Only a couple of days to go and I would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas. I hope that your days are filled with happiness and fun (and chocolate maybe...!)
I was lucky to receive a couple of presents today (from myself of course!!!)
I do like collecting the Blackbird Designs books....I have started one quilt over a year ago (actually nearly 2 years...!!!) so don't like my chances of making anymore but they are gorgeous to look at!!!
I also received the latest issue of Country Threads....there is a project of mine in there......maybe a quick holiday project!!
I am also working on another project for Country Threads.....due in two weeks....and I am going to handquilt it.....should be possible....I hope!!!
Thanks to everyone who has popped by to read my blog, see you (well sort of!!!) next year.
Have a great holiday and stay safe!!!
Cheers
Gail
Hi Gail
We must like the same things - I just bought those exact same books for myself for Christmas! Aren't they lovely?
Have a very merry Christmas and I hope 2009 exceeds your expectations.
Regards
Lyn Briggs
Posted by: lyn briggs | December 23, 2008 at 05:05 PM
Hi Gail,
Wishing you a Merry Christmas with lots of time free to stitch to your hearts content. Hopefully that's what I'll eventually get to do. Hope to catch up again with you next year, who knows it may be at another retreat, if not the shop.
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Posted by: Leanne | December 23, 2008 at 05:11 PM
Happy Christmas to you & your family. Thanks for all the wonderful creations you share with us all.
Blessings
Janelle :)
Posted by: Janellybelly | December 23, 2008 at 05:22 PM
Merry Christmas to you too! Hope you have a safe and happy Christmas and a wonderful new year with lots of stitching and creating!.......I am an avid collector of Blackbird Designs books....some of their quilts are on the list for my retirement...boy I am going to be busy! LOL
Posted by: Lorraine | December 23, 2008 at 05:57 PM
Hey Gail! Hmmm ... I keep seeing that So Pretty Homestyle book and I think I'll have to track a copy down for myself! Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos and sneaky peeks with us throughout the year. I've only been blogging since February this year, but would really miss it now! Have a fantastic, happy and safe Christmas and may the New Year be full of lots of exciting new adventures for you! Bear Hugs! KRIS
Posted by: Kris Meares (Tag Along Teddies) | December 23, 2008 at 06:46 PM
Hi Gail, have a lovely christmas. Hopefully we will catch up next year if not 2010 which sound like so long away but I am sure I will blink and it will be here again.
all the best
Amanda
Posted by: Amanda | December 23, 2008 at 07:20 PM
Hi Gail,
Merry Christmas to you and your family hope you have a nice day.
Hope to catch up sometime next year.
Cheers Sue
Posted by: Sue | December 23, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Your blog and all works that you show us love it for me. It is the first time that I enter to see it, and I have liked it a lot. I will go from time to time to visiting you. Good Christmas! Kisses
Anna
Posted by: anna | December 24, 2008 at 12:53 AM
Hi Gail,
Christmas is always a great excuse to buy a lovely book or a stack of fabric! I hope that your family have a great Christmas.
Linda :)
Posted by: Linda | December 24, 2008 at 08:49 AM
A happy Merry Christmas to you!
Posted by: Noémia | December 25, 2008 at 04:05 AM
Hope you and your family had a lovely Christmas Gail. Looking forward to catching up in the new year.
Posted by: Lynda B | December 27, 2008 at 06:05 PM
Hope you enjoy the Holidays Gail!
Cannot wait to see what your up to for the next year:o)
Thanks again for the nice surprise earlier this year. I finished the pincussion today, and I just love it! It's the sweetest one I've seen:o)
And of course, I had to post it on my blog:o)
Hugs,
Laila in Norway
Posted by: Laila Skauge | December 28, 2008 at 08:40 AM
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas the Tilda book is great lots of fun things to make in it.
Posted by: Leanne | December 28, 2008 at 10:05 AM
The ' when the cold wind blows' book looks wonderful.
Posted by: amy (sew~amy) | December 29, 2008 at 02:33 AM
Hi, Gail...congrats on having your pattern published, awesome. I love that publication and when I happen to run across it here in the US, I buy it. Not all the bookstores have it, and the price on amazon.com is prohibitive.
Merry Christmas, a few days late.
Posted by: Connie W | December 29, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Hello there Gail,
I hope you and your family had a great Christmas. I wish you a Happy New Year full of peace, love and cheer and may all that you wish for come to be.
Thanks for keeping us posted with what is happening in your life and work - through your blog. I do enjoy reading it.
I had to post you a note today - I too love Blackbird Designs I have been collecting their books for the last 10 years or so - could be a bit longer. Like you I too like looking at them - must get the new one "As the Cold Wind Blows".
Enjoy your holidays with your family.
With all my best wishes and may your new year be blessed.
Poppy
Posted by: Poppy | January 02, 2009 at 01:02 PM