Another thing I did in the last year is play around with cookie decorating. It started at Valentine's Day when I wanted to take something to our home teaching ladies.

And then I played with other different cut outs, and ended up teaching it at Relief Society.

When Ally turned eight, I brought some cookies to her baptism celebration dinner.

I made some more for Halloween. We took them to Larry's grandkids instead of candy. 

I also made a lot for Christmas, but we gave them all away!

In the summer I painted some rocks.  I started out painting encouraging words on some rocks for an art exchange.

Then I just painted a lady bug, and one of the grandkids liked it so much they wanted to take it home, so I said yes. Then the rest of them wanted one, too.  So I painted some more.

And then I tried mandalas, but they are more time consuming than I thought they would be.

I've made a few quilts in the last year (since it's been almost a year since I posted anything - where did that time go?)  A red white and blue quilt in the summer.

And, when Rose was born we didn't know if it would be a girl or a boy, so I made two. A small red white and blue if it was a boy, and a pinwheel quilt if it was a girl.

The pinwheel fabric was left over from this project.

It was originally going to be a quilt, but the cathedral window is so time consuming, I got this much done and decided a table runner was quite enough.

Then Tesla was having a baby, so I made this quilt for her.

I love the colors.

Then I made a couple more.  My mother had some fabric that I brought home after she died.  I've saved it, hoping I would find a way to use it.  I bought some pastel pre-cuts and they were the perfect way to use the blue piece I got from her.

This one is Simple Squares, and it's a small one.

This one is called Spring Rain, and it's larger. I sent it into Missouri Star to be machine quilted.

I also had a light green piece. I used it for a couple of things. I made a rose quilt for Rose, and another simple squares quilt with leftovers from the quilt I made for Tesla.

Then I ordered a charm pack of pre-cut fabrics from Missouri Star.

It looked like a tablecloth to me, so that's what I made, a small tablecloth for our small table.

Then, near the end of the year I cleaned out the Relief Society closet and brought home some fabric pieces that someone, some time, had donated. Together with pieces from my own scrap bag I put together two quilt tops in one weekend. 

I love the blend of colors on the autumn quilt.