Get it Done....

Before I move into a new year

I like to look back on the one passing...

remembering the joys... (there were a lot, thankfully)..

remembering the valleys...(there were a few)...

think about how some things could have been different...

(although I don't spend much time here...

what's passed is passed)

Just reflect....

I am looking forward to 2014 

and

dreaming of all that I

hope to accomplish.

I was able to mark two things off of my

"Get It Done"

list for December.

The Angel ornaments were made!

I also finished the mini reproduction quilts.

A third item on my list is well on it's way to completetion:

I hope to have my sister's

Courthouse Steps 

sewn into a top today.

To end this year,

here are a few of my favorite finishes

of 2013.

Happy New Year!

And may 2014 be filled with

many happy sewing hours!

:)

Design Wall Monday...

I just have to say....

It is really good to be

stretched sometimes!

I did not like these 

pinwheel blocks at all when 

I posted them last week.

I had never made a quilt from

recycled anything

and did NOT like how it was turning out

at all.

WELL....

What a difference some

sashing,

cornerstones

and

time 

make!

I am LOVING how this

baby quilt is turning out!

I think I will add a

Piano Key border.

Yippee!!

Visit Judy at Patchwork Times to see

what others are working on this week.

Happy Quilting!!

Knitting Needles Friday

This will be the

LAST

Friday knitting post for

2013.

WOW!!

It has been a productive year

of knitting and I have

learned A LOT!

Plus...

it has been a lot of fun!

This week I finished another pair of

Susie Rogers' Reading Mitts.

These are for me!!

What I am most excited about this week
 is

this little thing

my husband put in my stocking!

This is soooo cool!!

It's called the Knit Kit....

Can you see the stitch counter on the top,

the tape measure from the bottom,

(the white button retracts the tape measure)

the crochet hook coming from the side,

and there is a thread cutter hidden

under the tape measure??!!

THEN....

Inside the back are

scissors,

a tapestry needle,

markers

and the little thingies to put on the end of the needles.

PLUS...

A tool to measure the size of knitting needles.

All in a little compact case!

How cool is that??

Visit Judy at Patchwork Times to see what others

are knitting.

Have a great Friday!

:)

Design Wall Monday

I'm actually surprised I have

Anything

to show this week.

We are all a little busy, aren't we?

This past week I stepped

WWWWAAAAYYYYY

out of my comfort zone!

And I mean way out!!

I found some 100% cotton

men's shirts,

"deboned" them,

and started making a

Baby Quilt.

This is a pile of "deboned" shirts

waiting to be cut

into squares and then

sewn into HST's.

I thought pinwheels would be something

to calm the craziness.

I just don't know if I like the look.

Sashing will be sewn between the blocks,

so that should help with the craziness, too.

I'll keep working on it and see how things look

after the blocks are sewn together.

Some of them are fine...

We shall see.

Visit Patchwork Times to see what others have on their walls.

Happy Quilting

and
Merry Christmas!!

Knitting Needles Friday...

This week I finished the last

knitted gift

I wanted to make.

Here is the pair of 

Susie Rogers Reading Mitts

for my youngest daughter.

I LOVE this color combination!

Since I wound the skein into a ball a while ago,

I can't remember what yarn this is.

It's so soft, though!

Then...

as most of us do...

since I was done with one project,

I HAD to begin another....

(Even though I have Two more going already!)

Last night I started a pair of

Reading Mitts for myself!

This yarn is one of the Holiday Specials

from 

Simply Socks Yarn Company.

(Sorry but it sold out that day. :( )

It is Christmassy and soo soft!

This week I did work a little on the socks

I am currently making.

Just a little...

Visit Patchwork Times to see what

others are knitting!

Merry Christmas!

It's beginning to look a lot....

.... like Christmas!

The decorating is done...

The shopping is almost done...

(one small thing yet to get!)

The cards are here

and the letter is written...

The wrapping hasn't begun...

