Slow Sunday Stitching

 Hope everyone had Happy Holidays!  We certainly did, although our youngest daughter Katie and her family are visiting her in-laws in Arizona.  Katie is the photographer in our family and is usually the one that runs around takes all our pictures.  I realized today, we neglected to take pictures of our gathering yesterday.  Granddaughter Kyleigh did take a couple pictures on her Polaroid.  

This week I was able to get a few more gifts done.  I usually make my grandchildren new pillowcases each Christmas.    I think this one was a panel,  but I thought John, my grandson would like it.  They have 4 cats.  This is one side.

And the other side.  

These are all five.  Keaton gets the one with dogs, Kyleigh the fish,  Jaeger the cars, and Klara the unicorns.  

Granddaughter Kyleigh also requested a Thanksgiving pillow cover for her seasons pillow.  This free Give Thanks stitchery I found at Creative Kismet.  

One of my gifts from my daughter was some Snaplock containers for leftovers.  I have been wanting to get some of these for awhile but didn't want to spend the money.  I unpacked them all today, and even got motivated to clean out the cupboard where they are going to be stored.  

Today I happily got my sewing machine back out, set up on the dining room table, along with my cutting mat and ironing station.  I have a perfectly good sewing room, but it is dark, and crowded.  I'm thinking of it as my storeroom I think now.  The dining room has good light and plenty of space to spread out if I have most of the leaves in the table.  I am trying not to spread out onto the kitchen table this time, just keep it in the dining room!  Wonder how long this will last?

Today I also made a Pieces From the Past block the sewalong hosted by Melva @ Melva Loves Scraps.  This is the Maple Leaf, first published by the Kansas City Start on August 31, 1938.  It will be a graduation quilt for grandson Jaeger who graduates in 2021.  

I set the quitalongs, and BOMS I had been working on aside when my husband was hospitalized in November, and with the Home Health people coming in and out it made it difficult for me to keep up.  Home Health has been discontinued now, so I should have time to start getting my projects caught up in the next few weeks.  

What I will be working on for Slow Sunday Stitching this week is the November stitchery in the One Stitch At A Time Club by Kathy Schmitz.    I have been wanting to embroider some more.  

I'll be linking up for Slow Sunday Stitching @ Kathy's Quilts.    Head on over and take a look at what everyone has been up to.  

Just a reminder, the My 2021 Stitching Resolution will be coming up on December 30th.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!