Slow Sunday Stitching

Last week was another busy week.  Sunday I went with daughter Katie and two of her coworkers to see the movie Wicked which I enjoyed quite a bit.  

I finally finished up the Christmas decorations, and got the Christmas village all lit up.   

I also finished up the Christmas baking, and assembled my gift boxes and tins for my friends and family.  

This week I also made some Christmas gifts.  I made some free standing lace ornaments that I thought I had taken a picture of, but they are missing.  I also made two gnomes.   I found the pattern here at Sew She Can.

I had quite the issue with computers this week.  Last week when I was trying to visit blogs for Slow Sunday Stitching, my computer locked up.  I logged on, and then the screen locked up, and I couldn't figure out how to unlock it.  My grandson Keaton came over Wednesday for dinner and was able to disable the lock screen for me.

Then Friday afternoon, after being gone all day at a mini quilt get together, I came home and my I-pad after being charged all day was at 20%.  I spent an hour up at Best Buy, and they put in a claim to Apple, filled out the paperwork, and told me to take it to UPS and they would ship it, and Apple would probably send me a new I-pad.  I pay for Apple Care every month, so it would be no cost to me.  I read every night on my I-pad 2-3 hours before going to sleep, so this was a real inconvenience trying to read on my phone.  

Saturday morning I got up and headed up to UPS and told me they didn't see the paperwork to send it back, it was supposed to come in an email to UPS.  I was informed to go to a UPS hub, not a local store.  

After talking to Kristen, she encouraged me to go to the Apple store and I made an appointment.  The young man that took care of me, rebooted my I-pad and all of a sudden it is charging again.  He told me if it happened again, and rebooting didn't take care of it, Apple would replace it.  So I am a happy camper.  I use my I-pad all the time.

My brother Bill who does beautiful woodworking, sent my Christmas package this week.  I held out 2 days before I opened them up, 2 cute gnomes, a wood tree, and driftwood piece no doubt made by my sister-in-law Char.  

What I am continuing to work on for Slow Sunday Stitching is Kyleigh's poncho.  I have 9 more inches to go and I will be done.  I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  

Thanks for stopping by!  

Slow Sunday Stitching

It has been a busy couple of weeks.  The week before Thanksgiving, daughter Kristen and SIL Jeff went to Irvine to see grandson Keaton and his water polo team from West Virginia in semi-finals which they happened to win.  I took care of their 5 dogs while they were gone.  Keaton was home for two days, then went back to West Virginia the day before Thanksgiving for more practice, as the finals were scheduled in Stanford 2 weeks later, which was this past Friday.  They were up against UCLA, which they lost, so it didn't go any further. Keaton is now home for 2 months.  #15 is my grandson Keaton.  They had a professional photographer that stated on Instagram that it was a pleasure to  to photograph some new teams this year

 This was our Thanksgiving dinner, minus Keaton.

My stepdaughter Dawn was able to join us from Southern California.  We generally go across the street to the park and get pictures for the Christmas cards.  My three daughters.  

Our whole group that included SIL Jeffrey's parents.  Daughter Katie's kids, Klara and John had been sick all week and did not attend.  Also in the picture was John, Katie's husband who apparently was taking the picture.  

This past week I have been putting up Christmas decorations.  I am almost done.  One more thing to do, and I will be finished.  

This week I have also started on my Christmas cookies that I make trays and tins for every year.  

For Slow Sunday Stitching this week, I will be working on granddaughter Kyleigh's poncho .  I have 15 more inches to go.  I will be linking up  Kathy 's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  

I have to apologize if you are normally an anonymous commenter, I had to turn that option off.  I used to allow anonymous comments as I am getting up to 10 spam comments a day for sports betting.  I love hearing from you and am sorry I had to do this, but it was necessary.  

Thanks for stopping by!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Virtual Cookie Exchange, My Day

Today is my day for the Virtual Cookie Exchange starts today, hosted by the amazing Carol @Just Let Me Quilt.    This is one of my favorite hops, and bittersweet to know that this is the last one.  I appreciate all Carol, Joan, and Carla have done over the years to create these wonderful hops.

Challenge:  You don't have to bake anything for this, but if you have a favorite recipe or tradition, that's what we'd love to see.  Share a Christmas project with mean ole' Mr. Grinch or a past or present quilt you have made.  

I have been busy this week decorating, not quite done, but almost.  I got my Christmas quilts hung.

For the virtual cookie exchange this time, I made Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread.  The recipe can be found here.  

I don't know what happened to mine, they don't look like the picture, there's are flat and mine are round balls, but they taste yummy.  

Be sure and find out what the other bloggers below have made.  The lineup is below. 

I have to apologize if you are normally an anonymous commenter, I had to turn that option off.  I used to allow anonymous comments as I am getting up to 10 spam comments a day for sports betting.  I love hearing from you and am sorry I had to do this, but it was necessary.  

