Catching Up to the New Year

WOW!!!  It's been almost 3 months since my last entry...

Time has flown by, We have celebrated Thanksgiving,

Christmas, and entered into a New Year.

We've gone from beautiful Fall colors to

pure white glistening Snow, and

of course said "Goodbye" to 2015 and

"Hello" to 2016.

 

So now I will share a collage of pictures

of the time I have missed on here.

 

Thanksgiving Day

with all the Family

 

 

 

Our First Snow!!!

 

 

Family Christmas

This year our Christmas was very special,

My Mother flew up from Florida to join us.

This was a first...and I hope she will be

joining us more often for Christmas :)

 

 

 

My newest addition to the sewing/quilting room.

Now to find time to learn how to use it :)

I will keep you posted on this adventure.

I bought it used about 6 months ago,

but just yesterday found the time

to get it all set up.

 

Hugs & Blessings

and a Belated Happy New Year!!!

 

 



Friday Night Sew In...

For the last 3 Friday Nights I have been

taking part in a 24 hour Sew In.

I belong to a Facebook Group and every Friday night from 7 pm

until Saturday night 7 pm we group members get on Facebook and sew,

and share pictures and do a little chatting.

This group has been a great motivational tool for me.

 

Here are some of the things I have accomplished so far:

 

I have 3 Kids Cuddle Quilts done.

 

 

Several Kids Cloth Story Books.

And of course the Sew In wouldn't be complete without

a snack...my choice is a coke, Hershey's Chocolate and Peanut M&Ms

Doesn't get any better than that!!!

 

Hope everyone has a Blessed Weekend.

 

Hugs,

Terry



National Quilting Day

Today is National Quilting Day.

I hope all my quilting friends get the chance

to get some quilting done...

Start a new one or

Finish an old one...

Just Quilt!!!

 

Warm Quilty Hugs to All

Terry

 



Snow Day = Another February Finish

Today we received a bit of snow,

not nearly what I was hoping for.

It was very pretty.  I sat looking out my

 back window, and this is what I saw...

 

I was able to take these blocks, that I made about 3 years

ago for a group swap, and transform them into...

This bright and cheery wall hanging or table topper.



The blocks are 12" squares, with 1" sashing between them.

I ran a straight quilting stitch through the sashing, then

added a colorful button to the center of each block.

Another UFO finished!!!!

 

 

 

Hugs,

Terry

 

 

Thanks to a FaceBook post :)



 

This is my accomplishment for today.

I did this BOM (Block of the Month) several years ago.

Today I was able to get the sashing done and the

blocks all sewn together.

 

Now to figure out what I want to use for the backing...

Something that I can wrap around to the front that

will compliment all those blocks....

 

 

 

Hugs,

Terry

Another Finish

 About 2 years ago I was in group that offered a Redwork Bible Verse Block Swap.

Above are the 3 blocks I have from the swap.

They have been keeping company with my many UFOs in a tote

ever since.  Oh, they are one of my newest UFOs. 

 I have some that are 10 -12 years old!!!  

2015 is the year to get that UFO tote down-sized.

 

 

So these 3 blocks have now been transformed into

1 small decorative pillow  and 2 wall hangings :)

Nothing real intricate or fancy, but

I am very happy with them.

 

Now to visit the UFO tote and pull out my next finish.....

 

 

Hugs & Blessings,

Terry

2 More January Finishes

 This adorable quilt block was a gift

to me from Judy Curry a few years ago.

I finally sat done and sandwiched it

and quilted it this past weekend.  I love

birds, so I really love this block.

It now has a home on the wall

in my sewing room.  Makes me

smile every time I look at it :)

I made this table runner a couple years ago,

but like many other flimsies, it sat in my UFO tote until this past

weekend.  The blocks are 9" blocks named

Cathy's Star.  I really like this block.  It should look very

nice on my dining room table this fall :)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope to get some UFOs done very soon.

 

 

 

Hugs & Blessings,

Terry

January Crafting

This is my "Chocolatier" wall hanging that I made with an online group last weekend.  This was a sew along/mystery quilt project.  Thanks so much to Lesley for getting me back to my sewing room.

 

Finished project front and back.

 

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Next I moved on to some paper crafting...

 

These are the ATCs and Paper piecing items I made for a Scrapbook Element Swap.

 

 

 

 

Then I finished up with a Tag Swap and a All Occasion Card Swap.

 

 

 

Looking forward to getting going on some February projects and swaps.

 

 

 

Hugs & Blessings,

Terry

More Charity Quilt Blocks

These blocks are for a quilt

that will be going to Ft. Hood.

Either for a person serving in the armed forces

or their family member.

 

These blocks are 12 inch blocks by the name of "Dandy"

 



 

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The next set of blocks are for a quilt for a child

in a children's hospital here in the United States.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well that's all the quilt blocks I have

committed to make at this time :)

Now I better get some paper crafting done!!!

 

Hugs & Blessings,

Terry