Merry Christmas!

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It is Christmas already and next week will be a brand new year!  I am looking forward to 2016 and to continuing  to quilt for my wonderful customers.  Who knows what this new year will bring.  :)

Since I do have a new little granddaughter (Elodie), I had to make a little smocked Christmas dress for her.  It is very tiny and made out of soft cotton batiste.  My grandsons' (Quinn & Oliver) Christmas package seems to be late in the delivery to Canada and I am sad about that but we cannot control the nasty weather and wind we had that would have delayed it.  But it will get there eventually and I hope they like what their Nana made them.  All three grandbabies have my heart.  :)

Elodie's First Smocked Dress

My favorite pattern for little bishops

I finished my last customer quilt of the year last week and it was a beauty.  I loved it so much that I had to get the pattern.  It is paper pieced and those of you who know me well know that I detest paper piecing.  But this quilt was so stunning that I will dive in anyway.  ;)

African Samba quilting design

 Some more quilts have been coming in this week but it will be January when I start back in.  Next week is counting inventory and doing my year end.  <sigh>

Ebay sales have been good and I will be restocking homespuns after the new year and will probably also put some threads on there.  Also, before I forget, I used a black polyester batting from Quilters Dream on that last quilt up there and I loved it!  So, a case of queen size packages will be here this week.  No room for a roll....  ;)

I have been working on the new Simply 16 and Little Foot Frame and I absolutely love it!  It is great for custom quilting because it is a light machine and it moves like a dream.  I have done some teeny tiny stippling and some ruler work on it and it was very easy.  The machine moves so well that after a bit I did not even need to use a ruler for the stitch in the ditch.

And I did find out that you can retrofit the Sweet 16 sit down machine to the frame so the best of both worlds!

Thank you for your continued support and I wish you all a wonderful holiday.  See you next year!  :)

Warm Regards
Jude

Pictures of customer quilts finished the last few months...I have been busy....  LOL!  All caught up and back to a 2 week or sooner turnaround!  :)

Okay...it's been awhile.... ;)

But we have had the most GLORIOUS summer here in Laramie! Last month, we went back home to Canada to visit family and had a lovely visit with The Most Beautiful Child In The World and his mommy and daddy. Then it was back home to the Studio and work, work, work. :) The quilting is coming in regularly and I have been busy smocking and ordering threads, etc. We are carrying the full line of Glide mini cones, now. Glide is a 40wt trilobal polyester that is wonderful for machine embroidery but I also use it for machine quilting! It adds an amazing sheen to the quilting, it is strong and soft and a pleasure to use. I often use the gold colors instead of metallic threads!






And, along with the Glide threads, I stocked up on Superior So Fine and King Tut cones.  We carry the first 50 of both the cones and the spools and have about half of the next 50 now too!

And I have been busy smocking!  This is the finished Baptismal set that was specially ordered for a darling baby girl.  I enjoyed every minute of this project.  It is a full length smocked bishop, with a full slip (with lace!) underneath and a sweet little bonnet.  I love doing Baptismal outfits.  :)

And...The Most Beautiful Child in The World *needed* a Spiderman Quilt....

Quinn is so funny.  I called him *sweetheart* and *Quinny* and *honey*, of course.  And each time, he informed me that he was *Superman* or *Iron Man* or whatever *man* he was that day, according to the t-shirt he was wearing.

I could eat that kid up!  :)

And...a little smocked dress...and some BIG bags...

 Love this little yellow dot bishop.  It is a Size 2 with multi colored smocking around the neck and hot pink neck and puffed sleeve bindings.  It is made of quilting cotton and just goes to show you that adorable smocking does not have to be fussy or frilly but actually bright and durable!

And...some BIG bags!  They have 3-1/2 yards of fabric in them and are perfect for large knitting or quilting projects or to tote around just about anything!