Here some Santa Claus

Christmas is always a fun time and giving the perfect gift is the best!  This past Christmas with my studio in working order it was a breeze to make some special presents.

My oldest son Dave moved to Detroit last spring.  He has a girlfriend named Modie that I wanted to buy Christmas present for.  I don't know her very well - with them living in Detroit I don't get to see them often.  When she came to visit at Thanksgiving she mentioned that she loved the color purple and she seemed to like my quilts.  There you go - I'll make her a quilt in purple.

So up to the local quilt shop in search of a purple fabric that I think she'll like.   Bingo, I found the perfect fabric and bought random amounts not knowing exactly what I might need.   You know my quilts always grow as I sew.  I feel the bigger the better.

This grayish purple seemed perfect for a lap quilt for Modie

Well, one gift done and I have more of this purple fabric leftover.  Modie has a little dog named Olive.  She's a great lap dog.  Olive has come to visit at Thanksgiving and will probably come for Christmas too.   What better way to use up some of that extra fabric than to make a dog bed/pillow.  I still have three weeks until Christmas so back to the sewing machine I go.

Boy this couldn't have come out better.  I even drew Olive's name and appliquéd it on the top.   Now fingers crossed that Olive will like to lay on her new bed. 

Well it looks like Olive likes her new bed

Modie loved her quilt and Olive's too.  Modie is very talented and always is making stuff for people.  She told me that no-one has ever made her something - she is the one always being the maker.   It felt good to give her something that was made from the heart.  I think she's a keeper.