Another week closer to the New Year - Yikes!!
We received the final set of instructions for the 2023 Saturday Sampler on Saturday morning. It has been a fun mix of pieced and applique blocks. The pattern is called Spooling Around. The final "block" is a set of 8 spools. Then some trimming of the applique blocks will make the center of the quilt ready to assemble. Yay! In February there will be a Show n Tell for any completed quilts or tops. First however, I need to make those 8 spool blocks.
Two last pillowcases for grandsons are on my To Do list for this week. These will go into their Christmas stockings - my tradition every year. I was asked how many years I've been doing this, so I had to really think about it. The oldest will be 13 in June. I think I started making pillowcases for him when he was 2 and moved into a toddler bed instead of a crib. I do know at first I often made seasonal themed ones for each kid - Halloween, summer, Christmas etc. And those were given out "whenever". Probably about 6 years ago I started putting them in their Christmas stockings each year.
Parts for more of the Indigo Way mystery Clue #3 are laying next to my sewing machine. Some are sets of 4 matching blocks, and some are sets of 6 matching blocks - just as her instructions said. When there are 4 of each it's easy to imagine them going into blocks, but the sets of 6 have added more mystery to the mix. Part of the fun!!
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2 comments:
Your Saturday Sampler blocks are really fun, love the colors you've used. The pillow cases are a fun stocking stuffer idea. I don't have time for that this year, but as I do my fabric reorg, I'm going to keep that in mind so I have some for next year. You've done well the BH bits and pieces. It took me forever just to cut the parts for clue 3 and I'm only doing half! Happy stitching this week.
Fun tradition of pillowcases for your GKs!!! And great job on keeping up with BH, as she is a whirlwind at this time of year!!!
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