Shawnee's Secret Santa Swap Questionnaire

1. What are your hobbies? - knitting, crocheting, quilting
   
2. What are your favorite colors? red black. I dislike green
   
3. Do you collect anything? owls, anything Pooh
   
4. Are you allergic to any fibers or animals? no
   
5. Do you have any pets? No bit have two granddogs :-)
   
6. Coffee, Tea, or Chocolate? coffee and chocolate
   
7. What do you like to read? romance
   
8. Do you prefer Cookies or Candies as a sweet? love both
   
9. What is your favorite holiday treat? gingerbread
   
10. Describe your favorite holiday tradition. spending time with family
    
11. Did you believe in Santa as a child? sure
    
12. When do you open presents? Christmas morning
    
13. Do you put up a tree and when? If not, how do you celebrate? After Thanksgiving
    
14. Does your tree have a theme? No
    
15. What has been your favorite gift to give? to receive? Hmm, don't know
    

Fall Table Runner Swap

Another successful swap has been completed for me over at the Flirty Apron Swap. This time instead of swapping aprons we swapped table runners.

This is the package I sent to Sarah C.

And here is what I received from the wonderful Susan K:

I love my owl runner. Susan included this owl fabric and I plan to make an easy striped table runner out of it. Thank you Susan!

Retreat Projects

Here are pictures of the projects I worked on at the quilt retreat. Majority of the items will be Christmas gifts. To see projects by my friends, read this post over at the Jersey Girl Quilters Blog:

This bag of Dye It Treats (above) turned into this quilt top (below)

Annual Quilting Retreat in the Poconos

A couple of my quilting pals and I recently spent a week in the Pocono Mountains sewing, quilting and relaxing. This was our third year doing this and it gets better each time. This years adventure was at Ski Side Resort in Tannersville, PA. It is really gorgeous up there this time of year. Here are some pictures of the surroundings:




This is a view of the living room from the loft. We pushed all the furniture against the walls to set up our sewing tables.

A view from the loft of our sewing set up.

Wrap Me Up Shawls

I took a class during the springat Woolbearers, my LYS for this shawl, the Wrap Me Up pattern by Chris de Longpre of Knitting at Knoon. I have been wanting to do this shawl for a long time now. And since this shawl required a lot of knitting I decided to do two at a time, one for me and one for my mom.

The Yarn for the first shawl is Noro Kuryeon, colorway172 and Cascade 220, colorway. The yarn for the second shawl is Plymouth Boku, colorway 3 and Cascade 220, colorway 2240. I used size 8 circular needles for both shawls.

I started the project on May 12 and finished August 5. A lot of knitting but an enjoyable pattern.

I'm Ready for Fall

I made an assemble of bags for fall: handbag, tote bag, lunch tote, iPad case, eyeglass case, wallet and purse. Fabric bought at Olde City Quilts:

Tote: no pattern, just winged it.
Purse: Atkinson Designs Cash N Carry Pattern
Wallet: Scrap Bags Easy Zip Wallet

Pleated Tote Pattern by Jen Giddens.

WestKnits Mystery KAL

I participated in the WestKnits Mystery Shawl KAL over at Ravelry. Name of the pattern: Earth & Sky, by designer Stephen West. Yarn used: Punta Yarns Feather Spaced Dyed purchased from Woolbearers. Used size 4 needles.