Almost Ready

The shopping is done.  The pillowcases are made. All the presents are hidden in Grandma's closet.
I think I know where everyone is sleeping. Hubby is working out the menus. Even the dog goes for a bath tomorrow. I think I am almost ready.

Chestnuts Roasting over an Open Fire

For the last Lions Club meeting of the year, we invite Lion Roger who grows chestnuts in Michigan , to roast chestnuts as a treat for us. Usually chestnut roasting night is the coldest night of the winter as we huddle around the fire and eat chestnuts and drink mulled wine. But this year the weather was quite warm and we all had a good time. 

Spinners

This quilt pattern was in The Quiltmaker magazine, Mar/Apr 2018.  I machine pieced it and with the help of my design wall I could assemble it. Each piece connected with the four corner pieces so the design wall made it a lot easier. I machine quilted it. Unfortunately as a novice machine quilter I should have chosen a print backing that would hide
the quilting. The solid green paisley showed every bobble vividly. So I used invisible thread to solve that problem. It did. After I washed the quilt things looked a lot better.  The quilt is 96 by 96 so it is large and I must admit I prefer the hand quilting, both for the look and the process. I plan to give this quilt to Amy.