It’s Already Wednesday !

 I haven’t been working on anything for RSC or TableScraps Challenge. Since we made our decision to do a Christmas trip, that has been my focus. 

There were license plates that needed to be renewed, Real Estate taxes that needed to be paid, and a tax reduction form to be filed. (This because we are old, and have paid taxes in this country for over 25 years!) Then my Driver’s License renewal form showed up. I needed an eye exam. Life stuff!! But time consuming. 

I started making a replacement Mom Bag for my granddaughter. It’s a Birdie Sling bag from Amy Butler. The fabrics are mostly from my stash, but I did need to purchase some fusible fleece.  And there wasn’t enough of the purple fabric I had originally picked, so that needed to be remedied. I got a deal on that purple fabric. It’s Chalk and Charcoal by Jennifer Sampou for Robert Kaufman. Made in Japan. Deanna offered me a discount for taking the last of the bolt and I had a punch card for $10.00 off. You can’t have too much purple! :)

I need to sew lining pieces together, make the gussets, make and add the straps and it’s done! I want to get it done by Thanksgiving. I should be able to do that!

Oh, and we are hosting Thanksgiving. Not a huge group, but more than I usually cook for. So recipes are being gathered and ingredients checked off! 

Crockpot stuffing recipe from a friend.

Today there is a hair appointment scheduled and grocery pick up!  Busy…busy!

Sharing at Midweek Makers, hosted by Quilt Fabrication!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

I LIKE THURSDAY 11-14-24

 

 I’m needing uplifting messages lately!   This time of year, August - early January, are when I’ve lost important people in my life. And for me, the coming of winter is nor a season I look forward to. 

But good things are happening! Mr Busy surprised me  with plans to go to California for Christmas.

I am excited. 😆 

My Holiday/Thanksgiving cactus is blooming. 

Clockwise, top left to bottom left: Nov 1st, Nov 7th and  today, Nov 14th. It’s so pretty this year! 

I’m still reading The Amber Keeper. And next Monday is my Face to Face book club gathering, to discuss Go As A River. What should I read next? Any suggestions? 

I’m joining  LeeAnna and friends at Not Afraid of Color to share the good stuff.. 

LeeAnna also gave us a prompt for today.   What’s a favorite Fall movie?

I rarely watch movies more than once, but the prompt made me think of Sweet November. 

Yes, there is not a happy ending, but it’s one I remember. Some favorite actors. Keanu Reeves( before he was Neo) and Charlize Theron ( before she was Snow White) and Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls). I think you can find it on Netflix. 

Maybe we all need a cathartic ugly cry! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

Slow Sunday Stitching- Christmas Countdown

As I sit in my favorite chair this morning, I’m trying to look to the future.. The way I can cope is to look forward to Christmas. It’s only 45 Days!!  That feels impossible! 

I completed the November design on my Woven Wreath project from Kathy Schmitz. 

I loved learning the wheatear stitch and the fishbone stitch. I’m excited to finish this project!

I unearthed a Christmas UFO that needed to be finished. Hometown Christmas by Sweetwater. 

I loved the black and white border, but could not justify spending money on new fabric, when I had lots and lots of Christmas fabric. Consequently, my fabric didn’t have a lot of black! 

  

I pulled possible border fabric from my stash! Nothing made me happy!  So off to my favorite local fabric store. The owner and quilter extraordinaire, Nicki, suggested these two options ⤵️

I chose the red and black Buffalo check. 

And I started yet another slow stitch. I had this kit and 2 others from Rachel’s of Greenfield in my stash with the intent of Christmas tree ornaments for my Grands and Great Grands. I have more than 6! 

I’m barely started this morning. I started with the Gingerbread Man and have the pieces cut for the Star Snow person and the Santa Face. 

I’m linking up with Kathy’s Quilts Slow Sunday Stitching

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

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I’m back to trying to complete some UFOs.   Most of my UFOs are scrappy, so I’m linking up with Angela at Scrap Happy Saturday

A few years ago I stitched and completed the top, without borders, for Hometown Christmas. 

I use fabrics from my stash not Sweetwater’s fabric like. Now I’m having trouble deciding on a border fabric. 

Here are some possibilities. 

On my design wall.

Close up of the red with white dots.⤴️

A green, red and cream plaid.↗️

And a more yellowish Christmas sprig fabric that matches some of the fabric in the top.⤴️

Now, I don’t really like any of these. What do you think of a black and white gingham?

Any input would be helpful. I’m stalled!

