a wish for you.....

~ Merry Everthing ~ Happy Always ~

XO Cheri

peppermint sticks.....

a simple little holiday quilt......
cutting.....
for peppermint sticks~ 1&1/2" x 3&1/2" pieces, fifteen per row.....
muslin~ sashing between rows 2&1/2" x 15&1/2"
top and bottom border 3"x 13&/2"
side borders 2" x 20&1/2"

I featherstitched with green floss on either side of peppermint stick rows......



enjoy.....

A Primitive Christmas Blog Hop....

sharing with all a Wool Gingerbread Penny Rug.....







and a recipe for some cute Gingerbread Cookies......
roll it.....


cut it.....



sniff it!?!



and decorate to your hearts content.....







and lastly enjoy!





these things make me merry.....
Advent Calendar, Bows, Candy Canes, Drummer Boy, Evergreens, Fa La La La, Gingerbread, Ho Ho Ho, Icicles, Jingle Bells, Kissing under the Mistletoe, Lists, Mulled Wine, Nativity, Ornaments, Pretty Packages, Quilts, Rejoicing, Tinsel, Unwrapping pretty packages, Visiting Family & Friends, Wrapping Paper, Xmas Caroles, Yule Log.....
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night zzzzzz......

enjoy..... cheri

you will find the templates for wool rug and recipe in the post below......

template pieces for Wool Gingerbread Penny Rug.....
1/2 of penny rug, trace two sides to make a whole.....

 

all applique stitched down with a primitive overcast stitch, using 3 strands of DMC floss.....
French knots for eyes & buttons.....
backstitch candy cane stripes.....

to print.... right click on picture, save as jpg file on your computer, then right click and select print.....

a crafting weekend.....

talked my hubby into spending the weekend with me making some of my holiday decorating wants inspired by Pintrest.....
we made all of these projects this weekend, enjoying every minute of it.....
recycled wood, funnel and rolling pin trees.....













stars made of recycled wood and cement......





and some cute wood presents.....



enjoy I know I did......

A Primitive Christmas Blog Hop

mark your calendars.....
for a holiday themed projects blog hop including these awesome designers....
Lisa Bongean
Debbie Busby
Meg Hawkey
Pam Buda
Lori Belchin
Kathy Schmitz
Gail Pan
Tracy Souza
Ali Strebel
Blackberry Primitive Gals
Jeni Gaston
Stacy West
and me.....I will be starting off on December 1st

enjoy.....

Happy Halloween

May the Witches be kind to you this Halloween......

new holiday patterns.....

Simple Joys....
24" x 35"



Redwork Holiday....
12" square framed



Snowman Quilt....
25" square



Christmas Quilt.....
65" x 66"



Yesterday's Quilts.....




just listed on my website.....
http://www.quiltsbycheri.com

new simple five dollar patterns.....

I have two new simple $5.00 holiday patterns ready.....
Redwork Stocking.....



Glad Tidings....




I just sent five new patterns to my web designer to list and she will be adding a new page Simple ~ $5.00 Patterns which will include these two new ones and all the previous.....
patterns should be listed hopefully by next week but if you canot wait or it's just easier for you to send me $5.00 in the mail you can still do that.....

Cheri Payne
13862 Temple Street
Poway CA 92064

three bowls full.....

from bowl number three's bits and pieces.....






cutting for each Goose Tracks block.....
from light cut....
four - 1&1/2" x 2&1/2"
four - 1&1/2" squares
two - 2&1/4" square, cut diagonally twice

from dark cut.....
one - 1&1/2" square
two - 2&7/8" square, cut once diagonally
two - 2&1/4" square, cut diagonally twice

cut four red squares - 5&1/2"

finished block is 5"




enjoy.....

Christmas just arrived at my house.....

two boxes arrived today filled with Christmas vintage style decorations.....
paper and feather trees, vintage ornaments, tinsel garland, mercury glass Mother and Child..... the small goodies were wrapped in tissue and inside the Christmas box, which is a definite extra treat!









and a wonderful bottle brush tree wreath.....love





hate to have to put it all away for the next six weeks.....
check out this website for home and holiday items....
http://www.LancasterHomeAndHoliday.com

three bowls full.....

quilt made from muslin and pumpkin pieces in the second bowl.....






cutting for each block.....
from muslin - two - 2" squares
six - 2" x 3 & 1/2"
two - 2" x 5"
from pumpkin - two - 2" squares
one - 2" x 5"
two - 2" squares, cut once diagonally
three - 3 & 1/2" squares, cut twice diagonally






cutting for sashing and borders.....

sashing between blocks vertically cut - 2 & 1/2" wide
sashing between blocks horizontally cut - 4" wide
muslin border cut - 1 & 1/2" wide
pumpkin border cut - 4 & 1/2" wide

enjoy.....

three bowls full.....

Lucy showing not only how cute she is but also the primitive quilt made from the first bowl of cut strips.....







cutting for blocks......
center square - 1&1/2"
all strips used to border center square are cut 1&1/4" wide

all blocks use the same five fabrics - four dark to light
five light to dark
finished block size is 7"

enjoy....