Happy New Year everyone. I hope your 2020 is joyful.
Even though my blog has been silent, work continues on a
number of projects, though at a very relaxed pace.
This rag wreath will stay on my sewing room door year-round,
or at least until I get tired of looking at it.
I found several tutorials for making it on Pinterest, and it was a great
way to use up some of my neutral scraps.
My piles of nine-patches have grown and are being added to
my design wall along the way. I figure
when I have enough blocks to finish filling the wall, I’ll play with placement
and start thinking about borders. This
is a “leftovers” quilt from a couple of previous projects.
The forever hexagon project continues as well. I discovered an error in aligning two rows
and will be doing some frog stitching…sigh.
On December 6 we had to put down our beloved corgi, Harley. He was the best ever dog. Just let me say that I-Hate-Cancer. It
took both my parents, several aunts and now a second dog. The house was just too quiet with only
Maddie, so we have adopted Ollie into our pack.
Here I am with Maddie (in front) and Ollie competing for lap space.
Ollie is a rescue terrier mix that looks like he is made up
of spare parts. Like all rescues, he has
issues. Our dogs have their own beds and
are not allowed to sleep in ours. Ollie,
however, not only gets on our bed when we are not looking but unmakes it and
redistributes the pillows…that rascal!
My Christmas cacti are pretty much finished, but at their
peak they were a delight.
For the first time, I tried my hand growing an amaryllis
bulb. It provided a nice bit of color as
well.
The last two weeks have been
filled with hostess duties as relatives from Wisconsin have been visiting. I've eaten too much and exercised too little. Time to get back to my healthier lifestyle.
