My Mom brought over new socks for the boys! They are very excited and put them on straight away (after returning home from sledding out at the farm).
Apparently she ordered enough yarn that she has enough to make a pair for Mark, too. She must have a lot left, cause he’s got big feet….
Joe has already written his thank you (unprompted by his parents, I might add).
Apparently that’s what I needed today.
Technically it isn’t winter (yet, though the weather sure seems to think so…) and it was long, but it was just what I needed this afternoon. Usually I like to take my naps with the dog, but she was otherwise occupied — helping Mark shovel snow and chip at ice.
The poor school playground — now it’s an ice rink covered with several inches of snow. I wonder when the kids will get to go back outside for recess?
I managed a ton of quality sewing time yesterday — both teacher quilt tops are done and ready to be quilted. I’m really pleased with how they’ve turned out — very cheerful
The cherry fabric is a Robert Kaufman print. The green stripe looks like it was meant to go with it, but it was some random print I found at Joann’s. I wasn’t sure how much red (or white) I was going to need when I was shopping, primarily because I had no idea what I was going to make at the time. needless to say, I completely overbought. Not complaining though — my reds and whites are pretty well depleted.
I also spent hours and hours and hours sewing on my cousin’s wedding quilt. Good lord what was I thinking when I picked this block pattern? I hate sewing triangles, and this darn Corn and Beans block has FORTY-FOUR triangles. FORTY-FOUR. This is the pile of 24 center sections, there are still 4 flying geese units to add to each, plus corner triangles after that. Only 1 lonely block is actually finished. Next up: determining whether or not I’m going to follow my original sashing plan, which would entail a bazillions more hours of sewing.
Last thing for this overly long post: yesterday’s Christmas Journal page. I just realized that I didn’t put the date tag on it, yet. Oops. I’m thinking about doing something differently anyway, so…I meant to leave it off, right?
As I said last night, I had this journaling done, but I was having trouble getting the page finished. I thought I was going to just zip it quick this morning, but then…I started messing, and I ended up changing some stuff. It’s done, now, though.
I decided to use pictures of some of my favorite Christmas things, the stuff that only gets seen once a year.
Stay warm and safe!
Suzanne
Credits:
Erica Hite — A Joyful Season
Keri Schueller — Charm of Christmas
Designs by Laura — Custom fill chipboard alpha — simple
Font — Joyful Juliana
Atomic Cupcake — Cherry action and text template
