Lots of "stuff"

Silly Moose face

I finished my diamond strings quilt today for a friend. I think Bonnie's going to get tired of seeing her patterns on my blog. LOL I have Carolina Crossroads next in que to quilt this weekend.




I got my toy back a week or so ago. It needed to be rewired. Now I need to get some bobbins and play with it :) Hubby bought it thinking it was a feather weight awhile back. Well it's black-lol.




I managed to stitch out a few more Raggedy Anns :) 2 more designs of dolls to do. Then I have to figure which ones I need more of to make the quilt.



RA#5


RA #6



Packing this baby up with an embroidered denim shirt and it's on it's way to AZ. No sorry Leah - it's going to Tempe.

This Elf is busy, busy

I got a great box from Connecting Threads company this morning. Look at all that stuff! The second Indigo collection is on clearance since a new set has been released. I was so good last year that I decided to splurge on myself and order some. I also want to try their thread on the juki for quilting. I love piecing with it and bought a couple of neutral colored cones to try quilting with. Huge cones $8






This time of year I live in denim shirts and sweaters. I found an unadorned one in the closet that needed something that DS won't wear-lol. I found a 7 Sisters design I bought somewhere online and decided to stitch it out on my shirt.






A few months ago I bought some adorable Raggedy Ann embroidery files. I found out today one of my friends is going to be a grandma to a little girl. Raggedy Ann was always one of my favs. So it was time to order her story book and start stitching these out. I'm thinking 30's red around the centers- possibly stars.



and another one:


Of the designs so far, this one is my fav. :)


Lastly, I started cutting out a pattern for a secret santa gift and one for me too *wink* Nanette's pattern called for 3" squares but I wanted 2 wall hangings and since I have a bagillion 2 " squares and hsts that's the size I went with. I may cheat on the borders - time will tell. This is the last thing I need so I can wrap everything and mail it off to Australia. I might have time to stitch a few Raggedy Anns out and start cleaning this mess up.....

3rd Finish in 5 days

GASP!!! 3 Finishes- wow! Not something I want to do again, I do believe I said that with the last Hawaiian quilt I made. This was "supposed " to be a shower gift. I never finished it with the rotatar cuff nonsense so it got laid aside. I embroidered a blanket for the shower instead. The other day packing "stuff" up I saw it an knew it only had a few more hours of quilting. I should have worked on it before I finished the hand quilting on the other one and definatly before all that biniding. My wrist is killing me and I'm back to wearing a brace. for a couple of days and hope it clears up on it's own.


But look what I made this morning for moi *VBG*


All yesterday-13 hours worth of baking with the kiddies - such an adventure
We made lots and lots of cookies and multiple types. One that I let them make the dough for was gingerbread. I had planned to make the roll out cookies but the dough wasn't tasting right so we chucked it out and made ginger crinkles *yummmm*
So to ease my disappointment I embroidered myself some gingerbread cookies instead.


Now yesterday I got a package from the fat quarter shop that had no buyers info only my shipping info ....and a Merry Christmas message :) But look what was in the box



What to make what to make.....so I have no clue who sent it but whoever you are , THANK YOU!!!!