I wish you all a wonderful Christmas!

Hi! We had a lot of snow those last days so we had to stay inside. That means quilting and baking! I used that time making cinnamon rolls, Christmas cookies... My kids loved that!
I loved quilting that pictural quilt, I learnt a lot! I also loved the 2 others using civil war fabrics! And the baby quilt is adorable, the pattern is from Australia.
This week has been hard for me as a mom, my son had to have a cast from shoulders to hips, I know it is to help him but... I hate to see him in pain...
I am feeling a bit better though as he is better today. Have a great week and stay warm!

Wonderful top I received from my quilting bee! They did a amazing job! I love it!

Christmas lights, wedding party and fun with Rebecca in Shipshewana, I had a great time!

 Hi, if you were wondering where I was, I went to Shipshewana to the Dear Jane retreat! How fun! The weather has been nice for November, and visiting friends was great! Here is some quilts I finished, the last one is a Hug quilt for a good friend, Caroline and we presented it to her in Shipshewana! She was thrilled!

Today I went to visit the Monet exhibit with Jocelyne , wonderful! And by the time we were done, the president of China has just arrived so we got to see the Republican guard on horses, very cool!And the last picture is a gift I received from my girl friend Sandrine, I just love it!

Nice and warm today, a great change! I planted some tulips for next spring and I baked a cinnamon apple cake today, it smelled good in the kitchen! I have finally been able to put together my wool applique blocks! I love them! I really like the quilting I did on that Amish revisited quilt!
Until next time... Val

The other day, as it was nice outside, we went for a walk...

Fall is now here, our yard was all white this morning...  I have been busy making some Maple leaves, very seasonal!
I went to the U-pick farm and bought some pumpkins, I then made pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins and pumpkin cheesecake, so good!!!

The other day I went with Randy and Katy to Brussels to meet with Caroline, we had fun! We had a delicious typical Belgian lunch: Mussels with French fries, Waterzooi, gratin d'endives... Then of course we had to have a waffel, with chocolate for me!

And here is what I quilted lately... Have a great week end!

For the first time, I quilted a Dear Jane! Wow, I was a bit scared but I did it and I love it!

The top has been entirely and beautifully hand pieced. She did a wonderful job! I took a picture of the top laying on the floor and then another one, same place but after it has been quilted to show that when a quilt top is nicely hand (or machine) pieced, the machine quilting does not distort in any way the quilt. If a top lays nice, flat and square on the floor, the quilt will be nice, flat and square! I have been asked that question, so I thought it would be better to give an example... And this one is not an easy piecing! Now it's a gorgeous quilt I think! I am excited to work on mine now, I am still on the piecing stage... Better keep sewing! It is really worth the result! Have a great week end!

I recently quilted this one, you can see better the quilting on the back!

Detailed pictures of the blocks, thank you to all the friends who made that project possible. Jennifer was thrilled!