What a difference a week makes! We've had lots more snow. Snow days are perfect for sewing. The guild Christmas party was Saturday morning, and we broke up early because several inches of snow had fallen in 2 hours. We got about 5" total here. Plus a little more came on Sunday afternoon. I'm pretty sure we've already had more snow that we saw all of last winter.
The Countdown to Christmas box from Missouri Star has yielded some fun and interesting things so far. There is a charm pack with a pattern for cat and dog shaped mug rugs, and the acrylic templates were included There is a coffee mug - already added to the 3 I've already collected. A small binder with storage sleeves inside will hold charm packs and applique temples.
There is a pillow pattern along with the plastic alphabet templates needed to applique the WELCOME or any other word onto the pillow. There is even a package of fusible to use. The charm pack from earlier in the week could be used for the pillow too. So that covers the first week of surprises.
All of the blocks for the snowman 3-yard quilt are finally sewn, pressed, and trimmed. Now I can just focus on getting them into rows - and in the correct order. The goal is for this to be a flimsy by the end of the month.
I'm getting a late start on the grandkids' pillowcases this year. The math/science print has been in the stash for awhile. The NASA prints are newly purchased. These will be good for 2 of the boys I think.
The solar system fabric has also been in the stash for a couple of years. It's time to use it up. The black print and the tan one are some options for cuff colors. I haven't decided yet which one I'm going to use.
The swimmer print will work for cuffs for both of the girls because both are swimmers.
One other plan for the week is to continue working on the clues for the Bonnie Hunter mystery. We've seen 3 clues so far, and I have a good start on them. The colors really make me think spring. And it's a nice change up from red, white, blue or some of the darker colors I've been sewing with lately.
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