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I made another Quilt

I decided on Monday to make a quilt for a Christmas present.  it is the first time I quilted a quilt on my sewing machine using the patterns in the machine.  It turned out beautiful.   Check it out>>>>>

I am so amazed what my sewing machine will do.  Quilting is my second crafting love right behind stamping.  I finished it on Friday night just in time to give for a Christms gift.  I can't wait to begin another one.  This one was pretty easy.  But for now, back to preparing for my January card clubs and my scrapbook clubs. 

I hope each of you have a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous new year.  Blessings, and thanks for visiting my site.  Martha

More Pics before the Party

We had lots of snacks.....
Here is Liz before the party.  she was getting ready for the make and takes.  We set the Big shot up in the living room near the kitchen table where all the stamping was to take place.  It worked out well. This is our make and take cards.  They are cased as usual.  The girls learned some new techniques.

Here is my wonderful stamp room.  It was all neat and clean and I had 30 stations for stamping.  Liz brought over a extra table because I can only seat about 25 with the tables I have.  You should have seen it after the party........ little punched dots, red line from the tape, scraps of paper everywhere.  My vacuum ate them all up in a flash.  It was the best time.  I hope you will come next year.  Merry Christmas   Martha

Pics from my Christmas Party

Saturday was Stamp Day and my Christmas party.  I had 28 stampers in attendance.  I gave away 8 door prizes and everyone got a handmade darling scissors holder made with our Stampin' Up! fabric, ribbon and buttons. Liz helped everyone make 2 cards using new product.  We all had a great time. I think it was the best Christmas party ever.

For lunch we had Cheesy broccoli vegetable soup and ham/cheese sandwiches.  There were lots of snacks and sweet things to eat.  No one went hungry.  Here are some pictures before the party:

Here are the door prizes and the scissor holders I made as a gift for all attendees.

Table decoration.  Liz handstamped tissue paper for the door prizes and we had some left over.  I put it in a vase and it looked really nice on the table.

This is before the party when we were putting the food out. I put the food on the kitchen counter because we needed the kitchen table for cardmaking and the dining room table for eating.   Everyone ate when they were hungry. I failed to take pictures during the party - I was so busy helping and feeding everyone. You can also see the entrance to the girl cave/Stamp Room.  My husband got me that sign for my birthday last year. 

Here are some of my friends stamping their cards.  They are (left)  Marianne, Suzanne, Ivory, Sylvia, Barbara and Raynette.   They are smiling so they must be having fun.

Second shift of stampers are very busy at work.  They are Debbie, Diane, Christine, Teresa, June and Tammy (we only got the back of her head).  These are serious stampers.

Bess, Tammy and Melody came from Richmond, VA to the party.  Here is Bess getting ready to make the tea light snowmen.

Here is Melody.  She stamped lots of cards and was lots of fun at the party.  Melody and I worked at Central Fidelity Bank together in Richmond.  She has been stamping with me for many years.  She even goes to Convention with us sometimes.  She is not a demo, so she can't attend convention but she does lots of sightseeing while there.

Susan is very serious about her stamping. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  I hope you have a very blessed and merry Christmas.  Martha