Merry Christmas! SSCS gifts . . . . . . and other gifts

I am once again hunting for a camera. . .  .so I don't have pictures on this post. 

To all of you that celebrate Christmas I hope that you have had a blessed day and continued peace.

Mr. Books & I attended the candlelight service last night & our regular Sunday service this morning.  It was very hectic but rewarding.

We haven't yet celebrated Christmas with my family yet. . . . and won't be celebrating it with Mr. Books daughter until next weekend so there will be additional updates.

But, as of right now I can say that I did not add to the stash for this day --- at least not fabric; I did pick up a pattern yesterday for a wall hanging that I am thinking of making for my office wall for next Christmas.

I opened the gift from Dale in Australia that was my SSCS gift. . . .oh, just wait until I can get a photo!!  I received a calendar and the most wonderful stitcher's case that I have ever seen.  The colors are wonderful & there are very many "nooks & crannies" for me to use to store things for "on the go" stitching.

The calendar will be wonderful on my refrigerator and will let me see what wonders there are to see in other parts of the world.

Thank you Dale, I love the gifts you sent and appreciate all the time you took to make it!

Mr. Books knows that I love novelty pins (brooches) and is always on the prowl for pieces to make to my collection.  (I'm known as the "pin lady" at work.)  Well, he added 2 pieces to my collection. . . . in a theme that I had not yet started -- SPORTS!!

We went to an antique mall yesterday (kind of a new tradition for us in the past couple of years).  While there he found a billiards pin and a golf club pin for me.

He had been looking for a treadle sewing machine but we hadn't come upon one of those in this trip.  Which is a good thing because right now I don't know where we would put it (at least so I could use it) until I get the house organized a bit better.

I'll post more later on. . . . and hope that by then I will have pictures. . . because I also have pictures to show of blocks that I made for a Flickr swap and I will get those blocks in the mail tomorrow so that I am ahead of the deadline.

In peace and pieces,

Stash Report -- March 22

Ok, the numbers haven't changed because I have finally gotten through all of the fabric that I own (well, at least I **think** I did)!! he he he

For Quilting Day (which was 3/21/09) I completed the 18 blocks that I needed to have done for the Spring Quilt Block Swap (you can follow the link on the right side bar).

I had signed up for 2 sections -- one in yellow & the other in purple. I heard from Jennifer that my blocks arrived at her home today. Yeah!! So I don't have to worry about them any more.

I won't deduct the fabric that I used to make them since I will be getting blocks back. . .so if I deduct now I would have to add it back when the blocks come back. I'll just, from this point on, make my deductions once I get tops and/or backings completed.

So, the numbers stand as follows:

Fabric In this week 0

Fabric In Y-T-D 20.5 yards

Fabric Used Y-T-D 0

Fabric Donated this week 70+ yards

Fabric Donated Y-T-D 212.75 yards

Fabric Stash Depleted Y-T-D 193.75 yards

It just dawned on me that I have been making blocks since last year for a Birthday Block Swap through the Quilting Forum at Ask.com. . .but again, I can't really count that as stash OUT since I have been receiving blocks IN and that would really just confuse me.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I have been working. . . there's just nothing to show for it at this moment. But, since I am not signing up for any more swaps at the moment (but am gearing up for the next Twisted Mystery quilt swap) I am hoping that I will soon have flimsies to show off.


In peace and pieces,

Catching up with Christmas and Swap news

I believe that I have previously mentioned that I am in a Birthday Block swap through an About.com forum. Here are the two most recent blocks that I have sent out.

This first one is Antique Tile from quilterscache.com. . .and the owner requested Mardi Gras colors:
This second block was sent to a woman that requested birdhouse blocks. I was a little worried since applique is not a strong point for me. . .but I think the block worked out well.


These next three pictures are from Christmas evening. . .they are of my nephew with some of his gifts. . . he liked the toys, but when he got clothes in the packages he just dropped them on the floor, partially open with the phrase "just clothes" used to explain everything. . . .as only a 3 1/2 year old can express! LOL






In peace and pieces,