It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like~

...Christmas!!!  :-)  I received my last gifties in the Santa Sack 2 Swap yesterday~ and I feel so blessed to have had Cyndi as my partner.  :-)  Look at the adorable stocking she made for me!  And inside there is a little paper crafted kitty that I am guessing she made too.  I am waiting until Christmas Eve to open my gifts, but just wanted to send a big {{{hug}}} and thank you to Cyndi!

DD surprised me with this dried arrangement last night~ isn't it beautiful?  I haven't decided where to place it yet and have been moving it all over the house. LOL I just love all the different flowers in it.

Today someone has been playing tricks on me! ;-)  Last night our icicle lights went out. It's an older string so I thought it was probably just time for new ones. We got some today, tested them~ all of them lit, hung them~ only half of them lit! :-o Tried the bunch we had taken down~~ they all lit!! :-o Good grief!  What is up with that!? LOL So we started fiddling with the new string and I got them to all work, one little bulb had come loose. It took us over an hour to change them out and get the new ones working. I'm sure glad it wasn't freezing!! :-) LOL

I hope it is beginning to look like Christmas at your home too.  Thank you to all my followers and friends! I so appreciate your visits and comments.  I hope you each have a very Merry Christmas!!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

I'm Baaa-aaack!!!

And whew!~ what a weekend!  I had a blast at retreat and managed to get quite a few things finished, or close to finished. :-) I need to add a few borders, do some quilting etc, but all-in-all I am very happy with all I got done. 

Mystery Quilt

I got my mystery quilt top together from Leslie at the Crafty Unicorn Quilting.  Next week, or is it this week? Well, one of these weeks, Leslie is going to show us border options.  I just love how it came together!

Piece and Goodwill

I've been working on blocks for 'Piece and Goodwill' (from Quiltmaker magazine Nov/Dec 09) off and on for a while. I finally got 36 blocks together. That is six more than the original pattern, and I am planning to make another row so it will be a bit longer.  Then I'll add the borders. ;-)

Thank you Cyndi!! :-)

I've got lots more to show you, but I wanted to show you my Santa Sack 2 gifts from Cyndi.
She sent an extra little gift and told me to 'open now'~ well, anyone who knows me knows you don't have to say that twice!! LOL Cyndi sent me an adorable bag!  I love it! It is for my birthday~ wasn't that the sweetest?! And speaking of sweet~ that little Halloween bag is full of them! Sweets, that is! I am going to have to do extra laps around the neighborhood. LOL

I'll be back soon!
Happy Stitchin'!!