Christmas....

There! I am done

decorating outside

for Christmas!!

Isn't that lovely???

blizzards mean binding.....

Karen did the binding on one quilt yesterday,

it is for Haley, her favorite daughter in law,

well...

her only daughter in law.

anyway....she can use it as a table cloth or lay it gracefully over the back of a chair or the couch...
Karen is also working on a ton of small wall quilts for gifts.

I have two quilts that now have binding. I thought about hanging the star quilt outside for a picture, but decided it was to windy. Besides I want to wash it and give it that krinkly look first.

It is laying over the arms of a chair, making Nikki's napping spot a little more cozy.

It is so nice having these blocks out of the box and put to use after all those years.

jenny's give away

Jenny is having a give away at her blog. She makes little cross-stitch patterns.

http://countryrusticprimitives.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-first-giveaway.html#comment-form

I didn't pay attention very well....it is the actual Christmas filler ornies that she is giving away
not the pattern,
so when I said to her....
I would make a small wall hanging with them....her face was horrified...
"But they are stuffed!"

...then I understood......ohhh.....

it is the real items that are laying under her tree right now,
not the pattern.
Nevermind....

you're insane.....

I bundled myself up and was heading outside.

"What are you doing?"

it was tractor joe....

he was looking at me kinda funny.

"I want to take pictures of the weather outside."

that is when he said "you're insane"

It was cold, my finger tips were chilled trying to get the pictures....

But I was able to get some!

.....and this is what insane looks like...

standing in the blowing cold snow.....

No school...

hmmmm.....underlined text

I am not sure why it does that....

it quit. Good.

We are trapped here today. I am waiting for

daylight to get some outside pictures.

I made a pile of the small and one big red backed quilt that are waiting for binding.

Some are very important to finish...some aren't...

An unexpected free day leads to lots of extra time for sewing.

No dog no.....

Don't sit on that!

geez Ozzy, I am just trying to get a picture of a done quilt!





Not to bad of a picture. The colors are even darn close to
real life.
It isn't up on any wall though.
Right now it is just hanging cock-eyed over the back of chair. It looks nice
there....maybe that is as far as it will get this year.

my nativity set...

I bought these last year while out shopping with Karen in Forest City. I fell in love with them and used my birthday money to get them.

I was talking about them on Thanksgiving morning. "Remember my nativity set I bought last year?"

No one did.

"....its so cute, should I go get it out?!"

that idea was shot down......I was asked....

"Can't that wait until we are done eating the turkey?"

oh yah....the turkey....okay.

So far this is all I have brought down from the closet.