Baby quilt

This quilt is for a special friend of the family.  She is an RCMP officer and her husband is a Fireman. They are both special people for protecting our community.  And their baby Matthew is darn cute!  I originally put the quilt together and thought it was a little bland.  So I added a teddy bear in blue and yellow and did the binding with the same blue and I think it really jazzes it up.  The teddy bear came from the site Fat Cat Patterns.  She has the cutest applique patterns. And they are free!

Happy Valentines

My guild was having a guest speaker for Valentines Day, a fellow named Paul who makes modern quilts.  I have been looking forward to his presentation since September, but unfortunately I have had a virus and didn't want to spread to to my quilting friends.  So I had to give it a miss.  My hubby took me out for a fast Vietnamese dinner and it was very good. I had salad rolls, which I always enjoy and a soup which was a little bland and deep fried wontons and they were yummy.  He also gave me a dozen beautiful white roses.

Sometimes called "the flower of light", one of the meanings of white roses is everlasting love - love stronger than death, an eternal love, undying and all sustaining. White rose speaks of a love that is sustained more by loyalty, reverence and humility than by red-blooded passion. So, in its capacity to worship someone till death, the meaning of a white rose is unchanging loyalty that endures beyond all else.
 

quilting

finished block

fabric selection

I have been doing some quilting.  I started a  new year's eve mystery on of course nye. The block construction is really neat, but calls for precise piecing which I did not take care with.  I chose the baby quilt size. The finished block has some challenging points that need to be matched. I will probably wind up putting sashing in between the blocks.

Around the fire

I had an awesome New Years Eve.  Arnie and I went to an early movie to see the new Sherlock Holmes.  We came home and had pasta with lobster and then made a fire in our fire pit outside and drank Spanish coffee's and welcomed in the new year.  It was a lot of fun.

Christmas 2011

Christmas has come and gone.  The decorations are all put away, but the last of the pesky cookies are still hanging around.  My resolution to lose 10 pounds by July will never get off the ground with those cookies calling me from the down stairs fridge.

Nicole, Terry and Brittany

Brittany's gorgeous ring

I think she likes it

Nikki and Cameron

Arnie with the Grandpuppy

Nicole with the Grandpuppy

Ron with Michael and Troy

Jimmy and I

My Mom and I

Aunt Louise with Cameron

We had a very ringing Christmas.  Jim bought Brittany a promise ring,  Michael got an engagement ring from Troy and I got a lovely diamond cluster ring from Arnie.

Winter Harp O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Arnie and I went to see Winter Harp in Maple Ridge.  It was awesome.  I can't wait to go again next year.  After the performance we went to Palliotti's Italian restaurant and had a lovely dinner.  It was a great day out.

Sewing for Christmas

I made a candle mat for a Secret Santa exchange at my quilt guild.  It is so cute, I think I will make one for my self for next Christmas.

I also made some little yo yo trees that are tree decorations for a ornament exchange.  A few of my friends will be getting the little trees too.