I WANT TO FLY WHERE THE REINDEER FLY!

                                        

                                                I want to fly where the Reindeer Fly.
                                                Over mountains, hills, valleys, and skies.

                                                I want to see what the Reindeer See.
                                                Vast oceans, canyons, pyramids,
                                                 and Seas.

                                               I want to hear what the Reindeer hear,
                                              The silence of the night,
                                               tinkling of  the bells,
                                              Up Up and away we go!


                                     

This is my day and final day for the Island Batik Getaway Blog Hop.  There are some amazing designers out there. They have done some awesome quilts, techniques and wonderful giveaways.  If you have time, it would be well worth your while to go and visit them.

Here are the Ladies that share my day if you want to go and visit to see what they have created with Candy Cane Lane and Icicle

Mania Hatziioannidi Candy Cane Lane- Mania For Quilts

Icicle

Terri Vanden Bosch Icicle - Meanderings along Lizard Creek

Anne Wiens- Icicle - Sweetgrass Creative Designs

CANDY CANE LANE

I have had these quilts done for a while and it has been so hard not to show them especially at Christmas.

What wonderful Border fabrics.

Using the Quick Curve Ruler by Sew Kind of Wonderful

                  My plans were to make a king size quilt but sometimes things do not go as planned.

                             Wonderful Aurifil Thread, as you can see this color is my favorite.  I have gone through a bigger spool and several smaller ones.  I truly do love Aurifil, I have purchased some from Missouri Star Quilt co.

Accuquilt Go reindeer die

Make up this awesome quilt!

I call it "Where the Reindeer Fly"

94 x 94

Then because my plans got foiled, I made this second quilt.

54 x 64

Makes a nice throw for sure.

The colors show up better in the second quilt.  

Got in another pickle and well....as you can see above, I used the Accuquilt go heart die to fix my one problem.  Which made an amazing border.

 Now it is time to snuggle down with some cookies, cocoa, and my Kindle light.

What better way to fly where the reindeer fly than in the imagination.

Don't you just love all the awesome fabrics Island Batik creates?

Two people have a chance to win

A rainbow of 20 Fat Quarters of Island Batik Basics

Just click on the above link and you will be transported to the Island Batik site where you can enter to win.  Doesn't hurt to try, right?

For my giveaway, I am giving away to one person two of these patterns of choice, they are PDF so it would come to you in your email.

 Just leave a comment.

Below is the list of ambassadors, if you have time to go and visit. 

 We all know how busy we are but when you go to  Island Batik"s Blog you will find the ambassadors and the fabric line, you can pick and choose that way.  Either way, have fun and Enjoy!!

