Triming Up The Christmas Quilt

 The batting is so soft & airy "which I luv" but its oozing out the sides😄 but all is well, it'll just take another trim

Why keep a journal if you're not going to consult it is the question I ask myself on this one🤣 I normally do not like narrow boarders but what's done is done,Im not un stitching it😄 I'll get it trimmed & stitched down throughout the evening while watch tv

Meanwhile pillowcases are on the to do list this morning 

Sunday Inspiration

 

Art Museum

 I ventured out for a little culture today at a local art museum then to the produce market & ending the morning with a trip to Hobby Lobby for 10 yards of cuteness for more pillowcases for the childrens Hospital 

What's On The Cutting Table?

 Bees,Chicks,Planes & Moo Moo's! cut & ready

And the bug  🪲 🐞 print & dinosaur 🦖 print recently purchased

But first to change out the serger threads which always unnerves me no matter how many times I change it, you can snip the threads one at a time & slowly turn the wheel to run it through but if one breaks the whole thing has to be rethreaded 🙆 so if it cooperates ,today will be pillowcase making day😄

A Little Here & A Little There

 Just a little progress today but progress! LoL ,my niece & the baby spent the better half of the day with me today, we had breakfast at Jacks ,later she worked on stitching up a stuffed animal she brought to work on   while I cut more squares for scrappy strip blocks ,17 more than I had yesterday 😄

later this evening I finished quilting the Christmas quilt & got the binding sewn &pinned on,now to stitch it down

Break time called for camomile honey vanilla herbal tea

Dinner was experimental 😄I had some sundried tomatoes I made a few months back & sauteed them with onions with a squeeze  of 1/2 lemon in the lemon basil infused olive oil I made the other day,cooked some chicken,added spaghetti noodles with butter & black pepper  topped with Parmesan cheese,everything was familiar flavors so it wound up tasteing pretty good whatever it is 😄

Making Do & Making Progress

 Making do with what I have for backing for the Christmas quilt , each patch is 37" WOF giving enough wiggle room once sewn together

Its hard to tell in the light that the strip is a rustic burgundy strip & a medium grey cotton

I sewed the rows onto the red & white top,only 17 rows  to go equaling to 407 squares to cut 😄  meeting up with my niece to walk the Mall, it's torture to smell those cookies baking from the cookie company first thing in the morning 😄 then its back to the sewing room 

What You Saving It For?

 How many times do we get asked that question on numerous  occasions?  If I wear the casual dress & fluff my hair friends & family are quick to ask "where you going" 😄my mind goes back to my mother-n-law having cabinets full of beautiful dishes yet we ate out of paper plates 90% of the time😄

Life is short,take time to enjoy making what you luv to eat, granted there are days that calls for cereal & even homemade peanut butter cookies & coffee & sometimes  taking a few extra moments & pulling out the pretty plates  

Breakfast this morning is blueberry french toast & Earl Grey tea on vintage pink willow  from the hutch 🤫

Now wash that plate & put it back before you break it!🤣