Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving, if you celebrate that holiday. We had a simple and quiet one, which suited me just fine. My new son in law came over with Sara and grilled a turkey on the rotisserie of the barbecue.
We had a small, just under 12 pound, turkey, which we brined ahead of time. It was delicious! The weather was so nice on Thursday, so we were able to sit outside while the turkey grilled and visit with each other.
The little quilt at the top of my post is one I made during Thanksgiving week. I decided I needed a small Christmassy quilt to use at the end of my kitchen counter, where I like to stage little vignettes. The pattern is an old one I bought at retreat when I took a class from Stacy of Buttermilk Basin. The pattern is just called "December", and is a Grandmother's Album block. That is what I call it anyway. A variation of that block perhaps.
I used some Christmassy Kim Diehl fabrics. I sure have been on a Kim Diehl kick lately. The squares are one inch finished! The finished quilt is only about 18 inches square, which is a good size for the area where I need to use it.
These are the squares laid out on the cutting mat. I swear I was afraid to sneeze for fear of mixing up that layout. I managed to reverse two blocks anyway, and had fun picking out the stitches and fixing that little boo boo. I posted a before picture on Instagram and my son Ahren in Ireland commented that for him, that center white square just wasn't working. So I took his advice and switched it up for a fussy cut gold square, and what do you know, it looked better I think. He has an artist's eye for these things.
My husband hasn't started his new job yet, so we have been working on decorating the house for Christmas inside and out for the past few days. I will post some pictures later this week. I think things are looking really nice! Hope to get the little quilt above quilted so I can show you what I do with it as well.
December, I am ready for you!
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I’m delighted you and your family had a lovely Thanksgiving together! Congratsulations to Sara and her new hubby, too. 🙂
Well done on this sweet wee December quilt. How marvelous that you can get Ahren’s advice from afar!
I finished the queen size AA quilt top yesterday and will have left cataract surgery today. Do pray!
Hugs!
You are way ahead on Christmas. Good for you and hopefully you will be able to enjoy the season even more. Your little quilt is very sweet. Looking forward to seeing your Christmas decor.
Mary
Ahren was right, I like the gold center better. It is going to be an adorable little quilt. I am no where near being ready for December… ugh!
I agree with Ahren and the gold centre. Where did you start with assembling those squares and where did you start?? Have a great day, Nicole!!
Where did you start and how did you continue? Sorry about that.
The turkey on the grill looks so juicy & delicious! I agree with Ahren about the center white square. The final gold one looks more ‘natural’ in its place. Ready or not, December is right around the corner!
Great small quilt ready for the December decorating!!
Congratulations to Sara and her new hubby!!
I love your little table topper and didn’t even realize that the center is different now. But Ahren is right it looks better with the golden square.
Congrats to Sara and her new hubby!
That turkey looks delicious. Your son was right, the gold center looks better than the white.
love it…so beautiful. Ahren does have a good eye. The gold center is perfect. Enjoy the lovely weather! ;p
Good eye, Ahren, it does look better! Glad you are getting ready for the holidays. I can’t wait to see your decorating, it may be a good motivator for me!
Gold center was the way to go! Lovely!
You know, my kids are my best critics, too. hmmm… I hope we get to see the end of your counter where these vignettes are located – I’d love to see it in its space. Nice finish!
What a lovely way to spend Thanksgiving. With all those tiny squares laid out, I think I would have probably knock them out of place. I agree, the gold center was a better choice.