Hand Quilt Along, Slow Sunday Stitching

Another three weeks has passed, and my weeks have been so busy with my husband's therapists coming in.  We are down to two now, once a week, and I suspect they will be discharging him soon.  He is still confined to the living room, but getting around better.  

This past week, I have finished a few items though on the hand stitching front.

I'm currently working on this Stitcher's Revolution pattern.  Because the tea towel is a gray tone, I could not iron the design on.  So I printed it on the Sulky Stick and Stich sheet.  The only trouble was with the tea towel weight and the sheets I was punching holes in my finger trying to get through both layers.  My daughter wanted these darker towels because she was afraid things would get wiped up that would stain a white towel.  

I finished this one with the gray towels.  I am not sure I like the colors but I was trying to get it to show on the gray.  

I also finished the gingerbread house.  I just need to assemble the table runner for my daughter. Be sure and check out the other Hand Quilt Along links below.

Hand Quilt Along Links

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Margaret, Deb, Nanette, Sharon, Karrin, Gretchen, Daisy, Connie, Monica and 

Sherrie

Otherwise I made cookies this week and passed them out to our daughters, neighbors, and sent some off to relatives.

These truffles are one of my new favorites.  German Chocolate Truffles.

These are my other new favorite, Lemon Shortcake Cookies.  I  made a batch of these for the cookie trays, and ate quite a few.  I still have a few more trays to make up, so I made another double batch.  They seem to be a big hit at my daughter's house too.

This week I picked all the lemons off my little dwarf Meyer lemon tree.  It is only about 2 feet high, but this was the yield.  I also had 4 mandarin oranges that were ripe.  

Since the weather has been freezing at night, I decided to pick my last sunflowers and enjoy them this week.  

While John has been slowing regaining his strength this week, I had a bad day on Tuesday.  I have been sort of nursing a tooth I suspected had a filling that was falling apart.  I was hoping to not have to go to the dentist until January.  I reached up and thought I had food caught in it, and a sliver of my tooth fell apart.  I called and made an appt for my dentist the next day, and arranged for my grandson to stay with John.

Meanwhile, I was working on the next to last of my cookies I planned.  I went to turn on my kitchen faucet to rinse out the mixing bowl and my water started pouring out of the cabinet beneath it.   So I had to arrange for a plumber through the home warranty company.  The first one couldn't come out till Friday, but when I made another call, I did get someone out on Thursday.  Meanwhile I had a dishwasher full of dirty dishes .  I did end up needing a new faucet, but thank goodness that is fixed.

My tooth needed a crown and I really didn't want to spend that money before Christmas, but what was I going to do.

As most of California is in lockdown, my brother and sister-in-law won't be coming up for Christmas, which is disappointing.  Our county in California has had about 10 more deaths in the past week.   

That is it for this week. I will be linking up to Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.    Be sure and check out what everyone over there has been up to also.

Thanks for stopping by!