Thursday, December 25, 2025

Merry Christmas!




Merry Christmas!  As I write this post, it is 79 degrees and golfers are wearing shorts.  I always wonder about the men playing golf on Christmas afternoon.  Are they escaping from kitchen clean-up duties after the festivities?

 

My blog has been silent for a while.  Bob and I have both been fighting bronchitis and there were several days when all I wanted to do was snuggle under a quilt in my comfy chair.  Because of the severity of his symptoms and underlying medical issues, we took Bob to ER to be sure he didn’t have pneumonia (he didn't).  We are both better, and expecting Julia and Aidan on Sunday for a joint celebration for Christmas and Bob’s birthday.

 

On the quilting/sewing front…

 


 I finished 11 anti-ouch pouches.  These have lots of long, straight seams that allow for mindless sewing.  It was just what I needed as my energy began to return. These are made of flannel.


 

My collection of hexie flowers for Homage to Mutti has grown some more.  I believe the pattern calls for one more set of the large flowers, and then I begin work on smaller ones and leaves.

 


My Scrappy Meets Thrift Challenge project is a top, and I am still thinking about a border.  This fabric is available, but I’m not sure.  Thoughts appreciated.

 

In other news…

 


Our area is not known for fall colors, but this year has been better than most.  This was our Red Oak tree when it began to change. 

 


A few weeks later it had turned to a nice Longhorn burnt orange.

 


We made it to two holiday gatherings before bronchitis hit.  One party included a visit from a special guest.

 

 

 

 


2 comments:

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

glad it was "only" bronchitis and not worse as that can be bad enough as is. Not warm enough for shorts today but 72 was still very nice. I like the quilt without a wide border but maybe two narrower borders? do you have the dark color you used too?

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

Your red oak tree is really pretty.
The hexie flowers collection is coming along nicely.
I think that large print would be great for the back of the quilt but I think the border(s) need to be a smaller print, and maybe 2 borders, a narrow light print and then a dark print.