My Dining Room's Identity Crisis!!!

In the span of less than two weeks time,

my dining room has gone from this....



...to this...

and back to this,

with a little of this...

...and this, in between.

Finally, to this, today!

My decorating is done.

Let the holidays begin!

Whew!

This week I'll be linking with

Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style

Open House Party Thursday at No Minimalist Here

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Show & Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Quilted Christmas Pillows

I adore quilts.

In my "next" life,

I might even become a quilter.

However, knitting is my passion in this life.

Therefore, I don't make quilts.

I have made a couple in the past, so I know what

a major project one is.

Thus, I've contented myself with making quilted

pillows instead of full sized quilts.

I've limited my quilted pillows to Christmas ones.

Several years ago I decided

I would make one new design each year,

then in a few years time,

I would have a lovely collection

to bring out at holiday time.

This is the first one I did.

I always quilted the year the pillow was made

somewhere on it,
so I can tell you without a doubt, this one is from

1991.

Here is 1993's pillow.

Unfortunately, I did not continue the tradition to present,

but, I did do it enough years to accrue a nice collection of

Christmas pillows.

This Celtic braid pillow is from 1994.
That was the first year I was part owner in a yarn shop
with four other dear friends.


Each of them got one of these pillows that year.
(That was almost like making a full quilt!)


This is one of my favorites.
You can see the year, 1995,
quilted in the center.


Several years passed with no new pillows, but
last year I got inspired again....

...and made a couple of "Yo Yo" pillows.
Sadly, no quilting here.


I've recently been intrigued with the
Celtic design again and wondered how
I could combine it with knitting.


The result is knitted I-cord (the knitters out there
will know what I talking about), appliqued onto
the pillow top in a traditional Celtic braid pattern.
I then hand quilted around the braid pattern.
The result is a nice merging of my
passion for knitting
with my
infatuation with quilting!

This week I am linking with
Boring to Better at Savvy Southern Style
All Things Merry & Brite at All Things Heart and Home
Fabric Fun Thursday at Cheap Chic Home