When I was in Cayman with my sister in law and I was teaching her how to quilt….there were scraps leftover…..
I took an evening and made a tiny little log cabin which finished about 6X6….just fooling around, not sure what I would end up doing with it. When I got home, I decided to hang it in a little shadow box and give it to my sister in law for Christmas.
I used Stazon to stamp “Believe” onto the outside of the glass and miniature pegs to hang it on baker’s twine.
You would go out and cut down your Christmas tree or get it from the Christmas tree lot at the mall before Christmas. Then you’d haul it onto the top of the car, tie it down and head home. You would see cars all over the town, heading home with trees tied on top of them.
Remember when it was real, instead of fake from an oversized box…Which by the way, have you noticed, always comes perfectly packaged…every needle and light in place. Haven’t we all tried to get that sucker back in the box it came in after Christmas? It never….. ever….goes in the way it came out. Do you ever wonder why that is. I try and cram, and ram, but damn….the box never looks the same. Mine always bulges, and the flaps never close down and I have to wrap two miles of packing tape around it just to get it down the stairs to the basement. I always feel like a complete loser….surely there is a way to get to fit….all logic says there is, cause it came out of it initially. And the tree manufacturers…they know this…cause they are in business with the fellow who invented the tree bags you can buy to store your fake tree in when you can’t get it back in that box………….
I tried to reminisce back to the days of real trees by making these little tree toting vehicles……oh, those were the days…….
Dear Hubby celebrated his birthday just before Christmas…and just what do you get the guy who has everything?
Dear Hubby loves his beer and I thought it would be fun to dress up a six-pack for him, however it made more of an impression on our 4 year old grandson who kept shaking the bottles to get the googly eyes to move……
The beer bottles had to sit for 3 weeks before Dear Hubby could open any!
And lost a picture in the process…
I did have 4 pictures of all my beginner’s finished quilts, however, somehow when I loaded then erased from the camera, one of the pictures went missing….
I’m so sad as this is the first beginner class where everyone actually finished their quilts completely.
Bev…I am sorry that yours is the missing quilt…all I can tell everyone is that it was stunning!
Marion, Donna and Tricia, well done and you all did amazing.
I am mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore…..I was sick and tired of my bobbin nightmare. Threads and bobbins everywhere. They roll onto the floor, they get caught under the fabric I’m sewing, the threads never stay wrapped and more often than I want to admit….a thread has hitched a ride on my socks or pants from the sewing room up the stairs and into the kitchen dragging behind it a 100 meter trail of worthless thread. I’ve stepped barefoot onto many a plastic projectile only to yelp and bounce in pain. Fighting with multiple bobbins tangled together with a mish mash of knotted and matted mess, finally getting so ticked that a hack job with scissors was the only way to get a bless-ed bobbin in hand.
I bought a package of extra small pony tail elastics that fit perfectly around the bobbin sealing all those threads in place.
All organized and pretty in pink!
Finally finished my future son in law’s quilt that was a gift from my daughter to him for Christmas. I had been stewing about the quilt, thinking it was a little loud and did not really turn out as nice as I had wanted it too. Overall it looked not bad once quilted and of course…he did love it. I added this itty bitty P.S. I love you label onto the back of the quilt and my daughter made sure she pointed it out to him. Even though I made it, he was delighted that she went to such trouble to give him such a perfect gift for Christmas.
Dear Eldest daughter and her future hubby are all ready for next Christmas with their own themed stockings. They have bought a home and are getting married in May but have literally nothing. No furniture, no housewares….yet. It felt good to get sewing and whip up these stockings.
Becky got a stylish boot with themed chicken fabric….she wants to start raising chickens for eggs when they move into their rural property. Kyle got a traditional shaped tractor themed stocking, perfect for the fellow that owns his own tractor and farms on his days off.
No couple should start off a new marriage and life together without Christmas stockings!
I should really get a job….I spend far too much time farting around with stuff, too much time on Pinterest and too much time mimicking Martha Stewart.
Think of all the quilting I could get done if I’d stop baking, crafting and pinning.
I can honestly tell you that not everything turns out as planned…lots of things are a FAIL. I should start showing those, but I’d need a whole new blog!
These were super simple to make and they do look quite inviting. Little cheese ball pinecones. Simply shape a store bought cheese ball into the shape of a pinecone, then layer the shape with whole pecans.
You’ll have them saying “Cheese Please”.
That’s what I should have told my son in law…..however I’m nice. I really had no intention of doing Christmas cookies for the holidays. It was the day before Christmas Eve and he was over visiting with the grandkids…..he was looking around in the kitchen, then finally came out and asked where the sugar cookies were. I felt a little guilty telling him I decided not to bake this year only to have him tell me he loves my sugar cookies and it wouldn’t be Christmas without them.
Oh the guilt we can feel as mothers!
The next day I got out my sugar cookie recipe, and a new set of cookie cutters that I had bought with good intentions….
So Christmas Eve I’m baking up Gingerbread Boys with missing limbs!
They were cute…..and I love the little frowns. Dear Son in Law got a whole box of half eaten treats…
We had lots of celebrating this Christmas at our house. Lots of company, lots of food, lots of baking and goodies. I am very thankful that our power outage was short lived compared to so many families that went days and days without heat and power over the holidays. Our power was only off for about 6 hours. It was cold enough in the garage to keep this little igloo frozen till served on Christmas day.
It’s made by moulding your typical rice krispies squares recipe in a bowl for the base and then rolling a smaller piece for the entrance. Once set, you smother the whole igloo in cool whip. I was lucky to find a cute penguin during one of my shopping frenzy days and he is a perfect addition. The pictures of the ice glistened trees are taken from our back deck.
Dear Hubby’s birthday is right before Christmas…..I always feel sorry for people who celebrate these special occasions so close to the holidays…they always seem to get gipped somehow.
We always have all the family over to celebrate birthdays and of course it wouldn’t be complete without the grandsons there as well. I decided to do a birthday cake that the little ones would enjoy and came across this construction cake on Pinterest. Super easy to do with store bought cake mix, icing and a little dump truck filled with Maltesers….the grandsons thought it was great…right up their alley.
Sons…..bless their hearts…..don’t you just love them and their spontaneity?
Before Christmas Dear Eldest son says on the Wednesday…”Hey Mom, Friday is our Christmas potluck at work….what can I bring”…the translation is…..”Hey Mom, I’m suppose to bring something on Friday for lunch, what can you make…and by the way it’s for 20?
Would Chilli and cupcakes do?
Thank heavens I’m retired and have nothing else to do with my days(*_*_)**&^)&(*_)*(_)*@_*_)&#…..Let me just whip that up for you son.
It was worth it though…got a nice peck on the cheek for Dear Eldest Son as well as the story of how these goodies were devoured within the first 1/2 hour.
We always have a lovely Christmas get together with all the staff from Kindred Spirits Quilt Co.
Michelle is the best Santa ever!
This year I made little dish soap aprons for each of the staff. Super cute to make and to give! The original pattern was from Camille Roskelly and I have made tons of them for friends and family. You can find the link here.
http://camilleroskelley.typepad.com/simplify/2011/09/moda-country-fair-.html
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