scrappy trip, "O's", and a Moda Bake Shop peak...

My friend, Trish, at Notes of Sincerity, sent a few quilts to be quilted.
Here is her Scrappy Trip quilt.

I seriously never get tired of seeing these Scrappy Trip quilts!
Here is the online pattern: http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html 

I especially love the different ways to set this quilt.

Trish set her blocks all going the same direction which gave it a diagonal look.

 

She also put white in the #6 position on every single block - I love that!
 

The backing - oh how I love the backing!
 

I quilted a simple stipple all over.

Sometimes a quilt doesn't need to have fancy schmancy quilting - simple was best on this beauty.
 

 

Here is my Scrappy Trip....I have about 70 blocks complete - only a dozen more to go!

Trish constructed most of them for me.

She does that for people.

She will do it for you, too!

Just contact her, here!

 

Here is her "O's" quilt.

Super cute prints!

 
That dot sashing - sweet!
 

 
I quilted swirls in each center, tight waves around each center and stippled the sashing.
 

Here's a sneak peak at Trish's latest Moda Bake Shop quilt - watch for it!
 

Thanks, Trish, for letting me quilt on these pretties!

 

 

snowmen...

My sweet friend in Mississippi, Trish, of Notes of Sincerity, sent me this darling little house ornament. 

I love her choice of little bity snow people fabric. 

Darling!

 

 

The back...

thank you, Miss Trish!

 

My sister, LeAnn, sent another Christmas pillow - my heart smiled when I got this one. 

It is still sitting on my bench in the hallway.

 

 

I have to get out my little snowman pot that my friend, Tammy, made me at least 15 years ago!

 

 

This popcorn has a KICK to it.

I brought it to my Open Sew class at the high school tonight. 

SNAP - it was gone just like that! 

 

I love my snowman pot....

 

Here's the recipe:

 

2 tsp. vegetable oil

1 cup unpopped popcorn kernels

Pop the popcorn on the stove top.

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

Line 2 baking sheets with foil & spray with cooking oil.

Cook on stovetop 3 cups sugar, 3 cubes (1 1/2 cups) butter and 3/4 cup light corn syrup.  Cook until sugar is dissolved and mixture almost turns a very light brown.  Turn off heat and add 3 tsp. course salt and 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper.

Pour over popped popcorn in very large bowl.  Stir until coated and divide on to your baking sheets. 

Bake @ 250 degrees, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.

You can also add some roasted nuts!

enjoy!

 

 

 

 

One more table runner - I had to wait until after Christmas to post this one....it was a gift!

 

My sister-in-law, Carol, loves Sunflowers. 
I found this kit at Connecting Threads and just knew it would be perfect for her. 
My sweet friend, Trish of Notes Of Sincerity, pieced it for me. 
She does beautiful work! 
If you need someone to do a bit of piece work for you - Trish is your gal!

 

The back - perfect for the sunflower lovers in our lives.

The wildlife are starting to hang out in our backyard a lot lately.  I never get tired of watching them watch us!

We found an eagle convention going on down the road. 
There were at least a dozen of these amazingly beautiful birds just hanging out.