Happy Holidays!

From our house ...

to yours.

Joy

Look what just landed on my doorstep.

Santa came early and brought me one of my favorite gifts of all,

FABRIC!

Our new fabric line is called Vintage Modern.

I can't wait to start cutting and stitching.

It wouldn't be Christmas without an overdose of sewing going on around here.

As I mentioned in my last post, JOY is my favorite Christmas word this year.  We will have all of our children and grandchildren home for Christmas Eve this year. 

We haven't all been together for Christmas for 8 years. 

That will be pure joy! Crazy with all 23 of us, but the joyful kind of crazy.

It was so heartwarming to read your favorite Christmas words, expressions of love and gratitude you have for the Savior and for your family and friends.  Thank you for sharing your thoughts, it really got me into the Christmas spirit. 

I wish I could send each of you your very own Christmas gift, but unfortunately I have to pick one winner for the Spring Fling Bed Runner kit.

The winner is:

thedodds:  "My word is LOVE: hoping everyone feels loved this Christmas. 

And a very happy Christmas to you and your loved ones, Bonnie x".

Congratulations, e-mail me your address and I will send your kit right out.

I hope you all enjoyed the Moda Blog Hop and got lots of fun quilting ideas and yummy recipes  to make for the Holiday Festivities.

Merry Christmas.

 May this be a season of JOY for all of you,

Bonnie

Welcome Moda Blog Hoppers!

Today is my day to share my quilt block and recipe for the Moda Blog Hop, but before I do, I want to show you a picture of my new Bed Runner that is appearing in Quilt Magazine this month! 

I wasn't going to blog about it until next week, because the magazine won't be available until then, but I got permission to give you a sneek peek.  (This is only part of the article)  They did a fabulous job on the feature and I just couldn't resist sharing.  

The Bed Runner is called Spring Fling and is made with RUBY charm squares.

I rarely do kits, but we do have the kit for Spring Fling available now on our web site.  We have also just added Ruby Charm Squares!



Now down to business, this Moda Blog Hop is our way of saying "Thank you" to all of you and to give each of you a gift from each of us. 

Just let me say, from the bottom of my heart, I so APPRECIATE the wonderful words of encouragement and kindness you give.  They really mean a lot!


My block is called Raspberry Jelly and is very simple.  You can download the instructions and the recipe here.  It would be quick and easy to stitch a few blocks together to make a hand made gift for someone you love this Christmas. 

 My recipe is one of my favorite cakes.  It is called Very Fat Fudge Cake and is worth every calorie, besides we don't count calories at our house in December.  It's just not allowed.

I love it with pecans, but if you would rather, you can sprinkle it with mini choclate chips, coconut or toffee bits.  They are ALL good!

And last of all, one more gift for a lucky winner.

A kit for the Spring Fling Bed Runner!

Leave a comment telling me what your favorite Christmas word is this year. 

Mine is Joy.

I will announce the winner on December 13th.

Don't forget to hop on over and visit these lovely ladies today...

                   French General        Oliver + S        Sweetwater        Ellen Luckett Baker

I hope each of you enjoy this special time of year with family and friends and take a minute to celebrate the real reason for the season.

Find Joy in your lives,

 Bonnie

Cyber Sale!

Even though you are laying on the couch in a semi-coma, digesting all that turkey and pie leftovers, trying to catch up on the sleep you missed on Black Friday, it's time to celebrate Cyber Monday!  Don't worry about getting dressed, you can shop in your Pajamas! 

Hop on over to our website for 40% off PATTERNS with code CYBERSALE!  Perfect gift for all your quilting friends!  Also available are RUBY charm packs.  

You can never have enough RUBY!

Happy Shopping,

Bonnie

Thankful

I have a plate hanging on my kitchen that says " We are Blessed beyond measure".  As I think about how blessed I am, there are many things on my list, but somewhere near the very top are my precious grand children. 

Last Sunday we were blessed again with a new grand daughter, Lyla.  She is so small and so sweet.  As my family will tell you, newborn babies are my very favorite!  We are so grateful to have this new little one in our family.  She is our 11th grandchild, born in the 11th month of 2011.  She is so much fun to snuggle!

Britton, our oldest grandchild, turns 10 this December. Wow, time sure flies!

Then comes Bailey

and then Aiden,

Canon,

Sydney,

Kai,

Anni,

Livvy,

Cal,

Nicholas,

and now

Lyla!

Her very talented Mom made her this beautiful quilt!

Being a Grandma is the best!

We found out a few weeks ago that we are having our 12th grandchild, a boy, in March of 2012.

So, as you can see, WE are BLESSED beyond measure!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all,
Bonnie

PS - Family photos by Camille, thanks Camille!

It's Ruby Tuesday!

Spread the word... It's RUBY Tuesday!

Hop on over to the Create blog and check out the fun celebration on the arrival of RUBY fabric. 
You won't want to miss it!

I have been stitching up a little RUBY myself and I have to say, it is definitely my favorite fabric line so far. (sneak peek of our new line VM coming soon!)

Have you checked your mail for your new Quilt Festival magazine?

I just got mine and was happy to find my new Bed Runner...

What have you been making out of Ruby?  If you haven't started a project yet, you will want to check out the amazing deal on Ruby Fat Quarters over at Create.
Hurry quick before it's gone!
Bonnie

Check this out

Ruby and her friend Betty

Hop on over to the Jolly Jabber.  They are having a great give a way for a RUBY Designer Select Fat Quarter bundle!
Ruby is in stores now.  Don't forget we have new patterns using our RUBY fabric on our web site. 

They are all available as a PDF dowloadable pattern as well.
Have a great day,
Bonnie