Last Minute Gifts

Yesterday I was invited to lunch at my friend Sally's lovely home. (sorry no pictures) There were 2 other ladies there, Jennifer and Paige, and they are QUILTERS!  YEAH!! For so long it seemed like all of my friends had other interests so I was always off on my own quilting. We are planning to get topgether once a month. Maybe they will also join our quilt group.

 I'm always on the look for little gifts to make. Last night I found these and thought I'd pass them along.

From Julianne Matter.



Sew Many Ways has this cute winter banner.

Fabric clock



Tipnut is offering  tons of Gifts In A Jar

Preferably Prim has a few realy nice Christmas projects.

Also from Sew Many Ways is this really cute and easy to make A Santa Can

Darling coasters at Sew Many Ways

Finally, Swan Lake
Enjoy!

Linda

Houston Quilts

It was way to cold to go out and shop last night so I spent some time surfing around the internet. Haven't done this in awhile. I came across this great video of quilts from Houston Quilt Market.

Bonnie Mc Caffery has a wondeful video of quilts from Houston

                                      Bonnie's blog Life of a Traveling Quilt Teacher has some neat ideas.




Then came across this tutorial at G Magazine Online.  A great go green project.

                               If you have time take a look around, lots of helpful tips on going green in your
                               in your everyday life.
                                 

I have made a few Gingerbread houses but nothing like these. Amazing talent!

                          

I love reading murder mysteries and this looks like it could be fun. Quilting Is Murder is starting in January.
You can read all about it and sign up here



Off to do some shopping.

Linda

Finally caught up with all the cyberweek orders.  Thanks everyone for shopping. We offering a special to our blog followers this week. If you place an order with us and write 'tntblog' in the comment section you''ll get a 25% discount on your entire order.  Sandy doesn't know about this yet. It will be a surprise!

Now I'm ready to start the holiday baking. Do you have certain sweets that your family insists that you make each year?

I do.



chocolate chip for everyone. Hands down the favorite.



My oldest son's favroite, Pumpkin bread



Peanut Butter is another my oldest loves

 

Pizelles

                



            Then there is Pumpkin Cheesecake

 

Snowballs for my daughter

Butter cookies



and my favorite, Auntie Mary's. Cream cheese dough with chocolate and walnuts. Sooo Good!

There are others but these are the must haves.
 
I have also been thinking of making potholders. Something I've never made. Here is  a link to Bubbachic with a tutorial.
 
  A family tradition for years has been a trip to John Wannamakers(now Macy's) to watch their fabulous light show. On a whim, I went into you tube and look what I found. Brought back some beautiful memories....
 
 
 
 
  Linda