This and that

 Wednesday turned out to be a non-sewing day except for a little handwork on binding.  By the time I did a little Christmas shopping, a lot of grocery shopping, baked a batch of cookies, and some laundry there just wasn't time to spend at the sewing machine.  But it was nice to check off a couple more things from the To Do list. 

Quilters are just the most generous people!  Imagine my surprise yesterday when the postman rang my doorbell instead of just leaving our mail in the mailbox across the street.  He had a box that was much too big for that mailbox.  My blogging friend Nann shared a wonderful "curated" box of goodies with me. (https://withstringsattached.blogspot.com/)  She knows my style so well, and has fabrics sorted into bags even.  Plus, as a retired librarian, she recommends on her blog the best books to read.  And she even tucked in a book she had recently found in a used book sale.  It's actually out of print, so an old copy is a really lucky discovery.  I can read it and pass it along to another avid reader when I'm done.

One of the little bags contained a stack of lavender 30s reproduction squares and 3 lavender snowmen squares.  The snowmen just made me smile immediately, and I'm picturing these making a really cute pillow or placemats.