More Christmas Gifts Done!

This month is entirely reserved for making Christmas gifts for family and friends!

We had bee on Saturday at my dear friend Linda’s house!  And although it was December 1st, it was actually our November bee, as we could not find a Saturday in November when we all could get together…

Wellll… I totally forgot that fact and freaked out and spent last week making my dear bee friends their Christmas gifts!!

I saw this adorable pattern in a catalog and ordered it just to make for them!!

I did change one little part, though.

There was a tiny pocket on the back in the middle which seemed sorta silly as it was too small to really be of any use.

And as I pictured my friends keeping Hootie on their ironing boards, I felt they needed a place to throw their bits and pieces of thread there…

So I changed the size and shape and location of the back pocket.  I made it look more like a tail! 

And gave it dimension so it would stay open to collect those thread pieces.

Sooooooo????  You like?

Are you frantically sewing gifts, too??

A Busy Week!!

OK, I am sewwww in love!!

In love with Granny Squares!

So addictive!!! Soooo lovely!!

I’ve been working on them all week longggg!!

I got 26 blocks from my new Marmalade jelly roll.

I used 20 of them for my quilt top, which I hope to start quilting tomorrow!!  Woo hoo!!

And the other 6 became this!!

My new table runner!!

Which I did the hand sewing of the binding on during bee yesterday!!  I didn’t put a label on it, as I might want to use it on the reverse side as I love the old garden print I used from my stash!

Look at this snack table spread at bee yesterday!!

Check out this amazing sewing room!!! It has it’s own zipcode!!

It belongs to my dear bee friend, Linda!!  Lucky girl!!

It has a fireplace!!  OMG!!!  Love it!!

Soooo, what are you working on this weekend???

A Bee-utiful Day!

I want to thank all of you who so kindly sent my family and I such sweet thoughts and prayers.

 

They definitely helped us through the past sad days of preparing for and attending my dear Mother-In-Law’s funeral and burial this week.  I held your dear thoughts and prayers in my heart and they helped me more than you can know!

We got home late Thursday night and both my dear husband and I had to get up early on Friday and go to work after missing the previous three days. Even though we were both emotionally and physically tired, it was good to get back to our usual routine.

Today was our January bee day at Linda’s house.  I spent the time cutting out the Schnibbles quilt for this month.  Look on my sidebar for this button-

Click on it if you are interested in finding out what this fun year-long activity is all about!  Come on, join us!!  Soooooo Fun!!

Anyhoo, I am using Kate Spain’s new collection “Good Fortune” to make this month’s Schnibble- “Full House”.

So, bee today was just what my soul needed… being with dear friends, being together, doing what we all love to do-

Eating, gossiping, sharing our stories, our lives…

our skills and expertise, our love of fabric and design…

and all things quilty!! 

Today was a GOOD day!

Blog Hop Party Giveaway Winner

Thank you for all the great quilting tips and lovely comments!  Yogi was flattered by how many of you would take him as a prize!!  Believe me, you’d send him right back…he is sooooooooo spoiled!!

The winner of the quilt book and Christmas panel giveaway is….

So, Jen, send me your full name and address and I’ll get the prize in the mail!  See how excited Yogi is for you???

Last Saturday was bee at my friend Lorraine’s house!  We have such fun chatting at bee.  We all worked at the same elementary school at different points in time and still work in the local school system, so we have lots to gossip about.  :-)

And Lorraine’s house was so wonderfully decorated for Christmas and the food was super yummy!! And, I finished my Christmas Tilt quilt!!

So when I got home from bee, I grabbed my camera and quilt and Yogi and went out on the deck to take some photos.

Dang, it was really cold out there….

So, Yogi was more than happy to sit on the quilt!!

I used a fun flannel on the back.  My family fights over the flannel-backed quilts when it’s cold! And I found this cute Mary Engelbreit label to use on the back, too!!

What did you sew on this weekend?

 

Busy Bee Day!

Yesterday was our bee day for October!  and it was at my house!  Such fun!!

We don’t all work on the same project.  We each work on whatever we want to.  I usually try to do handwork at bee so I don’t need to lug around a machine.

We do so much talking that I have learned NOT to do any cutting at bee!  I always make a mistake because I’m not paying close enough attention… so I end up wasting fabric!  So, I NEVER cut at bee!

I sewed down the binding on my Christmas quilt!  So, another UFO completed!!  YAY!

We had warm coffee cake when folks got here at 9am and snacks in between then for lunch we had white chicken chili and some awesome apple raisin bread with chocolate cake for dessert!  YUM!

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted… but that’s “The Bad” part, so ya gotta hear “The Good” first!

Today was bee day at my house!

We only have bee once a month when we can find a Saturday that we can all meet - that’s the tough part.

We all career educators and work or have worked in the same local school system, so we have lots in common in addition to quilting.

I soooo look forward to bee each month!  I wish we could do it more than just once a month…

maybe when we are all finally retired!!  :-)

Can you see Yogi there napping on the back of the couch?

Bee today was the Good part!  The Bad part is the reason I’ve not been posting very much…or sewing very much…

I’m having a thumb problem!! 

Anyone out there ever have a trigger thumb?  I’m right handed and it’s that right thumb that is having pain, stiffness and clicking issues when I do just about anything…  sigh…  I have been waiting almost a month to see the hand specialist doctor.  I see him this Wednesday FINALLY!!!I am worried what he may say…

When I wake up in the morning it is stuck in this position and I have to use the other hand to slowly straighten it…  that’s the UGLY part!!

I’ll let you know after my appointment on Wednesday what can be done about it…

Anyone else have a bad thumb?