Christmas is over

I have been sick with the flu the last few days so not much has gotten done. I did manage to get the tree down but that's about it. Christmas is over and the beginning of a new year is just around the corner. Here's hoping I get more accomplished then I did this year.

Christmas 2008

Today I'm sharing some pictures of my family on Christmas.
This is a picture of my daughter and her family.
Trevor got a remote control helicopter, papaw helped him get the batteries in and they are ready to fly it.
Kaycee got a vanity/doll house. Here she is checking it out and mom finishing putting it together even reading the directions.
Ryan got his first remote control car. It's a bounce back racer and he was having a blast with it.
Baby Justin is teething and not very happy about it. He's 5 months old now.
Trevor went on a great adventure today and he took Flat Stanley with him. He has been wanting to see just what a pigpen was and we have an old one on our farm. He and papaw went for a ride in the gator and checked it out. The pigpen is behind him in the picture. He also took his play gun with so he could go hunting.

clock

My husband has been working on this clock for me. It was suppose to be a Christmas present but he just got it done today. I think he did an awesome job on it. He had kept it hidden from me until he was done. I love it.

Quilt

I finally finished this quilt for my dh for christmas. He picked out the kit while we were in Schaumburg so I thought I should get it done for Christmas.
I also got my cookies baked and I'm ready Christmas except doing a little cooking on Christmas Eve. We will be spending the night with the grandkids since daddy is in Afghanistan. Merry Christmas to all.

3 Days before Christmas

Here it is 3 days before Christmas and I find myself trying to finish up a small quilt top and baking. I made nut rolls yesterday and today will make cream cheese nut crescents.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to add anything more until after Christmas so here's wishing you all a very Merry Christmas however you may celebrate.

Back at it

I have been sick most of the week so I didn'tget much done. I've been to the doctor and also for a cat scan so I have spent maybe a day all week in my studio. I was able to do a little embroidery on a shirt and also made my dh a pair of shorts. I know here in MO we have freezing rain and a little snow but my dh wears shorts all year, I have 4 more pairs to go.

I won an ornament from my friend Kate and I received it in the mail today. I hung it on my tree and will enjoy it every year. My tree has all handmade ornaments on it.
My granddaughter came to spend the day with me and she wanted to pose in front of our tree.

This is a shirt I embroidered for my granddaughter for christmas. She is so picky so I took a plain jean shirt and embroidered it and added some bling.

more potholders and little boxes

I made 4 more poholders this time I used christmas fabric. These were also quick and easy.


These little boxes are for an exchange I'm doing in my surfacing group. They were quick and fun to make.

Today's Accomplishments

This is a block that I did for the thangles bom. I choose the green and red christmas colors. We purchase a block pattern and fabric for a dollar and bring it back the next month and get the next block for a dollar, if we do not finish the block we pay $3.00. One more and I'll have all twelve done. I'll get that block next month.











This is a block for guild. We have a lotto every month, we buy for a quarter some fabric and a pattern and we then add some of our own fabric. The piece we were given is the fall colors and I added the rust handdye and the cracked ice that I dyed golden. I made two of these blocks today. This block is called floating square.

These are the gift bags I made for the kids my daughter babysits. I noticed one is bigger then the other I will fix that by cutting the top down and sewing the bottom seam to make it smaller. I wonder how I did that. I made one of these yesterday and the other 4 today.