Christmas Day! 

My daughter Kelli’s kids were here on Monday. They were out of school. Kelli had worked the previous overnight, and she needed someone to watch them. I was free, and it’s been quite a while since I’ve had them. I called Kalissa and offered that Anders could come over and hang out with us. The …

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Every day crept one day closer to Christmas. I hadn't baked even one cookie or wrapped a single gift. But, the house was decorated, the tree was up, there were candles in the windows and a wreath on the door; ready or not, Christmas was coming.  No one felt that stronger than I did, I was working on a super-secret double surprise; had I left enough time? Ta-da!! I made it!  I'm so

Every day crept one day closer to Christmas. I hadn't baked even one cookie or wrapped a single gift. But, the house was decorated, the tree was up, there were candles in the windows and a wreath on the door; ready or not, Christmas was coming.  No one felt that stronger than I did, I was working on a super-secret double surprise; had I left enough time? Ta-da!! I made it!  I'm so

 It was a lovely day, very low key. Instead of dinner, Heather had decided to do brunch, which turned out to be genius. I made a spinach salad and overnight cranberry eggnog french toast. She made a broccoli quiche, mac and cheese, tater tots, and had fresh fruit. Nothing heavy, not tons of prep. We ate, chatted, then on to gifts.

As you probably know if you’ve hung around here at all, I’m continually trying to get organized. And it’s my firm belief that organizing is an ongoing thing that is never really finished, especially if you’re creating wonderful things.

This past year, I applied that to not only my STUFF, but tried to apply it to my life as well. Just as having an organized work space leads to better productivity and leaves room in your head for more creative thinking, likewise, having a routine, being able to batch certain tasks together, or being free to ...

Sorry I am late posting today. Christmas got the best of me! Whew…I’m still in Christmas mode, but I’m on the downhill slide now. The part of Christmas where I do the cooking and baking is behind me. My stitching took a big hit last week, and I didn’t get much done, but that is …

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We’re fast approaching the end of 2025, and it’s time to think about 2026.

The past two years I’ve focused on completing a few projects in several categories.  This worked well for me, but the one category that hasn’t seen any finishes is UFOs.  No way am I making that my focus for 2026.  That, for me, would be an inspiration killer.

Instead, I decided to focus on kits, and I use that term loosely.  A pattern with all or some of the supplies fits my definition of a kit.

These are your standard kits.

This ...

Good morning, my friends. I hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas Day. Our son and daughter-in-law did the cooking for our family get-together, and it was delicious as always. (They are both excellent cooks.)

Before we headed over to their place, I took some time to bake Jumbo Breakfast Cookies for our trip. They're made with peanut butter, oatmeal, raisins and multi-grain Cheerios. We always carry Clif bars in the truck when we travel. They're filling enough to substitute for lunch on days when we don't want to stop. These are a nice alternative to Clif ...

Good morning, my friends. I hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas Day. Our son and daughter-in-law did the cooking for our family get-together, and it was delicious as always. (They are both excellent cooks.)

Before we headed over to their place, I took some time to bake Jumbo Breakfast Cookies for our trip. They're made with peanut butter, oatmeal, raisins and multi-grain Cheerios. We always carry Clif bars in the truck when we travel. They're filling enough to substitute for lunch on days when we don't want to stop. These are a nice alternative to Clif ...

I was up early on Christmas Eve, and spent the whole morning in my sewing room - sewing, cutting, and some cleaning.

Some of you beat me to it! I was going to post about the QUILTsocial cover today! I'll do that later in the post. Thank you!!!! It was the one day that I wasn't wearing my orange headband! KU had made me a dark purple one, and I was wearing that! But no worries -- you all know who I am without the orange hairband! It's the people that I meet infrequently who remember me by the flowers!

HEY --- I never even thought of chocolate croissants for breakfast. WAIT -- can we rewind the clock? I ate chocolate (my ...

Just for a fun quick post for the Friday Face Off,  here is an AI created image of me as a detective. Ha ha

I do look a bit like a television detective, don't I?

Until Next Time,  

In a scrap bag were small pieces of some super cute farm fabric–chickens, sunflowers and text. They aren’t the kind of prints where cutting them smaller would be a good solution. But they could be combined with something else.

I added the gold geometric print in the 4-1/2″ squares and built 4-patchesout of 2-1/2″ squares using coordinating fabrics.

I even had some matching sunflower fabric for the back.

It is even cuter in person, but this at least gives you an idea. Cheap and cheerful, but it will go in the donation pile for next year ...