Fabulous Fractures, New Stuff and MY FAVORITE day of the year.........

First of all it's Barb's Birthday tomorrow (she will be 39 again!) and Karen and Riali brought her a lovely cake on Saturday when they came for their class. Ok well that was after lunch we took the picture........
Elaine was in to teach Fabulous Fractures on Saturday and they really are FABULOUS!

This one is from one of the Asian prints in the store.........kinda looks like Africa....

Now turn it the other way and we have Australia..........

This one is a beautiful floral fabric and I believe two of the students were using the same fabrics......

An order came in from my supplier on Friday - no sooner had I priced these books then they were gone......FibreArt Montage by Judith Baker Montana came in - 6 of them and Elaine is holding up the last one Saturday afternoon which left the store shortly afterwards.....luckily I have 6 more on order which should be in this week.....The book is amazing!

The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt came in too and I believe there is one copy left in the store....guess I will be ordering more of those tonight as well! It's written by Laurie Aaron Hird and it is an amazing quilt (I have the book and shhhhhhh - I will be collecting fabrics for this amazing quilt shortly.....I want to hand piece it! Because I have so much "extra" time on my hands!)

I'm sure you all remember our Buck A Block this year (there were other names given to it for obvious reasons due to the difficulty some of you had with the outside borders!) Well Effie has hers practically done and it looks spectacular! You can't beat the cost of this quilt! We've still got finishing kits at the front counter if anyone needs one.......

Now I get to MY FAVORITE DAY of the YEAR! It's POT LUCK Monday! I don't have to agonize what to make for the Monday Sit & Sew because the girls all make something and bring it in and exchange Secret Santa gifts........It's wonderful!

The lunch preparations didn't stop the girls from working though! Here's Gail pinning a quilt that she had wanted to quilt herself - but I just got the scoop and she's on her way over to Sandy's to get it quilted......(Sandy being Sandy Lindal of Scrappy Gal Quilts....a fabulous long-arm quilter right here in the city!)

Here's Stephanie auditioning fabrics for a quilt she is piecing by hand.......

...and Gillian is doing something with pajama bottoms - making them bigger I think! (We don't sell Maple Leaf fabric!)

...and HERE is the DIE HARD quilter, Elaine, hand completely bandaged from a Flaming Christmas Pudding accident making a backing for her fabulous baby quilt!

And now for the good stuff......Kathy and LeeAnn busy preparing in the kitchen......

....for a varitable feast.......so many wonderful dishes.......and that was just the beginning.......

Then came the dessert table.......

Thank you ladies, it was a wonderful lunch, and as you can see everyone enjoyed it....... (I'm stuffed to the gills!) and as usual you have outdone yourselves! The gifts were also wonderful and thoughtful! We had a really great time!

...and then I found this lovely gift (don't know who the women are in the picture) which will make a wonderful frame for a picture of my godson's son.....This will be Shai's frame....I don't know who the Secret Santa (Chanukah Harry) was but I thank you so much and I am wearing the necklace!!!!!

Tomorrow I will show you all why I haven't been keeping up with the blog......a look at the "dark side".........Oh yes, and I forgot, Elaine has issued a challenge!

The Marti Michell Block of the Month kits have arrived (I showed you the fabrics last week in the blog) and she is doing the "dark" version while I am doing the "light" version - it seems there is a race on to see who will finish first! Of course I assume that only means the top because SHE will probably be quilting both quilts......so - bring it on Elaine!

Happy Quilting!

Jo-Ann