Third December WIPs Be Gone

I finished a baby quilt.  These go fast because they're so small - 30" square for the NICU at the regional hospital.

 If you're interested, I'm posting the pattern for this Double Sawtooth one block quilt under my free patterns tab.

The fabric is so cute I wanted to keep it intact. I made the top way back in April when our Guild had a sew day for making baby tops.  I think the fabric is by Michael Miller.

 I free motion quilted the center from left to right,

and added freezer paper stars in the corner blocks.

I'm linking to Michelle's Let's Make Baby quilts and a few others you'll find under my linky party tab.
I hope you find a few moments to sew today during this busy season - it's so peaceful when we do.

What are you up to?  Link up and I'll come by to see.

Off the Design Wall

Off my design wall and already given away is the Nativity panel.  We had an Anointing of the Sick mass and afterwards a small reception.  Over fifty people came.  Since this is the season for giving - we had a few door prizes. This quilt was one of them.  The lady who won it was thrilled!

 I'm glad the Star of the East showed up.

The back is a reindeer motif print.

 This quilt really was quilted - just didn't show up on the back much.

Today I started on unit 3 of the En Provence mystery. Half done:

Our weather has cooled  and further colder temps are expected later this week - not as much as the rest of the country.  I went out to my patio and found a rare sighting.

 No, it wasn't crocus coming up through the snow.

One of my DH's cactus has decided to bloom.  The wonders of the plant world.

Slow Sunday Stitching

I've been working on this today:

 This is the center of part 1 of Julia Wood's Bliss. You can find it here.  The first part of the  center is on the cover.   I've prepped the first seven hexies.

I've got two of the hexies assembled.  When all six are done, I'll add them to the center one. It's nice to have a hexie hand stitching project again.  I'm linking to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching.  See the button under the tab linky parties above.

As for destashing, all I can count is the fabric for Bliss about 1/4 yard and a couple of leaders and enders blocks.  So adding a 1/3rd yard to last week's total.  I've moved to 53.80 yards YTD stashed.