Thursday, December 30, 2010

Good morning. I have been making quite a bit of progress on my UFO basket. So far I have Completed two wallhanging tops and a table runner and a table topper. Today I am going to concentrate on getting the Christmas stuff put away and out of my room with my quilting machine in it. It's a little slow going because of my surgery. I'm can't lift over 20 lbs. So I do what I can and the DH comes home from work and carries it all up to the attic. This is no small feat because we have 9 trees.As soon as I get the wallhangings quilted I'll post pictures. My next two projects are a Thimbleberries quilt kit my DH gave my 3 years ago and a pop-up scrap sack kit I bought at lancaster AQS this year.
I have also been running my embroidery machine while I have been sewing. I have been making my oldest daughter( she'll be 30 on 1/8) a new tree skirt. It is all carousel animals,zebras,horses,elephants ect. She is my non traditional one. my youngest daughter (25) is more traditional .

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Well Christmas is over. I hope everyone had a wonderful and joyous holiday. Mine was very quiet. I just had surgery on the 16th and DH and I decided to keep things simple this year. The new year is fast approaching. I spend today cleaning the sewing room. I am going to start on my UFO basket tomorrow. Since I have 6 weeks off from work I ought to make the most of it. I'll post as I finish my projects.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Well Christmas is fast aproaching. Can you believe it is only 3 more days befrore Christmas. Are you all done? I am. I really didn't have much choose as I just had a major surgery done on Thursday. So all of my shopping and crafting got done ahead of time this year. No frantic Christmas eve sewing. I also decided this year there would be absolutely no credit cards. I have been working very hard to get rid of those. It is very tempting to get carried away at the holidays. Buying stuff for those you love. This year I made most of my gifts. I am quite pleased with them too. I have also found that this year is a whole lot more peaceful. I have found a lot more time to relax and to really enjoy the meaning of the season. It's amazing how much extra stuff we take on because we think we have to. Have a wonderful and safe Christmas.