Rudolph Meets The Grinch

I finished the Grinch quilt so that meant a photo trip for hubby and me. Fun!

The Rudolph quilt also came along to hopefully get a better photo of it.

We ended up in Snow Canyon and Upper Galoot for quilt and Christmas photos.

Yes, I'm late getting our Christmas cards mailed. Very, very, very late!

Dang that camera timer! I couldn't seem to run fast enough before it started taking photos.

The Grinch and Max

I didn't hand embroider the face. I used one of the special stitches on my machine to make the lines.
Much easier on my hands!

Poor Max! That Grinch may just drop the ornament on him!

A little better photo of Rudolph and his buddies.
White background fabric is tough to photograph.

This roadrunner entertained us for a few minutes. He was bobbing his tail up and down,
fluffing up, and keeping a watchful eye on us. I think he was posing for the camera!

My sister's emergency preparedness book, Prepare Your Family For Survival,
 has finally been published. Woohoo! It's a great book to have on hand or to give as a gift.

I'm all done Christmas shopping. How about you?

All Of The Other Reindeer And Rudolph

I finally finished the reindeer quilt using that adorable little guy created by Lorna at 

Sew Fresh Quilts. The reindeer were pretty easy, but for some reason I totally messed up the borders 

(one was wavy...ugh!) and I had to do a lot of ripping. Then I accidently cut one of the borders in a 

wrong place and had to do some rearranging. What the heck was going on with this quilt!

I was beginning to think Santa had it out for me and I was on the Naughty List or something.

Then it was cloudy, rainy, and dark outside...indoor photo time!

The quilt measures about 45" x 47" and has machine embroidery lettering.

Plus...

Rudolph definitely has a shiny nose.

I used a little of Therm O Web's red Deco Foil to make that happen.

I even washed it and his nose is still shining! Love it!

Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer Block

It's Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer...in a block!

For the first time ever, I bought the Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazine.

It was so fun to see some of my favorite blogger's blocks in there!

One of them was Lorna from Sew Fresh Quilts with her reindeer block...too cute!

I finished Rudolph, but there are still eight more reindeer blocks to go...

"You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen; Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen."

With Thanksgiving coming, I think I'll wait to finish the rest until the turkey and stuffing are eaten.

Speaking of Thanksgiving...

Carla at Creatin' in the Sticks made this cute pot holder using one block from my row pattern.

She said I could share her photo here. Thanks, Carla!

This would look great on the Thanksgiving table. So sweet!

Oh, and I've been busy doing a little baking.