                                                                        December 2

Just Let Me Quilt

Beaquilter

Quilt Doodle Designs

Songbird Designs

Quilted Delights

 

December 3

Quilting Gail

Ms P Designs USA

Just Sew Quilter

Words & Stitches

Selina Quilts

 

December 4

A Quiltery

Karrin’s Crazy World

Inflorescence

Homespun Hannah's Blog

Quilt Schmilt

 

December 5

MooseStashQuilting

Bumbleberry Stitches

Sew Many Yarns

Days Filled With Joy

Thanks for stopping by!

Virtual Cookie Exchange Starts Today

The Virtual Cookie Exchange starts today, hosted by the amazing Carol @Just Let Me Quilt.    This is one of my favorite hops, and bittersweet to know that this is the last one.  

Challenge:  You don't have to bake anything for this, but if you have a favorite recipe or tradition, that's what we'd love to see.  Share a Christmas project with mean ole' Mr. Grinch or a past or present quilt you have made.  

The line-up for the hop is below.  

                                                                                December 2

Just Let Me Quilt

Beaquilter

Quilt Doodle Designs

Songbird Designs

Quilted Delights

 

December 3

Quilting Gail

Ms P Designs USA

Just Sew Quilter

Words & Stitches

Selina Quilts

 

December 4

A Quiltery

Karrin’s Crazy World

Inflorescence

Homespun Hannah's Blog

Quilt Schmilt

 

December 5

MooseStashQuilting

Bumbleberry Stitches

Sew Many Yarns

Days Filled With Joy

My day is Wednesday.   See you in a couple of days.  

Thanks for stopping by.  

Gnome For Thanksgiving Blog Hop Challenge, My Day

 

The Gnome For Thanksgiving started Monday hosted by the fantastic Joan @Moosestash Quilting.

The Challenge this time:  To "Gnome" Them is to love them!  Throw a little Thanksgiving twist into your Gnomie" project"  

Many thanks to Joan for all the great blog hops which I have had a pleasure to participate in all these years.  

I was really excited about this one, gnomes are one of my favorites.  I generally have them for every season.  

I made several things.  On Facebook several months ago, I had noticed a site that was offering vinyl iron-ons and they had a number of gnomes.  I ordered some and ironed them on fabric and made some new pillows for Fall/Thanksgiving.  

I went out to a cupboard where I have decorator fabrics that I have had for years, and found this one which I used to back the cushions.  

While out in that cupboard, I found that I had enough of this fabric to make a long tablecloth for  the Thanksgiving table.  I serged the edges with a rolled hem.  I have had these two fabrics for years, and glad I finally completed what I purchased them for.

I had also bought this fabric.  It was already hemmed on both sides, I think for tea towels, but I bought a length of it to make a table runner for my kitchen counter at Thanksgiving.  I just hemmed the ends.  

Finally, I spent most of the week last week embroidering motifs.  I found some with some cute gnomes.  I have made others table runners, but never any for myself, and I wanted a Thanksgiving table runner.

 

The first two motifs I bought from Tattered Stitch Embroideries.  The Grateful Heart I purchased from OESD, and the rest from Embroidery Designs.com.

I had some leftover fall themed 3 inch squares that I bordered the table runner with.  

Be sure and visit the other blogger/designers.  The entire schedule is listed below.  

Monday Nov 18

MooseStashQuilting

Ms P Designs

Quilt Schmilt

Scrapdash

 

Tuesday Nov 19

Words & Stitches

Karrins Crazy World

DaysFilled With Joy

QuiltedDelights

 

Wednesday Nov 20

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilted Snail

 Selina Quilts

Thursday Nov 21

Just Let Me Quilt

Patchouli Moon Studio

Songbird Designs

Thanks for stopping by!

Slow Sunday Stitching

It has been another busy couple of weeks with back to back activities.  

Something weird has been happening on Blogger.  Everyone who comments is coming up anonymous, even people who are not ordinarily anonymous.  Has anyone else had this problem or know how to fix it?

Last weekend I went with some guild friends to a sister guild's show.  They had some beautiful quilts.  

Last week daughter Katie, granddaughter Klara and I went to see a high school production of Les Miserables which was an excellent production.  

I've been busy working on my Gnome For Thanksgiving project, and spent the week embroidering a bunch of motifs on my embroidery machine.  

I got more done on granddaughter Kyleigh's poncho.  I need 56 inches, and I am at 24 inches.  I will be working on this for Slow Sunday Stitching.  

Saturday was bittersweet for me.  It would have been my 49th anniversary.

My girls, son-in-laws and two of my grandchildren took me to dinner at a favorite Mexican restaurant.  

I will be linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  

Thanks for stopping by!