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O.K. so honesty steps in - I have no idea how to write this but I will do my best! 2013 Goals Pillowcases for Sandy Hook Complete a quilt for David! Complete Pile O' Fabric BOM Skill Builder Block of the Month Thimbleberries Wall Hanging Thimbleberries Wall Hanging Thimbleberries Table runner Thimbleberries Table runner One Flickr Swap per Quarter Start one new project a month - 2013 NewFO Challenge Learn to write Tutorials Find quilting/fiber/crafting sponsors for blog Enter one quilt into a show Participate in Blog Hops Deb Strain, Trick or Treat Quilt - finish sewing the binding on! - UFO Super Hexi Quilt for Zoey - back, quilting, & binding - UFO Giveaways - of course Here are (2) things you might want to add to your goal list for 2013 (just click on the buttons and they will take you there). 2012 in Review Quilts Started 8 completed 6 - they are all listed on the blog on the new Quilt page Here Miscellaneous Blocks 27 Projects 60 Patches - 1 Craft Mirror - 1 Tape measure

I got the Library Bag (perfect for carrying 2 or 3 books) done for my Mom in time for Christmas! She was really surprised Christmas morning and loves it. It truly made me happy to please her. I love these strange women knitting! Sorry the boon docks blog has been quiet lately with school out we play to much XBox and try out all the new stuff my favorite 7 year old received. A child grows up so fast you just have to stop to play. Even when you have no idea what your doing a kid thinks it is great just to have your attention. Thank you for your understanding. I think he had a great Christmas! I am trying to catch up with my Scrappy? Sew bee it! Flickr group! I have worked on these 16 blocks today and hopefully will complete them by tomorrow! That way I will only be one month behind! Low Volume blocks for Rosa! She wants a quilt like Rita's @ Red Pepper Quilts I find Rita's blog very inspirational! Definitely worth a look! I plan to post my finishes for 2012 and g

Merry Christmas and safe travels to you from "In The Boon Docks"!

My lovely blog friend Betty Lou American Vintage Quilts aka Sugarland Quilts is a traditional quilter and really creates beautiful things. She is on Santa's nice list this year! I got a great Christmas gift in the mail yesterday! It cheered me up and I think maybe made me feel a little better! Thank you so much Betty Lou, Hugs and stitches to you too! Lynette Jensen has created fabrics, patterns, and books, under the Thimbleberries name for more than 25 years. You can find Lynette at The Berry Blog by Thimbleberries and on Facebook. I have always loved the look and feel of Thimbleberries fabrics. Now I have (4) beautiful kits with patterns and fabric to make in 2013! One kit only needs the quilting and binding and it is done and it is so pretty! Going on my table! What wonderful gifts! (2) wall hanging kits and (2) table runners I am so ready to be well again and start sewing! I do have (5) project goals for 2013 now. Thanks again Betty Lou! Are you working on yours

In the summer months David, Momma, and I hit the yard sales. I love to buy bags of fabric for really cheap! When I go through it later I pick out what I might want and share the rest. This summer I got a bag for $1.00 that had some pieces to make ducks and geese. Some vintage fabric and (2) unstuffed animals: a bear and a cat. I gave everything away but the bear and cat. Using some child labor and cartoons, David and I stuffed both of them two days before Thanksgiving. My cousin's family was coming for the holiday and his wife loves cats. David was so proud to give Teresa a gift he helped make and she really loves it. The bear is in our living room as a decoration (he had slept in David's room until 3 days ago). The point I am trying to get at is if you invest $1.00 and find 1 thing you can use it is worth it. I have the memory of the time spent creating with my boy that my friends is " priceless "! "A Ghastlies Night", Alexander Henry Fabric C