Thanks! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE THURSDAY 11-7-24

I had last week’s post started, then completely spaced it out. So I didn’t answer the prompt!

 what is your favorite Halloween treat?  do you give out candy to kids and what 

kind? have you ever run out?

 My favorite candy/treat is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup or variation thereof. I don’t often buy them because I can’t resist!  We do hand out candy, mostly Snickers. 

Because it’s Mr. Busy’s favorite and we usually have less than 15 kids at the door. This year you will notice Fun size M&M’s. I bought 2 packages early, to include with a birthday gift to friend. So there was some left over that got added to my treat bowl. This year we had 25 Trick or Treaters,  but didn’t run out!  We have never run out! 

I’ll share the photos of my Boo Crew this year. 

Great grandson. The costume is purchased, his scythe was homemade by J and his Dad!

Miss B as a wounded Snow White. She’s holding an empty Maple Leaf shaped bottle that was on my buffet. She suggested I fill it with green water so I looked like poison. Next year for sure! 😀

Our youngest great grand, Miss E. Not exactly sure what her costume is, but in my opinion a beautiful black fairy! 

That was the good “I like” stuff. 

This week, I haven’t seen a prompt. But I have to admit, tonight, Wednesday I am heartbroken, fearful, and feeling deeply depressed! 

We’ve had cold, snow, and cloudy skies. 

I guess I am thankful that my stitching and quilting community has decided to not talk politics when we meet.  We just like each other no matter what! 

I finished the current read for my book club. I recommend it ! 

Go As A River by Shelley Read.  It’s just beautifully written! 

And to fill the time until we meet on the 18th, I’m reading The Amber Keeper by Freda Lightfoot.its been on my kindle since 2017. I don’t know why I haven’t read it. It’s very good! 

For some reason I can no longer get an image of a book cover from Amazon or Goodreads or Google or Kindle. I love to show the book covers :(

We are back to watching Season 2 of Special Ops: Lioness. 

Guess I’ll post this. Please check out the other participants at I LIKE THURSDAY. It’s hosted by  LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

Slow Sunday Stitching

 On Saturday my post stated that I was going to share that post here. My slow stitching would be my burying of a multitude of threads. Well, I mentioned to my husband in passing that I would need his help hanging up that wall hanging. I had already attached the triangles in the corners and was looking for the right length dowel. Well, up he jumped and immediately found a proper hanger and hammer and wanted to know where I wanted it to be. 

So it is hanging up threads and all. I’ll take it down during football today and get those threads buried. LOL! 

I thought I would share my Thanksgiving dough bowl arrangement. The design is from Melisa at Pinker n Punkin Quilting. I didn’t realize until I was putting the chart away in my notebook, that my T was slightly wrong. I’m not going to stress about it. It’s fully finished and …. I’m not going to stress about it. 

Today I’ll work on Woven Wreaths cornucopia. I watched the video and I am anxiously to try the new wheatear stitch and practice the fly stitch again. This project has been so much fun. A true slow stitch. I have a couple of friends who have jumped ahead. They couldn’t relax and enjoy! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I’ll joining Kathy and friends for Slow Sunday stitching. 

A Snowy Cold Wet week!

 I dug out a Fall flavored UFO from Fall of 2023! Determined to finish for Fall 2024. Technically it is still Fall!

This kit was a gift from a friend. I love the colors and most of the fabric. The pattern cover photo showed a plaid pumpkin but no plaid fabric was included! Now, I love plaid! So I went to see if I could find a coordinating plaid in my stash. And I did! Lower left pumpkin! 

October 22, on the design wall!

Then came pumpkin carving with some littles down the street! 

And a quick finish for Table Scraps Challenge. Lights and Cats! So kitty coasters!

And then it snowed. Heavy wet , tree breaking snow. Good days to stay in and sew. 

And  sew I did! I had to put a piece on the bottom of the backing. Either the directions were wrong, or I mis read them, or I just screwed up.! Either way, it’s pieced. But it will be my label! Happy Accident !

Just this morning, Saturday,I put the last 12 “ of stitches in the binding. It is D-O-N-E, done! 

Just so you know, the background was a poor choice. That’s a brown four patch quilt on our guest bed. That room has the best light this morning. It’s is COLD 🥶 and windy outside!

I’m linking up with Alycia , for Finished or Not Friday ( a little bit late), and Angela at Rainbow Scraps Challenge    and Slow Sunday Stitching at KathyQuilts, because there are a boat load of threads to bury and I’ll  finish that on Sunday! 

amended:  I'll share at Oh Scrap also at Quilting is More Fun than Housework. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!