SNOW GLOBE ORNAMENT

 I made a Snow Globe ornament for the granddaughter Victoria.  She has been collecting them since she was young - real ones, not felt ornaments.

I got this pattern from whatacurlylife.com along with some more Christmas themed ornament patterns.

I gave it to her today when we went to her and her mother's place for Thanksgiving dinner. And a good dinner it was.

QUILTED THIS ONE

 This is one of the unfinished quilt tops I found yesterday in my container of UFOs.  It's a 'Beach Blanket'.  When I found it, it was missing the two short side borders.  But, the fabrics for them were with it, along with a big length of a go-with fabric for the backing.

I got them sewn on, then made the backing yesterday.

Today I loaded it all onto the longarm and set up a pantograph and got busy watching Erik work.

He finished it despite the ruffly border (without any pleats) and it's  off the machine.

COUNTING UFOS

 I've done really well this year finishing UFO projects.  I've finished all 12 of the ones for the Quilting Mayhem UFO Challenge.  So, today I thought I'd see how many I have left in the UFO containers hiding under the longarm.

I found 13 more quilt tops that need backing and to be quilted.

Here's one of them.  It's a Christmas quilt started in December of 1994.  It's a round robin - each border pieced by a different person, I provided the some of the fabrics to keep it consistent and made the Feathered Star in the middle to start it.  Everyone did such an exceptional job of adding to it. 

I'm a bit intimidated about doing the quilting for this one - all those open areas deserve something special.

BEADED CHRISTMAS TREE

 I started making this beaded Christmas Tree today.  There's a lot of counting and paying attention to what I'm doing.  I think the pattern calls for 17 layers.  I made it to the 7th today.

GNOMES

 I saw one of these in a local yarn shop and stole the idea.  I made these guys today.  The tall one is abuot 5" high.

SNOWMEN DONE

 I made the binding and sewed it onto the Snowmen quilt today.  It's done.

This is finish number 17 for the year!

FINISHED QUILTING SNOWMEN

 I was a bit hesitant to start up the longarm; was it going to work after crashing?  I had to give it a try eventually and find out!  But, I was happy to see that everything seemed to be okay.  I changed the needle and finished the last little bit of the program to finish the Snowmen quilt.  It quilted out just beautifully.  The Snowmen quilt is quilted.

This quilting design is perfect for this quilt.