I am sewing some this weekend. I am also behind on the mystery quilt. I am on clue 3 and might be done with it today. But that is ok, as I do not have any projects pressing at the moment. I plan to give this mystery quilt to my daughter-in-law for her birthday in March.

Merry Christmas!!!! I helped my Mom square some qullt blocks today and she got the top all pieced. Since we are in Arizona I will probably just help Mom cut pieces for quilt tops.

Sue

I don't know what I'm doing this week-end except wind down. I finished a QOV and presented it to DGD's boyfriend today before dinner. No pictures available yet. I have 2 small quilts with the blocks all done but need to be sewn together and one larger one that the blocks are not all completed. I might work on the smaller ones so they can be taken off the design board. The larger one is another neutral quilt and I'm excited to see it put together.

We dismantled the pantry first thing this morning. :O DH is installing cabinets in place of the annoying wire shelving hidden by horrid bifold doors. I know he'll need my help during the process (and I will need to supervise LOL), but I also told him I need time in the sewing room! I'm behind on last week's step of the Quiltville mystery. This week's step is just sewing together pieces from previous steps, so that will be easy!

Donna

No quilting this weekend. I'm mailing a quilt to my new great-nephew today now that his name has been confirmed and the label made. Another quilt to track. The one to France cleared French customs yesterday, but that's all I know so far. I'm also packing up all my quilting supplies for our trip to Hawaii Tuesday. I downloaded five rental movies on my iPad, so I'm ready for about 9 hours in a plane. I'm a huge movie fan, and it's amazing how quickly the trip goes when I'm watching a good film or five. Speaking of movies, the film "Brooklyn" is about as beautiful as a movie gets. I highly recommend it.

Well, I'd better get back to putting away the Christmas stuff and packing. I also have to make a wild rice bake to take to my husband's family's gathering this afternoon. Then dinner with friends tomorrow night. Will this celebrating ever end? Just kidding. We're so lucky to have all our friends and family.

I am sitting here waiting for my son and his family to arrive. I think I am ready! On Christmas Eve, I went to the basement to get something and got a wet foot as I stepped off the step. Our sump pump had quit. Our SIL came over and he and Bob went to Lowes to buy a new pump. He shut off the power to install it because it was hard wired into the outlet. That started the security system beeping. We had a terrible time getting that shut off. It eventually starting blasting the police signal! What an eventful Christmas Eve!

I am ready to enjoy a nice holiday with the grandbabies!

Linda OH

Definitely one of those stories to be repeated yearly. ☺

I'm caught up on the mystery quilt and plan to get a little assembling done for clue 5. With visitors here for the holidays, it is just fit in with quiet times when they are all late getting up. But, all in all, holidays went well and I look forward to production line sewing again one of these days. Best wishes to all.

Company on Christmas Day, today is wind down and cleanup a bit, more company tomorrow, and a funeral on Monday. Whew!

I plan to spend next week cleaning up the sewing area in the basement, so I can get serious about more quilts.

A Happy new Year to all.

Theresa

I'm pre-washing fabrics, got a gift cert. for Joann's and hurried in there because the quilting fabric was 40 percent off plus I had a coupon for an additional 20 percent off, even sale items. I also bought 3 different size quilt battings that were also on sale for 40 percent off. I really didn't want to go today but the coupon ends tomorrow and I was afraid all those other people would clean them out. They were already kind of picked over as it is. I was telling someone the other day that I wish the fabric was as beautiful as it was back about 10 to 15 years ago. They aren't as nice as they used to be. I think it's because A: I'm just getting old and B: the fabric designers are younger and are catering to the younger crowd who like the more modern designs and colors. Does anyone else feel this way? And I'm not even considering the quality of the fabric, just the colors and designs on them. I have some scraps of fabrics from back then that are absolutely stunning, but they are small pieces.

You've got to be kidding. I spent the day packing to leave for Florida for four months. We're leaving tomorrow at 5 a.m. I did pack some sewing supplies and enough fabric for three or four fabrics however. Does that count?

Rita, I feel the same way! I haven't liked the predominant color schemes in fabrics for years. I mean really - turquoise and brown? Ick. Brown and pink? More ick. Plus the quality of most of J's fabric is very poor. It's the same with their clothing fabrics. I thought I might go back to sewing clothes since the quality of clothing in stores is so bad, but the fabric at J's is mostly as bad as the RTW.

Fran, where do you stay in FL? There are several of us in the central FL area - Sharon, Rita, Beth, me... Maybe we could plan a get together! :)

Donna

Donna, I'm on the east coast...Port Saint Lucie, but I'm not averse to a road trip.

I had to laugh: the colors (Hershey Bar chocolate) brown and pink were favored during the US Civil War era! What goes around....comes around!

Today I will finish quilting a baby quilt that has long been a UFO - then I will put it in my Etsy shop at some point.

I'm working on my second Kind Quilt, ready to layer it and start simple quilting. There is one Kind Quilt finished and another still in pieces in the bag. These charity quilts come with all the fabrics chosen and cut - all we add is the batting, thread, and our time. I hope to persuade my guild to add this organization to our charity quilt making/giving.

http://kindquilts.org

Yesterday I began to clean up/clean out my sewing room - it needed it!!! I found my son's quilt that needs the binding repaired hidden under my cutting table. I looked for this (in a black plastic bag) so many, many times - and it was right there, hidden under mounds of batting remnants! Can you identify? Can I get an AMEN, Sistahs?? Ha!

Blessings for a wonderful 2016 to you all!

Teresa

AMEN!!

Hehe, Theresa, I meant no offense! Clearly lots of people like those color combinations! :)

We went to Lowe's early this morning to find trim to go around the new pantry cabinets. On the way home DH said, "I hope I have finishing nails." He spent a long time searching the garage then was back off to Lowe's to get some. :) So quilters aren't the only ones who do stuff like that, Teresa.

Donna

No offence taken! It just struck me as funny and I needed that on this gloomy day and me with a stomach bug.

Theresa

We all have those colors we don't "love" as much as the others. I can't do black anymore, not even the background - I just can't see the stitching. And orange??? It only looks good on fall leaves and pumpkins, IMO! LOL! You that love orange are gratefully invited to buy my share of orange fabric.

Hope the stomach bug is gone sooner rather than later, Theresa!

Teresa....the other one w/o the "H"

Don't think I'll get any quilting done. We spent yesterday cleaning up a flooded basement. My shoulders are sore today, and we are waiting for more rain.

OH, gosh, Bev! I hope you don't have much more flooding, and that damage is minimal.

Theresa, feel better soon!

Teresa, I used to hate orange, but now think it's not too bad. :). Now I guess brown is my least favorite color.

I finished cutting last week's pieces for the mystery quilt. I have 10 of the 30 sets from last week sewn, and half of the 98 four patches from this week done.

Donna