Oh The Weather Outside Is Frightful..

Trincerual downpours,straight line winds, possible tornados,mother natures got an attitude today,but she did go out leaving us a beautiful rainbow 🌈 

In between the downpours I managed to get to the store for a few things ,I try to avoid going to the store if all possible the day before a holiday,around here fighting  those last minute shoppers is suicidal 🤣🤣 

picked up Sadie,she will be with us for the week,the weather's supposed to be rainy off & on but hopefully we can get in at least one adventure ,one of the Camila bushes has bloomed

rainy days calls for comfort food & one of my favorites is orzo,so simple & so good ,all you need is

1-lb.ground beef more or less depending how much you want,1 can rotel I cant take much heat so I use the traditional, beef or chicken broth

cook beef,drain,add rotel, 1c. orzo,2c.broth, bring to a boil stirring regularly then reduce heat & continue cooking on low covered, stirring occasionally till orzo is done,usually takes less than 10 min

Pairs well with a big ole pice of cornbread 😄

The Elves Were Busy Today!

 From ornament assembly to fluffing trees made for the beginning of a fun filled day with my little elves

They were determined they could put the top in lol

While waiting on the pizza guy we got our cookie dough together 

After pizza while the dough was chilling we walked with the neighbor Ms Anette,when we got back around to her house we had a sweet visit  with her & a glass of lemonade,then back to the house to bake our cookies ,tested out the new gingerbread cookie cutters,I didn't think they'd like the taste of ginger bread so we made regular sugar cookie dough

So there you have it, ornament sorting,tree fluffing & decorating, christmas movies,pizza ,walking,cookie making,baking & eating lol 

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Fabric Search Complete

 In an earlier post there is the bird quilt that I'd made for a local quilt shop contest

My little great grand niece fell in luv with it,then both her & her brother fell in luv with the Christmas strip top I'd just made, when asked if they'd like a Christmas  quilt they both said no, the talk of dinosaurs came up but she was still set on the birds  , so I suggested since I had to make a dinosaur quilt how about a more girly bird quilt with lots of pink since mine looks like Christmas " red& green" she was on board with that.

Fabrics for Casons dinosaur quilt 

I went to the fabric shop yesterday & found these to go with the bird print for Livvy's quilt

I'm not sure how much I'll  get started on these between now & tomorrow as they will spend the day with me tomorrow & there's a big day planned with more tree decorating,cookie baking,movie breaks ,ordering pizza & eating the cookies😄

Just A Little Pincushion Sewing

 My eardrum finally cleared up but now the left ear canal is closed making it hard to hear so I'm taking meds for that ,I missed sewing this past week & needed to make something,anything,just make something,😄 so I finished the pincushions that I fussy cut,the snowman was too poofy so I unstuffed & redid it

I know its not much but it's something!😄I've decided on  a block layout for my great grand nieces & nephews quilts for christmas & will get those cut out this weekend

Forgotten UFO'S

 Four years into this little house & I'm still finding things 🤔 I'm guessing 10 if not more years ago when I was part of a quilting class at the local quilt shop after Terry passed away ,al the fabrics & instructions are still in tack & Im thinking I have all the pinwheel blocks completed & had just started on the flying geese blocks ,it will be a good one to pull out & complete come Spring

I have found that the scrap papper bins are best to keep projects together & in tack ,below was the makings of a Christmas table topper,everythings cut out,labeled & numbered ,a project perhaps for Christmas  in July in the upcoming new year

Last night I started on some random Christmas projects ,todays the last day of meds & I'll be so glad to get outta this foggy feeling & get back to some serious sewing,I have Christmas quilts to make!😄

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