baby quilt for Mallory

Sunflower quilt

Bears in the Posies- Judy L's Bears in the Farmhouse pattern

Spider web quilt

Scrappy Mountain quilt

Christmas basket weave quilt

Judy's stash buster child's size quilt

Shamrock table topper--not quilted yet

Geese in flight quilt

Liberty Tea wallie

Halloween table runner

Basket table topper for my DIL

Liberty Tea quilt

4th of July quilt for my son

Pirate quilt for my grandson

Christmas table topper designed by Marcie

Ducks/USC quilt

A tisket a tasket quilt

Freeze frame- designed by Judy L

Star Struck quilt - Bonnie's pattern

Snowman table quilt

Small Santa ornament

pillow case

28 pair slippers-knit

Bonnie's Christmas quilt

Tree skirt

6 knitted hats

3 pair of knitted mittens.

6 knitted dish cloths

I think that is every thing. I gave away all the slippers, to co-workers and to Frontier Missions. I gave 11 quilts to Frontier Missions this year and 9 of the other quilted projects.

I think all in all is was a productive year. I did numerous Tea Parties and a couple fun vacations with my family.

I look forward to what 2010 has in store. I hear tell there maybe a new grand baby on the way. I am waiting to find out more information tomorrow.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.

May God show us how to save this great nation.

End of year Blessings

Dot

Merry Christmas to All

My new favorite Christmas song. May God bless everyone during this special time of year and through out the New Year.

I pray that God will also show us how to save this great country.

Merry Chirstmas

Dot

Thanksgiving 2009

Well things were going pretty good until I decided I was too tired to drive any longer and let my husband drive. He really was driving very cautiously for the road conditions but it just wasn't to be. We hit a patch of icy slush and went for a real ride.

Fortunately we are all fine. My husband , me and the pets survived and walked away with nothing more than a few sore muscles.

Here he is smiling for the fact that all is well, the truck can be replaced but we can't be.

Well here is what we replaced the truck with. A new to us truck. It is a 2004 4x4. I think we are going to like it.

Here I am smiling with my new vehicle.

Have a great week and keep smiling.

May God show us how to save this great country of ours.

Dot

More projects completed

I made this cute snowman face during the week. I sort of followed a picture I received from someone and adjusted it to make it my own. He measures 14.5 by 14 if you measure the tips of the hat brim and 10.5 if you measure the main width. This cute little Santa face is from last time the quilting group met. One of our members brought the supplies and patterns for this and I tried one. He is cute. He measures 8 by 5.5.

Here is the complete basket quilt. I titled it "A tisket A tasket", I know it took a long time to come up with that one.

Have a good week and Happy Thanksgiving.

May God help us save this great country.

Dot

A great Video Letter to Our President.

A tisket, a tasket

I finished my baskets. Not the best pictures but you can get the idea of what the quilt top looks like. Those borders take a lot of time. I don't know if I will do that again. Well, I probably will sometime in the future.

I like how it turned out and hope to load tomorrow to start quilting.

May God show us how to save America.

Dot

Charity donations

I knitted 24 pair of slippers for charity this year. Last year I made hats, this year I decided to make slippers and I am thinking next year mittens. Time will tell. I might just stick with hats and slippers. I did not achieve my goal of 12 quilts but I had 10. I donated these 10 quilts to Frontier Missions this year. This is the charity I have decided to donate to for the last 3 years I believe.

I will start accumulating quilts for next years donations now. I can't start the knitting yet as I have other projects to work on before I can start that.

It is hard to part with these quilts, each one is special in its own way and they are all unique but a girl can have only so many quilts. These quilts will go to people who really need them and I have to leave it as that.

Have a good day

FIGHT ON!!!!!!!!

May God help us save America.

Dot