A Little R & R

Thank you Kathy and Barney for the wonderful Thanksgiving feast! We had a great time visiting, seeing you both and Kyle. Noel loved his prizes from the board games.

I spent most of the remainder of my time off either sewing or shopping for fabric. I machine quilted the LAP Mystery Block quilt (above) and one called Twist and Turn (below). The Twist and Turn will be my LAP Ele's Place quilt for this year.

I also machine quilted the hand embroidered "Snowmen through the Year" quilt. I need to add some final touches to the detail but hope to hang this quilt in the LAP quilt show next May.

My other machine quilting "finishing" project was this machine embroidered redwork snowman wall hanging.

On Friday and Saturday, we did our own version of "shop hops." Fridays visits included local quilt shops like Country Stitches and my favorite, Everlasting Stitches in Holt. Pam Henrys owns Everlasting Stitches and makes it a pleasure to go into the shop. Even my six year old grandson loves the shop and the fabric!

On Saturday, we ventured further away from home to South Lyon, Pinckney, Brighton and Howell. The shop we visited in South Lyon called Lake Street Mercantile was awesome. The shop was located in a restored building that used to house a bank. All of the sale fabric was located in the vault. All of the counters and cutting tables were heavy, antique furniture pieces. The owner allowed us to pull fabric to better choose colors and patterns. It was a wonderful shop with a great selection of Civil War reproductions and many other fabrics.

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