Getaway Blog Hop Schedule

WEEK 1

Monday, January 7 - Crystal Ball

Maryellen McAuliffe- Mary Mack’s Blog

Sandra Walker- Musings of a Menopausal Melon

Tuesday, January 8  - Ditty

Stephanie Jacobson - Steph Jacobson Designs

Michelle Roberts - Creative Blonde

Wednesday, January 9 - Elk Lodge

Connie Campbell - Free Motion by the River

Anna Branch- Ark Angel Creations

Thursday, January 10 - Feline Fine

Bea Lee- Bea Quilter

Sharon Parcel- Yellow Cat Designs

Friday, January 11 - Flea Market

Geraldine Wilkins- Living Water Quilter

Jessica Caldwell- Desert Bloom Quilting

WEEK 2

Monday, January 14 - Fortune Teller

Sarah Goer- Sarah Goer Quilts

Sherry Shish- Powered by Quilting

Jennifer Fulton- The Inquiring Quilter

Tuesday, January 15  - Gypsy Rose

Jen Strauser - Dizzy Quilter

Janet Yamamoto- Whispers of Yore

Wednesday, January 16 - Paisley Park

Dione Gardner-Stephen- Clever Chameleon

Nancy Scott- Masterpiece Quilting

Thursday, January 17 - Soul Song

Carole Lyles Shaw- Carol Lyles Shaw

Toby Lischko - Gateway Quilts & Stuff  

Friday, January 18 - Twilight Chic

Jackie OBrien - If These Threads Could Talk

Tina Dillard- Quilting Affection

WEEK 3

Monday, January 21 - Winter Park

Jennifer Thomas- Curlicue Creations

Anita Skjellanger- Quilt In a Not Shell

Tuesday, January 22  - Bazaar

Karen Overton- The Quilt Rambler

Alison Vermilya- Little Bunny Quilts

Turid Bakken- Den syende himmel

Wednesday, January 23 - Blossom

Karen Neary - Sew Karen-ly Created

Leanne Parsons- Devoted Quilter

Thursday, January 24 - Boho

Laura Piland- Slice of Pi Quilts

Suzy Webster- Adventurous Applique and Quilting

Myra Barnes- Busy Hands Quilts

Friday, January 25 - Brookview

Vicki Schlimmer - Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Amy Warner- Sew Incredibly Crazy

WEEK 4

Monday, January 28 - French Blue

Pamela Boatright - PamelaQuilts

Joyce Mullis- Hearts Creations

Tuesday, January 29  - Midsummer Night

Kathleen McCormick - Kathleen McMusing

Connie Kauffman- Kauffman Designs

Wednesday, January 30 - Oh Deer

Jen Shaffer- Patterns by Jen

Jeanette Jones- Inchworm Fabrics

Thursday, January 31 - Snow Berry  

Sally Mannke- Sally Manke Fiber Artist

Joan Kawano- Moosestash Quilting

Friday, February 1-  Candy Cane Lane and Icicle

Terri Vanden Bosch Icicle - Meanderings along Lizard Creek

Anne Wiens- Icicle - Sweetgrass Creative Designs

Mania Hatziioannidi Candy Cane Lane- Mania For Quilts

Barbara Gaddy - Candy Cane Lane  -Bejeweled Quilts by Barb 

GREEN FAIRY QUILTS CHARITY FOR ROMANIA

Most of you know Judi and Clint at Green fairy quilts and I am sure you all have seen Judi's awesome award winning quilts...she is amazing.


 I have been friends with Judi since day one of my blogging and I think the beginning of her blogging as well....she just draws you in with her wonderful family and husband.

 Well...each year they go to Romania with quilts and food.

 This year they are focusing mostly on food for the impoverished in Romania.

 They would like to have enough money to give so when they leave Romania that there will be food for months afterwards.

  Notice the button on my sidebar, you can hit that button and donate even if it is a dollar.


 ALL of the money goes to Romania...Clint and Judi pay their own way there and back and their own expenses. That is why I love this Charity so much.

 What I would like is to donate half the proceeds from this Reindeer quilt pattern to their Charity. You can find the pattern here

Now....don't comment and say oh Barb...that is so awesome of you...Not so.  Carroll from Attic Shop Windows is half designer of this quilt.  I emailed her and told her that I had the pattern in my shop and wanted to give her half of the proceeds.

She said she didn't want half, to do with her half whatever I wanted to.  So....this is what I want to do.  So I am donating half of the proceeds in Carroll's name.  So the praise goes to her.

Please share this post so we can raise money for This charity.....

2012 CHRISTMAS QUILT SHOW

Here is what I have so far. This cute quilt panel (given to me from Inchworm fabrics, she has awesome panels in her store) makes a fabulous throw for the couch.

 

On my kitchen table, this cute round topper!!

Then I have this little runner on my wall with a cute runner on the table.

  

Then most of you remember the Reindeer games, well this is on the wall in the livingroom.

Everything on the walls are held up by sewing pins....don't want to make big holes in the walls.

 Now if I can just find my Christmas decorations....hummmm...that is one pain that comes with moving so much...never know where anything is.

Hope you all had a fabulous Turkey Day....I wish I had shown what I had around the house for that but was tooo lazy.

Thanks sewcal  and Michelle for this awesome quilt show. Not too late to join us!