Friday, December 13, 2019

Oh Happy Day, Winter Blues Blog Hop

I've had a really productive couple of days.  I've been machine embroidering motifs on for sweatshirts for gifts, and other items.   But first:

The Winter Blues Blog Hop is coming up next month, hosted by the fabulous Carla of Creatin in the Sticks.  And while my machine was busy stitching today, I was thinking about what I was going to make.  I knew exactly what book it was in, and I knew I had blue and whites set aside for this project, for many years.    I pulled out the book, and there was a blue and white basket weave fabric.  I knew I had some, but didn't know if I had enough-3-1/2 yards.    I looked on top of this one cabinet, and there was the one I was thinking about,  and the "Oh Happy Day" part is I have at least 4 yards!

So here are a few projects I have been working on:


I took a premade table runner I had purchased years ago, for the sole purpose of embroidering something on it for a gift.  My daughter is having Christmas dinner at her house, so this will go to her.  



 Granddaughter Kyleigh swims on the team at college, and her mother always attended her meets, as well as her brothers' meets.  So I embroidered patches to put on sweatshirts for Kyleigh and her mother.  One of Kyleigh's specialties is back stroke.  

Grandson John, in the 3rd grade school mascot is a husky.  So I did a sweatshirt for him.

Granddaughter Klara, in kindergarten loves unicorns.  This design was too large for the front, so I actually made a patch, and added a rainbow above the embroidery.  She loves unicorns and rainbows.  Her mother was told this week that Klara has mastered the kindergarten words, and was given a first grade spelling list!  We are so proud of that girl!

This isn't finished yet.  Klara is having a gingerbread party in her class on Wednesday.  Since her parents have to work, I am going to attend.  I thought it would be nice to make her teacher a mug rug, so I embroidered these gingerbread guys.  I still have to assemble the mug rug.  

So that is what I have been up to.  Granddaughter Kyleigh flies back from Boston on Monday.  We have set up Tuesday as our possible sewing day.  I'm going to show Kyleigh how to make her mother a pillow cover for the spring.  She is really excited and so am I.  I wanted to get my time in before she gets caught up in everything else.  She will be heading back on the 30th so we don't have that much time.

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Merry Christmas from Edi

I needed something to cheer me up after my Redwork mess yesterday.  I belong to a group of ladies that send a shoebox before Christmas to their secret partner.  We collect 2 fat quarters a month, so by the end of the year we have a shoebox full of fat quarters, a handmade surprise, chocolate, and maybe their beverage of choice.  We pick what two colors, or type of fat quarters we would like.  I received my shoebox before Thanksgiving, and was planning to save it till Christmas.

 Yesterday after a number of disappointments/problems, I decided to break into my box and see my goodies to cheer me up.  I found out that Edi @ Edi's Crafting Life was my shoebox partner this year.  She put together such a sweet and thoughtful box for me, it really lifted my spirits.  

 The cutest mug rug/snack mat greeted me when I opened the box.




These were the contents of the box.  There were 2 bowl cozies, a hand crochet wash cloth, 24 fat quarters consisting of fall theme and nautical, plus this beautiful lighthouse/sailboat panel.  There were 6 candy bars from O'Malleys, and matcha green tea that I drink. 





Thanks so much Edi, you really made my day!  I couldn't be happier!  

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Frolic Mystery Quilt, Redwork OOPS

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I'm all caught up on the Frolic Mystery Quilt by Bonnie Hunter.  You can catch the details here.  I wanted to get it done this week before I got caught up in anything else.  Luckily this week was fairly simple.  



Yesterday I was trying to assemble the little Redwork I had done into this cute frame.  It has been in my Christmas things for years.  I tried to get a picture into the frame once and it was really difficult.  I loved the beaded frame.  So I took it apart.  I mounted the Redwork to some cardboard.



 And I proceeded to superglue the whole thing together and clamped it good.


It was at this point, I realized that pointing part on the back, or point in the cardboard was supposed to be at the bottom, because the frame has that little part on the back that makes it stand up.  That would make my ribbon on the ornament upside down.  

So I ripped it apart, am going to have to add some fabric around the edges where I cut off the bad parts, and try to assemble it again.  

I was so upset yesterday afternoon when I found this out.  I decided I'd better leave it alone for awhile.  



Will try again this afternoon. 

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Saturday, December 07, 2019

Slow Sunday Stitching



I can't believe how fast this year is flying by, the weeks are slipping away fast.  Time to check in again at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  I didn't get much handwork done this past week.  

The reason for this was I spent 4 days making 9 different kinds of Christmas cookies, 3 of them I had to roll out.  Yesterday I spent most of my day making 9 dozen sugar cookies.  By the time I got to sit down and relax in the evening I didn't feel like doing anything.  But I finished baking today, so I can't get back to my stitching. These are some of the goodies I made.







Today I cut out the pieces for the project I am making my daughter for Christmas.  She wanted me to make this section of the Flowers, with 3 bees.  This was called Wooly Flowers Sampler.  

I got most of the pieces cut out this afternoon, but I noted when I went to take this picture I have a few pieces going the wrong way, or need to make a color adjustment on one of the flowers.  But I am pretty much ready to stitch down.


I also need to finish up last month's Buhl-Bushong assignment, and prep this month's which is to finish this border piece.  I just have a leaf, stem and the flower to do for last month's.  



