true words.....

                                       " my soul is fed by needle & thread "

found this simply stitched in a primitive frame on a blog by snippets of a quilter....my feelings too
enjoy, cheri

Home for the Holidays

Counting down the days till Christmas, tomorrow is another blog hop day Ja Patek I believe.....are you excited I am!
In the holiday spirit playing Christmas music & decorating all day long!!!

A content cat

My next life will be a cat.....

Anniversary Surprise

yesterday was mine & Greg's 10th anniversary....he is so sweet & incredibly fun, he gave me a card in the morning with a bag of my favorite mint M&M's...then as the day continued each grandchild or adult would had me a card with bags of more mint M&M's ended up with 14 bags, why that number I don't know but it was fun and sweet plus all those romantic, sweet, funny, emotional...cards, plus I received new CD's to listen too, which what I do while sewing room, Three Dog Night, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton.....how lucky am I to have found him!!!!

New Tree Topper

Broke my tree topper that I've forever a couple years ago, looking but haven't found the right one till today at Home Goods love it fits right in with our vintage, primitive look.....this isn't our tree, just for the picture....

New Thanksgiving Traditions......

this was a different Thanksgiving Day for all of us in the Payne, Saffiote, Moore, Gaudet families....we usually spend the day with all the family but this year it was brought up because their are so many of us, mostly from me & my kids & their kids, anyway we split the families of my mom and her sister, my aunt Sydney which was to begin with strange.... so Greg & I hosted which was my idea as his parents have both passed on this year and he always made their Thankgiving dinner, we delivered it spent some time there visiting then went on to my family's gathering....they were of course always invited but because of age and ailments didn't feel comfortable going with our very large group, so that was our way of being with both....and so I felt having the gathering at our house would keep him busy & cooking, which he loves to do..... everyone got to choose what to bring and since our normal was not anymore they choose different dishes, which was fun & my mom was excited because she didn't have to bake all the pies, got to take it easy.....still a very large group but my sister Barri Sue Gaudet from Bareroots, yes that's my sister incredible I know....she got a bruised ear drum last minute and couldn't drive down another difference never have had a Thanksgiving without her till now, sad but we kept going.....the feast was delicious and the family gathering was entertaining and a good time was had by all.....then as the day wore on into the evening Greg started the player piano going we don't use it much, mostly because it's always covered with photos and such but I had cleared all off for more room in the house and so he got to play it, so much fun we were all singing & dancing around the house.... a new Thanksgiving tradition was born!
a fitting glorious end to the day.....
hope that all of you enjoyed your Thanksgiving as much as we did..... 
then with my aunt & cousins we women of our families met for an after Thanksgiving breakfast followed by shopping at Home Goods, another new tradition.....change can be good
dishes are finally done, Greg & I unloaded the shed with all the Christmas decorations, so that is done, got a little stitching ready to go for tonight, warm & cozy by the fire....

make sure you check out Lynda's primitive santa pillow, the newest Home for the Holidays share....
                                      enjoy, cheri

Happy Thanksgiving

So once in every we throng upon a day apart,
To praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.....
Aurthur Guiterman

Home for the Holidays...

Getting ready to post a note to remind everyone to check out Lisa Bongean's blog for her sharing of holiday goods & I realized I just purchased her new book Nine Patch Gatherings last week....inside she has a method for making positive & negative 9~patches, different than my normal, thought I'd give it a try.....pretty easy & fast....posted is a photo of how mine are coming along....to be used in little quilt gifts....so remember to visit her blog for the Home for the Holidays & give her book a look see......  enjoy cheri

Sewing day....

Totally got so busy cutting & cutting forgot to mention today is a Home for the Holidays day....Plum Cute Designs with a Christmas Candy Cane stitching design, very cute I would say....I find each day too short for all the quilts I want to make.....cheri
This is one that I started today, of course will still receive the applique touch when blocks get sewn together.....

Dresden Turkey

The dresden turkey block is from the Missouri Star Quilt Co. They have a how to video on YouTube....check it out I did, fun.....