I am sorry folks for being such a mess the last few days! This post is to give me something positive to do! Blogs all over are trying to find something to help out! I have made pillowcases for the last 2 years for kids in hospitals and have seen first hand how it does cheer them up. So lets all spend a couple hours making the surviving children pillowcases at Sandy Hook School. Just make happy pillowcases and mail it/them to the Quilters Corner. Postage for a single pillowcase is not much and maybe we will feel better because we did something! Pillowcases for Kids of Sandy Hook Elementary Jackie from Canton Village Quilt Works passed this info along: Help the families in Newtown... Here is how... Becky at Quilters Corner in New Milford, CT is collecting pillowcases for the children at Sandy Hook School. She is trying to collect around 600. Please pass this message to any sewing friends. Pillowcases can be mailed to her at Quilters Corner 312 Danbury Rd. New Milford, CT. 06776

Well last week I am working a throw quilt for my new granddaughter to be born in January. I finished the top on Monday! I call it a throw quilt because I want it thrown on the floor/ground before the baby is put down on the floor or in the grass outside. Put it on the couch before you put the baby on it. A quilt you can take in the car and wash it when you get home. A barrier between the baby and the world. A baby wrapped in love! Yes, it is a little sappy! It started out as 10" x 10" square and a 6 1/2" border. Using the "Twister" Ruler by The Country Schoolhouse /CS Designs, I cut it up and sewed it back together! Instructions come with the ruler. This is my wonderful model/husband pretending to be the guy hanging his nose over the fence. I embroidered her name! Please disregard those strings I took care of them. Guess what? When you have that many pins and start to sew you get stabbed over and over again! Then basting and pinning. A longtime quilt

I want to Thank all of you who "liked" The Wicked Sisters Boutique The Wicked Sisters Boutique on Facebook. They are two young mother's just starting out. They made this for my daughter's baby shower as a gift. Now, you have to admit that is pretty darn cute! They have other designs and will ship anywhere in the United States. I cannot thank you all enough for signing up for the giveaway. I hope everyone had a good time. In The Boon Docks had 283 comments! Wow! The winner is: True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 283 Result: 6 Powered by RANDOM.ORG Who is: Carolyn @ Sew.Darn.Quilt I will send her an email right after this post! If you would please check her blog and you will see a Pillowcase Fundraiser for the student's at Sandy Hook School! What a wonderful idea! Just think if we all made 1 or 2 and shared this among other blogs it could be done so quickly! Think about it! It is something we could do to help! Lisa

Just a short post to say my prayers go out to all the families in CT who have lost so much today! Please pray, send good thought, or whatever you might do for these devastated families! Thank you from In The Boon Docks!

This Giveaway is now "CLOSED ". The Quilting Gallery is having Quilter's Blog Hop Party for their 5th Birthday and In The Boon Docks is joining in the party! Happy Birthday Quilting Gallery! . If you’re new to the Quilting Gallery .. Michele Foster, aka Mishka, is the hostess at the Gallery. I hope you’ll spend a few minutes checking out the various sections of the site. The giveaway starts with a great book with lots of projects for my favorite holiday - Christmas From The Heart - Better Homes and Gardens Something for the Traditional Quilter: Northern Solitude Charm Pack by Holly Taylor for Moda Fabrics Then of course something for the Modern Quilter: Ombre Dots Fabric Collection by Riley Blake - a piece of 10" x 32" of gray, and scraps from the whole line, enough are precut into the wedge shape you could make your own Dresden Plate Block like I did. The giveaway is opened until December 15, 2012 at midnight! It is opened to all my friends in blogland

A UFO that had been hanging around for months got finished this week! Yippee! I used Tula Pinks fabric line "Nightshade". The first time I saw Tula's pirate girl all I could see was my oldest daughter when she was little. She really wanted to be a pirate or a ninja turtle. Now, at 27 she is an independent beautiful woman living in NY state. So maybe she will think of me when she uses this to carry her groceries. It is quite big, my mother said big bags like this where called "hobo bags" in the 60's. Above is the inside, Nightshade Apothecary in Vapor, with two big pockets, Nightshade Spider Blossom in Vapor. Below is the back! I used Nightshade Raven Lace on the strap and opening. Nightshade Storm Clouds for the back and front. This is the appliquéd front of Netunia Von Black from Nightshade Coven in Vapor. The model is Joyce my very helpful Mom! Who said the bag could just stay here! I packed it up and will mail it tomorrow with my daughter'

