I'd Rather Be Quilting!!

How can it be that after a four-day weekend, I’m still not ready to go back to work???

Oh well… it was still fun! We had friends over to celebrate Thanksgiving — the Rice family (we’ve celebrated most of our Thanksgivings together since 1994!!) and Greg and Sarah Sharp joined us for a pleasant afternoon of good company and great (and way too much!) food…. Greg and Sarah had to leave early, but Darryl and Rachel stayed for a rousing game of Mexican Train. I won!!

The rest of the weekend, I spent a lot of time quilting…. most of the time I quilted at home, but Saturday was our regular class at the Schilling Community Center. I finished a few projects this weekend… and started a few more!!

This one is finished! I'm pretty pleased with the results -- and I was amazed at how easy the stained glass technique is. Bernina's double needle makes all the difference!!


This is a paper-pieced kimono -- another Castelleja Cottons pattern. The pattern actually calls for 9 of these squares to make a quilt -- each of the kimonos uses different fabric. I think I prefer it as a smaller wall hanging. Can you see the detail in the quilting on the gold fabric?

This is a Bento Box pattern. If you google Bento Box,
I think you'll discover that it's a wonderful Japanese
concept!! It really puts the regular American "sack lunch"
to shame!!

This is a mini Trip Around the World... really fun to put together!