A Cat and a Creeper

In our home I can not tell if it is the toys (creepers in this case) or the Cat's keep the attention of the kids more then the other.  Jared who received this pillow for Christmas is a fan of Creeper's for those that dont know what a Creeper is it is a monster from a game called Mine Craft it is one my son likes a lot.  He even Dressed up as one for Halloween and mom made him a costume of it.

Here he is just after he opened his present Christmas Morning.  

Here is a closeup of it on the couch.  This pillow was not washed yet (mom was afraid he would see it before Christmas) it will get a washing soon enough as Jared seems to get things dirty fast like most boys do.

Tanya for Christmas made many of the neices and nephews pillows for Christmas as the weeks go on I will try to make sure each of them get a posting.

Perry Rag Quilt

Tanya found some cute Perry material while visiting the LQS and she just had to make her self a Perry Rag Quilt.  Me I am not so much a fan of Perry but my kids do love it and it looks like Tanya is kind of Pro Perry also.

She used some cute Turquoise and Gray Minkey along with the Perry Material (which is cotton)

I really do enjoy the gray and turquoise though as they blend together well.

Quilt in Progress Update

Over the last month or so I have been working on this large Twin Size quilt for my son James.  It is from a pattern called Winter Windows Quit in the book Quilting Modern by Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen.  I love this book and am inspired by the neat modern designs in it.  I have been going to the Modern Quilt Guild for over a year and half now and this is the most modern attempt to date to be a modern quilter.

As you can tell this quilt is not finished yet.  I have now completed quilting about 2/3 of it so it wont be long tell its done.  After all it was my son's Christmas present so yes I need to finish it sooner than later.

And of course who cant resist seeing a cute kid in her brand new snow boots.

Link A Finish Friday #98

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I have ran way behind this last month and Just now Getting around to the giveaway for November (yes almost done with December tell me about it.)  The winner was Terry at Quilt Crazie which was from LAFF #93 quilt number 7.  She will be contacted to get email for her gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop

Baltimore Christmas - Selep Imaging

Scrappy Christmas QA Finish - Kathy's Quilting Blog

Sunshine - Ties That Bind Quilting

Modern Quilted Christmas Runner - Sew Fresh Quilts

Peg's Garden - Meadow Mist Designs

These are some of the fantastic things finished last week.  Please link up what you have been working on.

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1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.

2) Add a link to your finish blog or where ever you show off your finishes (Not limited to quilts but I like them the most).
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

Not required but fun to do

1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.

Christmas with the Healey's

I am rarely off topic of the blog (quilting) but since it is Christmas Time I will take the liberty of sharing something of me and my family.  We have a couple Traditions that we do as a family.  The first and the funnest is that for the 12 days proceeding Christmas (up to the 24th) We pick 3 family's in our local area and do the 12 days for them.  For us that means giving a secret gift delivered each night to the 3 family's  This year we ended our 12 days giving away Table Runners that I will show off another day.  The other holiday tradition that we do is visit Temple Square here in Salt Lake City, UT  I and my family are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints.  Often referred too as the Mormon's.  The pictures below is of the Salt Lake Temple which is only a few blocks from my house at the center of Salt Lake City.

I hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas and have a happy new year.