Update: this Giveaway is Closed The winner is 44 True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 339 Result: 44 Powered by RANDOM.ORG Connie @ Freemotion by the River Connie said: 44. Connie December 3, 2012 6:17 PM I would like the newest version of Photoshop....I can dream :) I hope she gets it! She does amazing work on her blog with photo's! Connie is also a awesome quilter! I love her Linky Tuesday at her blog! One of the nicest people in blogland! You need to stop by her blog and see all her creative quilting and sewing. I will email her as soon as I am done here! Thank all of you for all your fun comments and participating. Without you blogging would not be wonderful! The quilting Gallery Blog Hop starts Monday, December 10, 2012. We are all celebrating the 5th Birthday of the Quilting Gallery Blog! Hope to see you here! Lisa Welcome to " In The Boon Docks" where we are always into something! My name is Lisa, I am almost 50, married, mother of two grown

The winner of the Traveling Stash Pass It On Box is number 13 . Karen said: Karen O - November 30, 2012 12:09 PM I follow via GFC. Can you believe it has been almost a year?:) I am excited that Karen won because she is my blogging mentor! Her and I are coming close to our blogging anniversary. Karen blogs at Quilting, Losing, and Tea . Please stop by and take a look around. She creates beautiful quilts and gifts. She also has a Etsy store. I will be sending her an email and get this box on the road.

This is why I love participating in Flickr Swap Groups . I received a package in the mail the other day from the secret partner who got my name this round. There are thousands of swap groups going on at the Flickr site always needing people to join. Modern Scrappy Bits is in round 2 and I am hoping there will be a round 3! Danielle was responsible for sending me one fat quarter of scraps and a handmade item of her choice and she made me this beautiful mini quilt. So happy with her handmade, she is very talented. Thank you so much Danielle! This is the backing fabric! Sorry, don't know the name of it but it is really pretty! Modern scraps - oh how I love all these little pieces! Danielle sent me a wide range of scraps and definitely more than a fat quarter! Yippee fun! I like this so much because some I may not have ever boughten for myself but once I see them, I love them. On the other side, I might have it on my list of wanting at end of season, when they go on sale, a

The Pass It on Traveling Stash Box is jam packed with fabric, patterns, and notions! The best part is opening the box and finding so much stuff with the feeling you could remove everything and repack it with any thing you want for the next person. Only problem with that is it could be quite "costly", a whole lot of things fit into this box. So, my cousin and I careful looked at each item, which was fun. Their family came for Thanksgiving and deer season. Which means our husbands and kids where all out hunting when this box arrived the day after Thanksgiving. This was in the box! Yippee! I really love this stash box concept! I fell hard for these things! And this pattern - not the kid's mess on the table! I am adding these patterns and notions to the box! I pulled these fabrics from my stash to replace the stash I wanted to take out. Urban Farm - Short Stack by Keri Beyer, In the Beginning Fabrics; 9 quarter yard cuts (2 1/4 yards), Pink Polka Dots - 1 yard, (2)

Traveling Stash Update Have you heard about the Traveling Stash ? I have a box I will be sending on to some lucky winner! If you are interested please click HERE and leave a comment. U.S. only due to mailing costs! Fabric Basket I got all my scraps together and made this little basket! I modified the pattern I used for the Patchwork Fabric Basket (that I blogged about here) by using 3 1/2 inch squares, (3) on each side (instead of the patchwork). I hope my partner in Modern Scrappy Bits Swap! Round 2 likes it as much as I do! I made this basket with scraps and have no idea who designed the fabric but I love it! I hope you decide to try something new this week! I would love to see it! Leave me a comment and I'll stop in and have a look! Thank you for stopping at "In The Boon Docks", Lisa! It is Tuesday so I am linking up with Connie @ Freemotion by the River . Thanks Lisa