Christmas Crazy Patch

Yes, it IS January, and yes, I AM writing a post about my Christmas Crazy Quilt project.  Not surprisingly, I got busy and didn’t get the quilt finished before Christmas.  So I took a short break to work on another project (it’s a gift, so you have to wait to see it).  But then I…

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A Christmas for Sewing

My husband gave me the best Christmas present I could think of, and better yet, I wasn’t expecting it.  He bought me a Singer Featherweight sewing machine! There’s a little damage to the cord that Matt wants to fix before he’ll let me use it.  He’s afraid I might burn up the motor with the…

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Christmas Decorating

With the ridiculous amount of snow we got on Friday, I decided that it was time to do a little Christmas decorating. And with all of the vehicles were snowed in, it wasn’t like I could do anything else. So, I got my husband to drag up a few tubs of Christmas decorations – the…

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Christmas is Coming Along

My Christmas crazy quilt is starting to come along.  Which is really quite surprising as I haven’t been working on it anywhere near as much as I should.  With my steampunk crazy quilt, I spent about an hour or so each evening, piecing my blocks and then spent another couple hours each night working on…

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Grown Up Christmas List

Every year I find it harder and harder to come up with a list of things that I would like for Christmas.  It’s not because I don’t want anything, but because as I’ve grown older, the things that I want have changed.  It’s a lot harder to ask someone to go buy you clothes, than…

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our house to yours! Here’s hoping you have a wonderful day full of family and fun.

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Stocking Wreath

I found a great wreath idea on the Midwest Living site last year. It’s a spring wreath using an umbrella, but it gave me the idea to make a wreath from a stocking. My wreath is currently hanging out  on my fake ficus tree at work, but I’ll take it home when the office closes…

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