Gobble gobble gobble

Whew! I am so glad this day is nearly over. We had a huge crowd today. 34 people in fact. Holy cow it was loud and boisterous. There were no leftovers. Thank goodness.

After all of the kids were gone I pulled out two gingerbread houses. They were for my niece and nephew. They had a grand time decorating them. I did not get any pics (that I know of). Bummer.

I got my most recent (and favorite) magazine yesterday. It is the American Patchwork & Quilting. There is a full page ad in it that states that they are challenging the readers to make one million pillowcases that will be donated to local charities. I can make four or five in an afternoon so I think I am going to make as many as I can for Christmas.

Well, I am way tired and full. So, I am going to sign off for the night.

Take care.

And this little piggy

went to the beauty school for a pedicure. I loved it.

My friend Levi is going to come over for dessert on turkey day. I am so happy about that because we are really starting to build a good relationship.

I am cooking all day tomorrow so I can relax on Thursday.

I hope all of my friends have a good time too.

Moody Monday

I am struggling today with my mood. I feel very teary. There is no reason for it. Sigh.

I am getting ready to box up two quilts I am going to ship.

I need to wrap presents.

I also need to look for fall/Thanksgiving recipes that I can make this week and freeze.

I have therapy at 2:30. We shall see what comes of that.

Oh poo. Damn mood.

Busy busy bee

I have been so busy this weekend. I have made 34 more tissue holders, 4 baskets (travel trays) and counted my stash of yo yos. I have about 300. Those are going to be sewed together side by side to make a garland for the Christmas tree. I have been putting fabric on bolts. I have already put 100 yards on bolts. I need more bolts. It is so much easier to have the fabric on bolts.

I decided to make Chicken Broccoli Curry for dinner tonight. Yummy!

On Wednesday our friend Karen is coming over to sew for the evening. I am going to probably make more tissue holders or travel trays. I don't know yet. I could do the sewing of the yo yos. We shall see.

I still have piles of Christmas presents that need to be wrapped. I am so glad that I bought all my gifts so early in the year because I will be enjoying the season without running around like crazy like most other people.

I will write more later. I am going to do some pinning of more tissue holders.

Take care!

Finally!

I finally bought new batteries for my camera. Now I can take lots of pictures of the projects I am working on.

Here is two pictures of the pocket tissue holders.

Goble Goble Goble

Today was a very full day. I went to BMS for Thanksgiving celebration. It was so nice to have someone else cook for me. The food was great and I got to visit with alot of people.

I got home about 1 o'clock. I called and talked to my mom for a while. They were done visiting with my sister in ND and were headed towards Sioux Falls for a meeting. They will be home tomorrow.

I had this idea of making pocket tissue holders. I first went into my studio and looked at all the fun novelty prints and a green print with bunches of different colored ladybugs on it and right next to that bolt was a bolt of bright orange fabric. Perfect!

I cut two 7" strips from both prints. Then cut those strips into 6.5" squares. So, I ended up with 12 blocks measuring 6.5" x 7" from each fabric.

The rest was assembly line work. Place one block from each print right sides together and sew along all sides of blocks with a 1/4" seam leave a two inch gap on the long side. Repeat for all blocks.

Turn blocks right sides out and then iron the blocks. Fold the block along the long side with the liner print facing out until both ends meet. Stitch a 1/8" seam on both ends. Turn the holder right side out on all blocks.

Tomorrow will be quite busy. My worker from BMS will be bringing my meds to me around 9:30 then I have my aide coming at 10:00, at noon I am going to get my hair done then off the Walmart to buy the pocket tissues to put in the holders.

The evening is getting long and I am getting tired so I will end this.

Take care.

This and That

It has gotten cool again. The weather is so unpredictable here.

I have the next three days to myself. I plan on making a huge batch of chocolate muffins this afternoon. tomorrow i plan to make a few dozen pocket tissue holders. They are so easy and quick to make.

i am waiting on my cleaning lady. she should be here in the next hour or so.

I will post pictures of the tissue holders when I have some done.