Last post for 2013 and I'm ecstatic to see the tail end of this year. I have to say the past few years have been the most emotionally exhausting years of my life and I'm hoping 2014 will be more calm and I will have more time to sew, post and just enjoy life. I'm not making any resolutions because I've never made one I haven't broken before February arrives.
Pictured is the new addition to our family - Piper the guinea pig. She is a real sweetie and belongs to my youngest daughter.
I have been extremely good about not making more fabric purchases up til
yesterday sticking to my scheduled purchases from the fabric of the
month clubs only. Well yesterday I let the lid off that and it's been a
buying itch since. I went to the LQS for heat resistant batting and
walked out with that and 6 packs of Scrumptious Candy packs from Bonnie
and Camille but other than buying these Candy packs have no color scheme
set for that project. I really like it but I still love the 3 Sisters
flea market so I went to Fat Quarter shop and bought a bunch of the
Candy packs (mini charms packs for my US friends) and with a one price fits all for shipping costs I decided to tack a solid natural jelly roll into the
mix. I'm praying they have all packs in stock - I have a plan. I'm going
to keep the entire scheme very feminine.
My long awaited vacation is a bit more than half over already. I have
practically nothing to show for the past week (or past 2 months for that
matter) I have made tons of tops for mug rugs, table runners using
various Christmas fabric but not much for the backing. So I only have a
tiny finish. I'm still on my hexie kick so it's all been done by hand. I
wasn't sure how I was going to attach the back to the front with the
extra thermal padding. I don't love it. I do like the way the the
section I closed it up looks so I won't be flipping and sewing right
sides together on the next. I did small ties in the corners to keep the
batting down. Pictured is the front and back of the second and the
completed (green with pine cones).
As you can see we were all spoiled again this year. Here are the girls stocking, the boys and Chris's were about the same amount of overflow. Apparently I need to make some new ones next
year that are oversized or supplemental to the ones we have. Got to have enough room for those Christmas stocking staples of socks and underwear.
We all got our new phones as a pre-Christmas gift. I don't think we suffered from not having enough gifts to unwrap without them under the tree. Galaxy S4 for me, I'm slowly getting used to. I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the apps and choices I get with the android. Blackberry was much more simple. The same App on Android vs Blackberry is night and day. I love the fact that I have banking on my phone again. When the newest blackberry's came out my bank's App insisted on an upgrade but wouldn't install on my phone.
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!
