A new pattern and you can order Karen's creation here 
Paper piecing is fun! The Table topper...
I used the rest of the Portabello Market fabric so it makes my piece a bit busy...
And the Place mats... They are all ready for the quilting. I will come back with my "Around the Table" set displayed on my round table...
in the Prairie Paisley by Kansas Troubles. Claudette does beautiful work and we share the love of Kansas Troubles fabric......
and the one I choose for "My Guild Project"
The fabric is "Portebello Market" by 3 Sisters.
or do lap work.....It is a fun project to do and it uses fabric from my stash that I have been procrastinating to break open "the Fat Quarter Bundle"....
The project of the day was a "This and That" pattern... "Days Gone By" ... 
Some worked on the table runner
Everyone is enjoying a fun sewing day together......
Others worked on their own projects... 
The time just flies by...3p.m. comes and no one is anxious to go... 
Debbra shows her finished project she had just picked up from the quilter... None other than Agnes!
I know I will ...
Sew squares in rows of 7 squares to form the center of the mat. 
( you will have 7 rows with 7 squares)
Cut a 6" wide border to fit all around the center mat ....
Trace 6 hearts and 6 mitten template to the "two-way" fusible pellon
Iron hearts on the mittens
Layout the mittens on the 6"border 
making certain to reverse one of the same mitten in the pair. 
Sew a "Blanket stitch" all around the mittens and hearts
Join mittens with a "Stem stitch". I used "Pearl Cotton" thread but two strands of embroidery floss will work also.
Our feathered friends visit often in the bird feeders and the berries on the 'Flowering Crab" tree.I could not open the door for fear they would fly away.. They were the most beautiful yellow!
The scene is one from Italy 
where Gerald visited... 
Blanket stitch all around....
and all done on my mittens and hearts...
Stippled and Binding sewed............. project done!
using a "Petit-Four" in the Butterfly Garden and other Kansas Troubles. I will be making a winter table topper. My TV is ready..
The DVD player is is another room so I am relying on good old VHS to watch my favourite TV shows I taped...... My snack is ready also...
and that has "Lessened" tremendously:)
wide border... 
See you later for another update after I join you at the 
snack break:)
Update #2
the appliqués are traced on the 
the two way fusible interfacing and 
fused on to the fabric
Then on to the wide border
Now I am ready for the lap work where I will be doing a blanket stitch all around my mittens .. This is where my word "lessen" comes into play . This project lessens the time I spend in my sewing room. I will be moving to the family room to enjoy some special company. I have three of my four grand-daughters visiting and two are staying for a sleep over.So I put the videos away and turn on the children DVD.. I may not post anymore this evening ..it is 7:00pm here in Nova Scotia but I will post the finished project.
I really had a good time sewing with all of you and thanks to the wonderful organizers, Kelly and Kris ....
"" No distance of place or lapse of time can "lessen" the friendship of a true friend..."'
Good night my friends ...
A demain♥♥♥
photograph her beautiful designs on a snowy background.. which by the way is not hard to find... 
"Meadow Song" by designer Karen Neary is complete and ready to be hung on a dry, cozy wall for the spring décor ..."I know there is still February to tend to".... (This was the project Karen presented at a workshop I attended with my sister Simone in Amherst in October... 
and Agnes did her magic as usual... 
Beautifully hand quilted... 
My word is "Lessen" so keeping that in mind I will choose a project with no intentions of finishing it before I start it.. I have not decided what the project will be that I work on at the party but I will choose it this evening. I do know I want to catch up on some of my shows that I tape all week because they air too late and I normally only get to watch them while I do the treadmill. As for snacks well... I have been really good keeping a healthy food plan since the new year so my snacks will be Yogurt... 