Poor George!

My vintage Christmas obsession

I have a slight obsession with ALL things vintage Christmas.  I started collecting about 10 years ago and look forward to decorating every year.  My house is very small so I had to be very choosy about what I put out this year, here are a few pictures.

 Putz Village

 Aluminum tree with vintage glass ornaments

 Another shot

 Vintage stocking and tree and Santa and his reindeer

 Vintage mica lamp post, vintage Santa candy container, vintage Gurly candle, vintage tray

 Vintage bottle brush tree, snowmen and angels, vintage Holt Howard candle holder, vintage mini ornaments

 More vintage Holt Howard, more vintage mini ornaments, vintage tree skirt

 Vintage foil bells

 Vintage candle holders

 more vintage ceramics

Holt Howard candle holders

 Another shot of the tree

 Vintage elf and reindeer

 Vintage Santa mugs, etc

Outside with vintage cellophane wreaths in the windows

WIP Wednesday:Take 4 placemats

Super cute result, probably the most poorly written pattern of all time!

WIP Wednesday: Quilt top finish!

Just finished the "Quilt Blocks" granny square quilt top...onto basting and quilting and binding!

WIP Wednesday: Quilt Blocks granny squares

I started this quilt quite a few months ago and just brought the blocks out of hibernation a few days ago.  I cut the sashing fabric and just need to get it assembled and basted and maybe even quilted today...we'll see. I LOVE this fabric!  It's "Quilt Blocks" by Ellen Luckett Baker.

On another note, George, my sweet kitty, has a Halloween costume. It's a cute little Jack O Lantern cat hat and a little green collar.  I tried for quite awhile to take his picture yesterday and this is what I got...

Obviously not thrilled!  Happy Halloween!

WIP Wednesday...

I'm not sure if this is cheating or not, but I have two finishes this week(so they're not technically a WIP).  I finished the Lilly Belle chevron/zigzag and gave it to my Mom on Saturday for her birthday.  I also made a mini Halloween Chevron.  I did not start any new projects as I have a class for work tomorrow and have been attempting to study for it (the weather's been perfect so it's been difficulty).  Please see the two blog posts below for pictures of my finishes.

http://emergencyquilting.blogspot.com/2012/10/tiny-halloween-quilt.html

http://emergencyquilting.blogspot.com/2012/10/finished-lilly-belle.html

Tiny Halloween quilt