A Snowy Sew-ey Kind of Day

There is no better way to spend a snow day than sewing quilt blocks! I have now pieced all the maple leaf blocks that I had cut out. This is only half of what I need for my large quilt...
I think I will put it away for the rest of the year. After all, it no longer looks like fall outside! Here is the view from my sewing machine table...

I love to watch the birds when there is snow on the ground. They crowd the feeders and clean up the dropped seed and suet!

I'm posting this on Design Wall Monday (for some of us it is Design Floor Monday) at

http://www.patchworktimes.com/2010/11/22/design-wall-monday-november-22-2010/

Laurel Burch Christmas Fabric!

I am a fan of Laurel Burch. Her artwork is so fanciful and her colors are bright and exciting! I bought some of her Christmas fabric in Canada a few years ago; I had not seen it here in our quilt stores at that time, and I paid a high (Canadian) price for her fabric! I made an Advent Calendar and a tree skirt out of the fabric. I now look forwards to unpacking these treasures each holiday season!
I have joined SewCalGal's Christmas Quilt Show!
See more wonderful quilted Christmas goodness over on her site:
http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2010/11/christmas-quilt-show-2010.html

An afternoon of sewing

A friend and I spent the afternoon working on quilting projects. I lugged my very heavy Juki over to her house and I was busy sewing on half of the sashings of this Christmas beauty. I can't make any more progress until I decide what color to make the corner squares where the sashing will meet.
I went on to work on some maple leaf blocks. I do have more to make, then this one will be put away for a while, for winter will be here soon. My car said it was 36 degrees on my way home!

(Sorry about the crooked pic; I don't know why blogger turns the photos and I don't know how to fix it.)