Look at the easy fun quilt made by friend - Tammy Harrison ( Quilt Heart)!

 She used one layer cake from the Moda Fresh Squeezed  fabric collection and added a border!  These bright colors are exactly what is needed here in West Michigan because so far in December, we’ve only had 4% sunshine!

Also, it was Machine Quilted by Mary Kate.

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, except for a squirrel:

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The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there

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The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads

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When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter

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When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny grandkids:

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As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound

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A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack

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 His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry

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 He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly:

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 He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself

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  A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread

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He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk

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And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose

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 But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!

Click on this link for a traditional music video of Christmas! 

Joy to the World

Did I mention that here in West Michigan it started snowing about Thanksgiving! So in honor of this special holiday I thought I would share a this picture to help remind me that Spring is only 3 months away!

Doesn’t everyone love a good blizzard!

Send me your pictures and lets see your blizzard!

Here’s Barb’s blizzard from Muskegon:

and looking our my front door - notice the yard stick in the back, it’s over 30″!

My friend Tammy H. from BOM Quilts made these cutest Snowmen from white socks. She thought they were so easy and fun to make that the project would be great for Gkids!

You can read about how to do this in her blog: Quilt Therapy.

I have customers all over the world and I thought it would be fun to know where you live!

Win a Moda Quilt Kit!

Abbi May’s Fabric Shop can help your changes to win! 

They will select two winners for this contest… one by Random drawing and the other that sent them the top referrals (these are my customers that click though this link and particapate) to their Moda Fabricmatcher website. 
Click here to enter Moda Fabricmatcher:

Moda gives away a Moda quilt kit each month to the quilt design, judged as our “most favorite use of Moda fabric”, by one of our Moda judges.

The prize includes the pattern, the fabric for a quilt top and free shipping to wherever you are in the world! The first week of each month the judge goes into the Public Stash to select the winner. The same quilt design can only win once.  The Moda judges will select and announce the winners the first week of January 2009.  Each winner of this contest will receive a Baker’s Dozen Basket filled with a variety of our favorite things. 

This is really a fun site to go an just browse around. You can design your own quilt - I thought I would try it and if I can do it - anyone can!

Click here to see the project I have created on the Fabricmatcher web site.

Saturday morning I looked out my front door and saw this small amount of snow on my front porch. Isn’t it pretty piled up on my bird house?  We were under a “Snow Warning” sooo… I thought if I would go out and shovel a few times during the day I could keep up with the falling snow. 

When I went outside to shovel first thing in the morning I was astounded by the amount of snow that had fallen during the night!  This is the kind of snow that will not make a snowman because it’s too fluffy!

Here was the challenge: dig out my car! It didn’t look like that much snow so I thought I could do it all my by self.

There was so much snow I couldn’t move it with the shovel and had to get some recruits to help me clean up the driveway.  My son David and his family came to my rescue!  They thought I was just being a baby and didn’t want to shovel - ha! When they got there they were quite surprised - Kyle said they never get that much snowfall at once!

That’s my grandson Kyle with the shovel. Thank you Kyle!

More help was needed and my son David used the snow blower!

This is grandson Ryan, taking a break from shoveling to play with Girlie Girl.
Thank you Ryan for your help too!

Here’s my neighbors:
 Jerry taking a break from shoveling his driveway

and Lynda had her hands full with shoveling a path to get to their house!

My own personal snow globe:

This is Polly, having fun frolicking in the snow

It snowed all day Saturday and I never did keep up with the snow shoveling.

Today - it’s a new beautiful day! Happy shoveling!!

This is the most beautiful time of the year because the cold air blows across the open waters of Lake Michigan creating a winter wonderland.   

When it snows, ain’t it thrilling, 
Though your nose gets a chilling. 
We’ll frolic and play, the Eskimo way, 
Walking in a winter wonderland.