Am I the only one who does this?

I KNOW I don't need any more Christmas decorations. This one could not be left behind. She's about 8" high.

And she is about 6". She also came home.

As did three of these little cushion decorations. There are still some new decorations downstairs which never made it up into the loft last year. I will try so hard not to even look in any other shops. After all it's only September and my resolution is fading.

 And now I'm trying out a new idea. Can you guess what I'm doing? All will be revealed whether it works or not. If you click on the photo you will just see some feint markings which might give you a clue.

I have been doing some quilting!

Firstly I quilted this little top which will be the raffle quilt at a coffee morning organised by one of the members of a local quilt group. I used YLI fine gold metalic thread and was delighted at how it behaved itself. It's only about 40" square.

Then I quilted the feathers on the wholecloth I designed a little while back. I'm trying to decide whether or not to quilt it down between the feathers. If I do, I shall do it with white silk thread to make the background quilting as unobtrusive as possible. The feathers have been quilted with a vareigated blue to almost white Aurifil thread. I haven't washed out the markings yet so I can't see the full effect. I might have to do a little sample piece before I decide.

The back looks quite cool. I need to spend this evening burying the threads.
Meanwhile, I bought some old American Quilter magazines (the AQS ones) and found an article of reverse machine applique (I think the writer named it something different). She used the technique to make pictures. I'm doing something completely different.... Wait and see.
As always, click on the photos to get a good look.