I Got A Diamond In My Christmas Sock

On Christmas morning, I found a diamond in my Christmas stocking.  It was a Creative Grids 60-degree diamond ruler, of course.  So, the next day I used my new ruler to make a wall-hanging for my deserving husband.  Today, I got the casing, hand-sewn onto the back, and the yard stick cut and holes drilled to hang it with.  He is going to hang it in his office.  I took a photo of it hanging in my quilt room.

I quilted it using my walking foot and used red thread.

Back on December 22, I made a casserole cozi for a co-worker.  I was surprised at how quick it was to make.  I left the corners sticking out, so as to have handles, to grab it by, when removing from the microwave with a reheated dish inside.  It is just a mini-quilt with the corners sewn up!  It fits an 8" X 8" casserole dish.  Use for reheating in the microwave, or to protect your table top, when your casserole comes out of the oven.

Pot Holders for All Seasons, by Chris Malone, is the book I found the instructions in.

Bandana Quilt Photographed in Front of Building One

It was a sunny morning, December 3, when I took my quilt over to Building 1, at the Boise VA Medical Center.  My helpers are Erik and George. Building 1 is the oldest building on the VA campus so it was the first one built at Ft Boise, circa 1864.  I know this quilt top, less the border, is a lot younger than that.  This quilt top could have been hand-pieced in the 1960's or earlier.