November 26th Post

Where did this month go? It's only 4 days until December 1st. Today I am working on Christmas gifts for my family. I have way too many to get done. Today I am going to finish my oldest UFO.

Yesterday was Thanksgiving. We have a tradition of going around the table at dinner on Thanksgiving and saying one thing we are Thankful for starting with the youngest. My grandson, Greyson's...."I am thankful for the turkeys...and I am glad this one sacrificed its life to feed me." All in all I forgot my vegan diet and stuffed myself.

Picture is my daughters, Sammie & Mary, my son, Richard, me and my Mom.

November 15th Post

It is Monday again. Last week I did no sewing at all. I gathered and prepared for sewing on Saturday, but didn't get to it. Tonight I am going to finish a lap quilt top for a friend of mine. The blocks are all done, just need to add sashing and borders, then it will be ready to go.

My goals this week: Some snap bags for Christmas presents, table topper and matching placemats for a Christmas present, a quillow for a Christmas present. I will post pictures as I finish each project. Maybe I can break my loooong non-productive streak. I can't believe I have not completed one quilt top all year and this is November. I have only done small projects and mostly just calendar blocks for each month. I think I'm down to candlemats and candles for Christmas presents. LOL.

I have gathered all my UFO's, listed them, gave away some, prioritized some, but finished none. Some of the blocks are going to become smaller projects, i.e. candlemats, wallhangings, placemats. I found that working 15-30 minutes a day on a project does not work for me. I need to have big blocks of time to keep my attention on the project.

In searching the garage for my Christmas fabric, I found another box of scraps that need to be sorted. I also found several boxes of fabric that need to be sorted into FQ boxes, yardage boxes. As you can see, lack of fabric is not my problem.

Fabric Postcards

These are fabric postcards I received in the swap we did on Quilts on Review. These postcards were made by Lorri Chambers, Judy Adams, Veronica Goff and Inge Boskamp. I have a couple more coming that I will post when they come in.

Postcards from Exchange

These are the some of the postcards I received in the Postcard Exchange from Quilts on Review. I love them all. The top one is from Nancy Guss, the left one from Yvonne Fisher, and the right one from Suzy Broussard. I have some more to post later when I find my USB cord for my camera.

November 9th

I spent three days last week in New Orleans. Although much of the time was work, New Orleans stays open 24 hours, so I got to enjoy the blues and jazz and company of friends I haven't seen for awhile. I brought home beignets and chicory coffee. It was a great trip.

This week-end I sewed a wall hanging for Christmas. It just needs quilting. Yesterday I worked on sorting my stash in the garage. I found another storage box of scraps. That should take a week or so to sort out. LOL. Isn't it funny that when you start sorting scraps you remember what you made with a certain fabric and get that joy of finishing a project all over again.

The weather here has been beautiful, but with that little crisp feel of fall. Geese were flying south yesterday. I hope that doesn't mean a storm is coming.

This week I'm going to work on Christmas gifts for the babies.....McKenzie, Jazzie and Pacie. I'm making them quillows. I'm making a Christmas stocking for William, since his didn't get done last year. I don't know what I'm going to make for Hayden, yet.