gift ideas

I'll be teaching 5 Make It and take It classes at the quilt shop in Nov-Dec. If you'd like, and will remind me, I'll send (via email) instructions once we arrive. No scanner there, so can't send patterns but could snail mail the ones I developed. Most you could figure out and start now: Celebrate wall quilt (from the book: Toppers, Patchwork Place publishers) plus chair covers. The quilt is for any holiday or birthday - applique to suit; the chair covers are small quilts with a package on each that tie to the back of the chair. Am doing an album cover from orphan blocks to fit photo albums. Think of a peechee and make a pattern to fit your album. Then glue matching fabric to the inside of the covers. For a special gift, I fill the album with scrapbook papers and embellishments so it is ready to use. Cowboy boot Christmas stockings seem to draw the most interest. Just a stocking shaped like a boot with a square toe and heel. Make it from piecing, orphan blocks, applique or fabulous fabric. Quilt it before sewing it together. Can't remember the last one; left all at the shop last spring... Am concentrating on winter and spring classes now.
Have fun,
MJ