What a month! First we went to the taping of Homecoming for Magic Johnson at Jenison Field House.
Then a party at the Nightcap!
Some walking of Boomer in the Woods, first Grand Woods Park
Then, Rose Lake.
We finally attended the Tom Izzo Christmas Show where he played his accordion and had the freshman, including Keith Appling, lead the crowd in Jingle Bells.
On Christmas Eve, my brother and his kids, including Kevin pictured with Boomer, stayed for a few days. We went to a family party where my brother saw relatives he hadn't seen in 30 years.
Finally, here I am in the Christmas sweater that my daughter Katy found for me in Chicago. I call it "everything but Santa," my daughter calls it "Christmas threw-up." And for you dog lovers, there is a puppy on the back.
I've finally got a bit of time to sew, and of course, my daughter brought me some ripped jeans!
I hope everyone had as great a Christmas as we did. Now looking forward to New Year's Day. Go State!
This is the block I'm using for this year's block exchange at Ruth's. It's very simple and gives a 3-D effect when many blocks are put together. I'm planning on a bed size quilt. You can find a free pattern on my new Free Pattern page or click here.
After a blizzard of hyperbole (from the TV news) and 10 hours of snowfall, here's a view of my house. You can see the specks of snow still falling. MSU called off classes yesterday and the MSU Museum closed, too, so a day off for me. I had an appointment for a check up at 9:15am and canceled since the neighborhood isn't plowed. As Tom pointed out, no sense getting into an accident on the way to the doctor (Well Doc, I was fine until about 15 minutes ago when I crashed into the snowbank).
Finally, another UFO done! This quilt was started before 1997. That was before I started working full time and I met once a month with the Outlaws. My contribution was the center Rolling Stone mini-blocks (everything before the coral and yellow checkered border). It was added on by Diedre Garlock, Debbi Brunner, Karen Mirras and Rhonda Anderson. I remember Debbi did the circles in Japanese fabrics, but I don't remember who else did what. Last fall pulled it out and practiced my machine, free-motion quilting. It turned out pretty good. I've gotten some more hints from Diane Gaudynski's blog, so the next machine quilting should get even better.
