SSCS2014 - Thank you!

My Secret Santa Christmas Swap 2014 arrived today!

Beautifully wrapped,

but no card on the outside so still VERY secret :o)

I was allowed to open the decoration

which is gorgeous - love it!

And it's embroidered on the back too! Lovely.

There was also something for the little people in this house.

A very excited 'Kalico Kid' had the honour of opening it...

and was well pleased with the contents!

Thank you very much Secret Santa!!

(I couldn't email you a thanks, but I hope you get to read this!)

SSCS 2014

Secret parcels going in the post....

Started: 2006... Finished: Not Yet!

Ahem...

This quilt top was started in 2006 

as part of the BQL(British Quilt List) Ostrich Challenge

.

Every month we were given something to do to add to the quilt,

until this became a top....

I started handquilting it some years back, 

but soon lost interest :(

 Now I'm wondering if I should load it on my Longarm

quilting machine and just get it finished??

It's weird how it's sort of red-ish and green

and quite Christmassy 

which is not what I had had in mind at all!

Watch this space...

It may get finished one day!

Wordless Wednesday - Crafty Cat

If Quilts Could Talk...

I'm sure it would say something like this....

I really do need to get piecing and quilting....

Because I would love to see this one finished...

But I've got some friend's quilts to do before I can play.

*****

My UFO list should be getting smaller

with my Longarm machine, 

but as usual I'm constantly adding to it....

I may blog some seriously old UFO's to push me into finishing them,

but oh the shame (some are as old, and older than my children!!)

Quilt Talk

Last week was the school half term holidays.

The week went past in a blur of entertaining the 3 Kalico kids...

A trip to visit an old Aunt in Manchester 

and then the Trafford Centre (ugh!),

A trip to Bolton Abbey to do the Pumpkin Trail,

A Halloween Party... etc etc

and in the midst of it all

I went to visit Levens Quilters to talk about some of my quilts..

My friend snapped a few shots of me

showing the only 2 unfinished quilts I took along,

(not the 23 finished ones LOL!)

I shall finish my Carolina Lily quilt one day.

Entirely hand pieced including the borders...

 And my mom's UFO.

Also entirely hand-pieced and no borders

(or a single straight edge to help me decide how to quilt it!!!!) 

It was a busy week 

and now that the children are back at school

I hope to find the floor and some time to quilt!

Happy November everyone.

Not many sleeps 'til Christmas!!!

(Which is another reason 

why I don't blog much at the moment....

too many secret things in the make!)