I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  You can use the link and stop by and see what everyone else is doing.  I love to see what everyone is working on each week.

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Thursday, December 05, 2019

Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop-My Day


Welcome to the last day of the Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop, hosted by the fabulous Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.  And also welcome to my day, and my part of the world!  I've included the whole schedule below in case you haven't had a chance to check it out yet.

I have always loved Christmas, celebrating Jesus' birthday.  I love the decorations, I love the songs, I love making cookies and giving them to family and friends.  And I love gifting my family and friends.

In my Christmases growing up, I remember getting in our stockings an apple, orange and nuts with shells on them.  My mother started me making the Christmas cookies from the time I was about 14-15.  She had me make them and then gave them to friends.

In my life now, Christmas begins right after Thanksgiving.  For the past number of years I have had my older grandchildren come over and help me get my Christmas stuff out.   A large part of my decorations I have made, including cloth dolls, ceramic dolls, painting ceramics and Christmas quilts.  I have a quantity of my Christmas decorations stored upstairs, and my husband no longer wants me going upstairs by myself and bringing the large totes down.

First out come the nutcrackers.  And last Christmas I got these 3 large ones.




Next out comes the Nativity Scene my dear Mother-In-Law painted for us over 40 years ago right after we were married.  We also have a set of musical angels I set out with them.



I have my grandsons help me set up my village.  They are particularly helpful plugging things in under the tables!    I have a section of nautical related shops, and boats and people, and I have another section with shops and houses.  It's really hard to get a good picture of that with poor lighting.



We then decorate the front room with tree and all the dolls, artwork and quilts.  Our granddaughter Kyleigh did the nutcracker when she was about 4 or so and I watercolored the wreath long ago.










These gnome guys are not ones I made, whereas most of the others dolls I have.  These guys mostly were obtained at the Harvest Festival  years ago.I have them standing next to the door to greet you as you come inside.



I was thrilled this year to  have finished my Nutcracker Suite quilt which was a BOM through  Shabby Fabrics late last year/early this year.


This was one of my very first quilts called Plaza Trees





After all the decorating is done, I get out my Christmas Cookie book.  I have collected recipes over the years, and I basically put them in a scrapbook.  I haven't done that recently, just slipped new ones in the pocket, but I usually make 9-10 types of cookies that we give out at Christmas.  I made my list for this year, and went to get the ingredients.


I have two recipes to share.   The first is Crunchy Peanut Bark.  The recipe is here, and it is printable.  This is one recipe I have to do every year, or the natives would revolt around here.  Everyone loves it.  I made up a batch yesterday.  It is easy and quick, basically melting the candy coating, mixing in the peanut butter, then pouring over the Rice Krispies, marshmallows, and peanuts.  Then just drop onto waxed paper.



The second recipe I have to share was a new one, though I apparently have had the recipe since 2004.  It was from a Woman's World magazine.  I tried to get it pulled up online, but there is no reference to it.  





Two things I learned from making these reindeer.  It is not easy to break up your pretzels so they can look like antlers.  The other thing is, I am lousy at using a bag to decorate.  I had icing squeezing out the back end, and I was holding the back closed!

I had hoped to have a couple of projects to show finished but radiology contacted me this morning and asked if I could come in and get my test done this afternoon from 4-6  So I figured I would finish my post in case I didn't feel like it when I came home.  I did get the redwork done though.



The darker one I plan to make into a mug rug.  The other is going to go in a fancy frame for my sister.  

Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure and visit the others on this blog hop.  I have found so many new recipes.  I'm excited to try a few.  Thanks again to Carol of Just Let Me Quilt for organizing this, I have thoroughly enjoyed it!

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Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop, Day 4



The Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop continues, hosted by the fabulous Carol @ Just Let Me Quilt.    If you haven't had a chance to check out the prior days, they are listed below.  There are some yummy recipes being shared, as well as holiday traditions and projects.  My day is tomorrow.  I'm getting my blog post ready, as well as baking some cookies.  

December 2nd

December 3rd

December 4th

December 5th

December 6th
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Frolic Mystery Quilt

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Bonnie Hunter's new mystery quilt came out last Friday.  It is called Frolic.   If you would like to start this one, or collect the clues, you can find it here.  

 In finally was able to get my Clue 1 done, before the new clue comes out on Friday, tomorrow.  I really wanted to participate in this one, as this one is more geared to my colors.

I tried taking a picture of them on my kitchen table where I am working and they came out like this:  These are not a true reflection of what the colors are.  In fact, the tablecloth those are lying on is a bright blue!   I moved them to my kitchen counter, and they are closer to those colors.






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Sunday, December 01, 2019

One Monthly Goal-December




It's time to link up goals for One Monthly Goal hosted by Patty at Elm Street Quilts.  I continue to appreciate this monthly motivation!  Thanks again Patty for all you do!

My One Monthly Goal for December is to remake this block.  I finished this wool quilt last year.  My daughter Katie came over recently and saw it  hanging on the wall and asked that I finish one block for her.  



What she wants is the large Flowers block.  She also wants a couple of bees on it like the block below.


So my One Monthly Goal is to  make the flowers block, with a couple of bees on it, and gift it for Christmas.  

Linking up with Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal.

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Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop Starts Today



Just a reminder that the Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop starts today, hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.  I have included the entire schedule below.  I can't wait to see what everyone has come up with!  


December 2nd

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December 5th

December 6th

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