Merry Chrstmas - 2021 -

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! - 

 

I hope you all have a VERY good day - 

 

With the ones you love - 

 

And have plenty of love - laughter - and food - 

 

I have limited internet access this year - 

 

So I can't link to my favorite Christmas card - 

 

But it's the one that I sent last year - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go- gotta sew- 

 

P.S.  I should be "up and running" by Tuesday - 12/28/21 -

but if not - 

please HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! - ;))

Internet woes -

 

 

We are having technical difficulties - 

 

The power went out on Monday morning - 12/20/21 -

 

When it came back on - 

 

Everything works except the phone - internet - and TV - 

 

My daughter rigged this up to get internet - 

 

Until they can come out to check it out on MONDAY!! -  12/27/21 - 

That equals no Christmas - :( -

Thanks for checking on me - 

I'm fine - 

But I can't let anyone know if I don't have a phone or the internet - 

I guess I'm being forced to get a cellphone - 

And BOB doesn't like being forced to do stuff - 

I will try to check my emails periodically - 

So stay tuned - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

My practice quilt -

 

 

From Christina Cameli's Craftsy class - 

Free-Motion Quilting Essentials - 

 

Is bound - finally! - 

 

Ta Dah! - ;))

 

 

It was an EXCELLENT class - 

 

And I HIGHLY recommend it -

 

Now I'm off to chase another SQUIRREL - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

 

Squirrel -

 

 

My daughter found this on Facebook - 

Photo credit - boredpanda - dot - com - 

 

And it pretty much says it all - 

 

So I became the Squirrel - LOL - 

And dug out a quilt that needs binding - 

A practice quilt from Christina Cameli's Craftsy class - 

Free-Motion Quilting Essentials - 

 

 

I couldn't find my left-over bolt of YELLOW fabric - 

 

To use to make the binding - 

 

But I did find some OLD "quilt binding" in a drawer - 

 

Wrights - Double-Fold Quilt Binding - 

3 yd package - $2.40 - 

Available at JoAnns - $3.99 on sale for $2.39 - 

 

It comes in 3yd packages - 

 

And I need over 7 yards - 

 

So I had some "joining" to do -

 

And I found another use for my LEFT-EZE Rule™ - 

The dashed line on the diagonal is the 1/4" seam line - 

So - I lined that up on the seam that I sewed - 

And trimmed it -

 

And a couple of dog-ears - 

Re-pressed the "folds" - 

 

And wound it up a little - 

 

And it's ready to go - 

 

Tomorrow - 

 

I should be able to actually SEW it down - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

The third batch - continued -

 

  

Of Potholders -  

Is DONE - 

And the backing -

Now that all three batches are done - 

I feel like chasing some SQUIRRELS - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

The third batch -

 

 

Of Potholders - 

 

 

Is quilted - 

 

Trimmed - 

 

And the binding has been sewn to the back - 

 

Tomorrow - 

The batch may even be finished -

 

Maybe - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

The second batch -

 

 

Of Potholders is DONE - 

 

I have a third batch partially done - 

 

 

But I have other Squirrels I want to chase - 

And I have no idea what I will play with tomorrow - 

So stay tuned - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Lazy day -

 

 

With no sewing - 

 

So -

 

Here are some more puzzle photos - 

 

For your viewing pleasure - LOL - 

 

This one is a 27" round  one -

Black Vintage Mandala -

BXDOW - 1000 pieces - 

 

 

There are letters on the back - 

 

So I had pre-sorted them a while ago - 

 

And got a couple of sections done - 

 

With some more to go - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

Two more -

 

 

Potholders are quilted - 

 

And more binding has been cut - 

 

 

But that's as far as I got today - 

 

I did some Christmas shopping - 

 

And we all know how long THAT takes - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

Echo -

 

 

Me - Go outside until after dinner - 

 

Echo - OK - I'm outside -

 

 

Me - Ummm - noooo - 

 

Echo - OK - is this better? - 

Me - Yeah - close enough - LOL - ;))

 

 

Here's what was left of the dinner her Mom was cooking - 

 

Chicken and dumplings - YUUUUUMMMMM - 

 

And then there was Cherry (Cream) Cheese Pie for dessert - 

 

No sewing today - 

 

But there was some YUUUUUMMMMMYYYYY food - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Much better -

 

  

This time around - ;))

I took one potholder -

 

 

And decided to put a flat head YELLOW pin - 

 

In the corner that I wanted at the TOP - 

 

So I would start in the "correct" corner - 

And bound it -

 

I realized my mistake on the first batch - 

 

I had cut the binding at 1-1/2" instead of 2" - 

 

And corrected that on this batch - 

 

And got this far on the second one - 

 

Before I ran out of gas - 

And now I'm bored with potholders - 

But I have two more to go - 

So I'll try to get those done tomorrow - 

Because I have other SQUIRRELS - 

 

That I want to chase - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

The second batch -

 

 

Of potholders - 

 

Is being made a bit differently - 

 

 

I hope they turn out better - 

Than the last batch of potholders did - 

 

My LEFT-EZE Rule™ worked really well - 

 

To cut the Squares - HST - QST - and Flying Geese - 

 

And they did look pretty - 

 

But my binding/finishing was awful -

 

So I made some "quick and dirty" tops for these - 

 

And I'll try for a better "finish" this time - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Potholders - DONE -

 

 

Finally! - ;))

 

 

 

They are not my best work - 

 

But they are DONE - 

 

And DONE is better than perfect - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew 

 

Moving right along -

 

 

Today I trimmed - 

 

The other three Potholders -

 

 

Pressed the binding -

 

Sewed the binding - 

 

To the back -

 

Of all three Potholders - 

 

And to the front -

 

Of one of them - 

 

Tomorrow I should be able -

 

To finish them - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Another "chore" day -

 

 

 

So all I have to post - 

 

Are more puzzle photos - LOL - ;))

 

We finished up the last two sections on this one - 

 

 

And had one extra piece - 

 

Which my eagle-eyed daughter - 

Saw was a duplicate of this one -

 

Anyway - 

It was a FUN one - 

That I would do again - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -