New Year Projects? Cooking? Sewing?

Have you made of list of projects you want to accomplish in 2016?  

Found a new BOM to do?

Or, like me, are you still cleaning up from the holidays?  I didn't get a few things finished that I wanted to do, so spent yesterday trying to make a microwave cozy for a rectangular shaped container. *DH takes this glass container back and forth to work with his lunch in it. I like to send things he can heat in the microwave because he only gets a half hour for lunch and I think he needs a hot lunch.  Anyway the container gets hot... its glass. So I measured and sewed, measured and sewed and came up with two different shapes of cozy's.  On one the pleats are in the corners and they are external~ the other has internal tucks in the sides.

 

He likes the larger one for his bigger hands, but I like the smaller. The container fits in either, but the larger is quite nice.  I think it will work well for him. ;-)  

 

 

You would think that while I had the batting etc out~ I would make a few more.

Nope! You would be wrong! :-) I switched gears and made a couple charity blocks for a friend collecting to make a donation quilt.

 

This pattern is from Quilters Cache ~ Morning Star block

Wouldn't they make a fun I Spy quilt? We altered the pattern a bit to make 9 inch blocks.

When the weather is colder, do you find yourself cooking more? or sewing more?

I seem to be cooking more and have been making soups, stews, comfort foods a lot lately.  I need to come up with something different for dinner~ any suggestions? :-)

I'm off to see what my sewing room wants me to work on today! LOL

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Christmas Wrap-Up

The jackets (in my last post) were a big hit~ the kids loved them! :-)

Here are a couple things I loved~

A little birdie from our DS#1 and his family~

And when it was unwound~~

Can you read it?  :-) Whoohoo!!

I also received this fun wall hanging from my Mom~

 I love it!  Now to find the perfect spot to hang it. ;-)

I hope your Christmas was full of wonderful surprises too!

Until next year~ ;-)

Happy Stitchin'!!

Last Minute Me~

The title describes me to a 'T'!  :-)

I have always been on time or a bit ahead at the holidays, but this year caught me!  I blame it on a water heater fiasco that happened in the two weeks surrounding Thanksgiving... losing two weeks to that just put me behind.  Every day I catch up a little more!  All the packages got mailed last week, the cards went out this week, we got the outdoor decorations up, yesterday I baked for DH's work party, and today I am cleaning up the mess from all those activities! LOL  Tomorrow I hope to decorate inside because I really like having the glow of the tree when we relax in the evenings.  How about you?  All set for next week? Or doing last minute things?  I still have two things I need to sew before I put my machine away...maybe Sunday. ;-)  Or Christmas Eve. LOL

I have had my embroidery machine humming and finished these two jackets~  

I purchased the jackets on sale and put on the embroidery designs.  They are an Anita Goodesigns CD from last year.  I love how they turned out!  I hope the recipients do too. :-)

I've also been trying to finish up my  mini Christmas project from Temecula Quilt Co.  A few posts ago I told you I was making the blocks with a mini charm pack (2.5 inch squares).  Well a few blocks needed bits bigger than 2.5 inches, so I ended up going to my LQS and getting a couple FQ's and a second mini charm pack~ I still have a lot of this one left as I only needed a few more squares. ;-)

I like how it turned out! I just have the two long borders to add. I added a very skinny border because some of my outside blocks ended up the same fabric as the border fabric and I felt it needed the little frame.  Hopefully I can finish this up soon! (after the last two gifts get sewn!) ;-)

I hope you are enjoying the season, and all your projects are finished and under the tree!

Merry Christmas!!

~Winner~Winner~

My giveaway winner is Marie!

Congratulations! I have sent your email address to Brooke, and she will email you the place mat pattern~ Have fun!

I intended to have some photos with this post, but that didn't happen~ on the bright side though, all of my mailing has hit the PO today!  Yay!

Have a great weekend!

Hindsight And A Giveaway!

If you've been following me, then you already know I am doing the Temecula Quilt Co Mini Christmas Sew Along using only a mini charm pack.  

Well, the joke is on me! I should have used two mini charm packs, or a little bit more for backgrounds because my mini charm pack is getting really low!  I am not sure how many more blocks I will be able to get out of it~ but certainly I won't get all of them. :-/

Here are the first 4~ today's block will join them shortly. ;-)

Are you here because you saw the word 'giveaway'? :-)  I made these placemats as a gift using Brooke @ Silly Mama Quilts pattern.  You can find the pattern in her Etsy shop~ Sunshine Serenade Placemats  I love the solid and prints she used, but my recipient likes 30's, so~

Brooke has generously agreed to sponsor a giveaway of her pdf pattern. :-)  If you'd like to be in the drawing, just leave me a comment... anything at all. No jumping through any hoops because aren't we all busy enough this time of year? :-)  I will draw a winner on Tuesday.

Thanks so much for stopping by~

Good luck!

Mini Christmas Quilt Along~

~~Block 2~~

My charm pack is still working! LOL ;-)

Mini Christmas Sew Along by Temecula Quilt Co. 

Happy Stitchin'!!

Happy December!

Do you have snow? Ice? Rain?  

We have had mornings of 'ice fog', which translates to 'stay home and sew' to me! :-)

With just three weeks to go, I need to buckle in behind my machine and get busy!

Today was playing with mini's~

Have you seen Temecula Quilt Co's Mini Christmas Sew Along?

It started today with block one~

 

~a mini friendship star block.  

I have been moving this mini charm pack from one side of my table to the other and decided to cut into it to make the first mini block.  I hope all the blocks will use pieces 2.5" or smaller, but if not, this will make a cute little pincushion or ornament! LOL 

Since I was still feeling mini :-)  I made a mini tote~

~it measures about 4 inches square and has a zipper at top.  Just big enough to tuck in a little Christmas candy. ;-)  I didn't have a pattern for this, just an idea.  I may have to make a few more! LOL

I hope you are well into your Christmas sewing~ or are you finished? I tend to burn that candle from both ends until the last minute!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!