 And I'm not sure if baking will be done this year...

BUT...

It's Christmas!!

Ornaments my daughter and I made are

wrapped and ready to be given...

For several years I bought a hand made Santa

from this woman at a local craft show.

She made them out of old quilts or blankets

 and vintage buttons, etc.

I love my Santas. 

Sadly, she isn't in this show anymore.

This year I found this metal tree for some of my

vintage ornaments!

I made our stockings last year...

so much fun!

Lots of handmade ornaments on our tree

with the yoyo garland I made last year!

 

 

Years ago I cross-stitched the Santas on my foyer table...

along with quilting the cathedral window table runner.

This Santa and snowman came from another craft show.

These are a few of my favorite things!

Merry Christmas!!

Design Wall Monday

Not much has gone on around

the sewing machine this week,

BUT

I did get a little sewing done.

The "Just Takes 2" blocks

are sewn together...

at least the first section.

I'm pretty sure this is where I am stopping.

This is not where I want to be

spending my sewing time, SO.....

What to do for borders?

Maybe a deep red?

Or black?

I'll have to play around with some fabrics.

Also...

I started sewing the rest of the blocks for

the courthouse steps quilt for 

my sister.

 

They will be added to these

completed blocks.

Hopefully these will be turned into a 

completed top by the end of the week.

Visit Patchwork Times to see what others are working on this week.

Happy Quilting!

Knitting Needles Friday

Woohoo!!

I am on the home stretch!!

I have one more

Fingerless Mitt to make

and

I

am

DONE!!

This week I blocked the two

Shawls I made for gifts.

I have never blocked anything before now.

Hopefully I wasn't too far off in how I did it.

This shawl is "Wingspan."

 

I really like this "3S Shawl" and might have to

make it again.

And here is the completed

"Susie Rogers' Fingerless Mitt."

Onto the second one!

(Looking at these photos, you'd think the yarn of the
3S shawl and the fingerless mitt is the same yarn.
It isn't!  I really like this color combination!!)

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Happy Knitting

and

Merry Christmas!!

The Angels have Wings!!

And Halos....

And a Hanger....

The Ornaments are Finished!

Yippee!!!!

They aren't completely dressed here.

They need their bows around their necks!

All done and

 Ready to be attached to gifts.

I had planned on making more of these

and have the

Dresden plate pieces cut and sewn.

The problem is...

I don't have anymore painted faces!

(I bought these at the quilt shop in Lancaster....

The Pattern designer also sells them.)

Maybe I could paint faces???

Angels we have heard on high....

:)

A Finish!!

... it's a small one....

BUT

My mini's are done!

These have been on my list for

Two months now!

December Get It Done List...

Check one off!

Yea!!

I might keep this one...

And this one, too.  

:)

At least for a while..

  The little one is 9 x 12....

The others are 19 x 21....

Happy Quilting!

Design Wall Monday

It's beginning to look a bit

Like Christmas....

at least in my sewing room!

I FINALLY

started working on my

annual ornaments.

This year I am making

Angels

with Dresden Plate skirts.

I found this pattern on my

trip to Lancaster in the summer.

This pile of pieces...

Is slowly being turned...

Into angels!

I cheated and bought the heads already painted,

since I am NOT a painter!

All that is left is the halo and the wings!

Visit Patchwork Times to see what others are doing this week.

Happy Quilting

and

Merry Christmas!

Knitting Needles Friday

This week I had several appointments,

so....

knitting time!

I finished making the

Susie Rogers' Fingerless Mitts

for my oldest daugther.

These will go in her stocking.

:)

My youngest daughter loved the pair I gave her for

her Birthday

and asked if I would make her another pair.

Her office is so cold....

she will wear these at work.

:)

THEN...

I realized this morning that

I haven't blocked these shawls yet!!!

And they are Christmas gifts!!

Guess what I will be doing this weekend?!?

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Happy Friday!