christmasvacationTRIVIA

Question 1- What is Clark Griswold's middle initial?

Welcome to the Christmas Vacation Trivia contest. Remember to post your answer using the comments section of the post. The answer to question 1 will be posted on Friday. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

"This is what Christmas is all about."

cresentcitybigeasyNAWLIN'S

Hey! We're here, safe and sound. Off to Commander's Palace for dinner. Start the vacation out right.

Richard booked us at the Chef's table in the kitchen. What service. Check out the menu below.

Crab, lamb, Paddlefish caviar, chocolate pie, ice cream and the list goes on and on. What fun to sit in the kitchen and watch the whole food prep process, not to mention the service. Each course served personally by four chefs and each dish explained by the chef that prepared it.

Chef Tory was making pies for Thanksgiving. Books are signed and turkeys are stuffed. We turkeys will not need to eat again any time soon. Of course Dick and Jenny's on tap for Wednesday with Richard's mom and dad. We are off to a good start.

3andahalfHOURS

Stack and Whack quilt 2. Lucy has lost her marbles and is doing another Stack and Whack for Alison. This quilt features a 6 piece design of coral reef.

As with all Stack and Whack quilts, you stack layers of fabric and pinpoint certain designs before cutting. Lucy needed 32 stacks of the first of three fabrics cut from the coral print. Three and a half hours to cut 32 stacks of triangles. Now only two fabrics to go.
Zelda popped in to help with the cutting process just in case we tried to add a 1/2 inch on to something. After 3 hours you start to loose your mind and rulers just don't read the same late in the day. Not to mention the print on the fabric turned downhill and we couldn't get a full 5 inch strip out of 12 inches of fabric. We even made up little songs about the triangles to Christmas music tunes. Desperate times call for desperate measures. No pun intended!
Fabric $100 New blades for the rotary cutter $25 Time spent with good friends, PRICELESS

letitsnowletitsnowLETITSNOW

Let it snow! Wow, it's only November and the first flakes are here. Didn't last long but it was nice. It is unusually cold here for November and we probably won't see any more flakes for a while so we will just enjoy them while they last. Sing on.......let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

donefinishedCOMPLEATED

Yeah! The Fanciful Kitties Stack and Whack quilt is complete.
Pinwheels, stop borders, miter cuts, and finally binding.

All done! Finishing the binding by hand with the blind stitch is time consuming but looks really nice. I think I got the hang of it.

The quilt is made with Laurel Burch Fanciful Kitties fabric. Check out the newest Laurel Burch Jungle prints at pmquilter.com or bighornfabrics.com. Her fabric is bright and fun. Will I ever make another Stack and Whack? Hummm...... maybe, but no time soon. I will say that making the Stack and Whack as a first quilt was a challenge, but now I think I can handle most any pattern out there.

lunchwiththequeenofQUILTING

Lunch with quilting queen Diana. Lunch with the quilting group is always a good time. A big THANKS to Diana for teaching us the basics of quilting. Diana you are a super teacher and our quilts are beautiful.

sewingwithCINDY

Sewing with Cindy, Has a nice ring to it. Maybe a tv deal in the making. Breakfast with the gang
Wednesday morning at Cracker Barrel. Cindy is showing us how to blind stitch our quilt bindings. Hard work! Zelda and Vicki are checking out Cindy's latest projects.


Christmas stockings for her Grandbaby and friend.
Santa and reindeer wall handing for the holiday season. Nothing is to complicated for Cindy.
A nice breakfast for all and we learned something new about quilting. Can't go wrong when you get together with friends.