I have had so much fun this weekend, spending time with Patrick Lose 🙂

I met Patrick virtually last year, as he placed some advertising with me.  Then, when we went to Quilt Market in October, I met him in person – and absolutely loved every single pattern he had there!  Since one of my jobs was to search out new and exciting patterns for Linda at www.AbbiMays.com, I couldn’t help but make some purchases from Patrick for Linda’s quilt shop.

And this weekend, Patrick (in quilting spirit only) and I 😉 put together his truly delightful gingerbread table runner, called Sugar & Spice (which are ON SALE at www.AbbiMays.com right now!!!):

This was an extremely quick and simple project – probably taking me 5 hours, from start-to-finish (including quilting and binding).  I have 2 more planned to finish before Christmas — at least I hope to get them done!   Go ahead, check out what Linda has at www.AbbiMays.com of Patrick’s patterns – I’m sure you’ll be just as excited as I was to find them, and the ease with which they go together.

Thoughts for this Christmas Countdown Day:  Take some time to de-stress with quilting.  Especially if you have a pattern or two that are simple to make!  And yummy to look at!