Ringing in 2012!

 I started 2012 by getting back to some projects I had to put aside in the Christmas rush.

I've been having a ball making more Hope Valley string blocks yesterday and today.  I'm loving this quilt!

  I also started quilting Countdown to Christmas.  I'll be all ready for next year!

I'm using my snowflake [edited - I was wrong about the type of boards I was using] Quilt-EZ  Handi-Quilter sew boards.  Idiot-proof quilting at its finest - LOL!

Next up is going to have to be a wedding quilt (one of at least two I have to make this year).  I just found out (thank goodness for Facebook) that the first wedding we have to go to is in March.  Yikes!  I really want to get Hope Valley pieced first though.

I also wanted to show some fabric goodness Santa brought!  My husband went on a charm pack hunt on eBay for Christmas.  He thought, bless him, that he was getting such great deals with the "42-piece sets" of fabric he was buying.  He was SO disappointed when he started getting these little charm packs in the mail.   I couldn't stop laughing when he was telling me on Christmas morning as I was opening them.  He knew the names Amy Butler and Moda, so told me he chose some of those (and I was still laughing), but he did good...

He also got a 4-charm-pack of Thimbleberries that he loved (guess who will be getting a quilt from them!)  I told him these charm packs are perfect to use with the new Another Bite of Schnibbles book Santa also  brought me.   Ho Ho Ho!