Pretty Quiet

It has been pretty quiet around here as of late.  I work on things when I have time, but quilting kind of was put on the back burner, to make some Christmas presents. I shared a sneak peak on Instagram a week or so ago.

I decided that I was going to make each daughter a snowman this year.  Five sweet snowman faces with the orange carrot noses. 

Six pairs of boots and mittens.  I used some cuddle fleece, I hope they work out alright because they don't get laundered.

Six happy snowman.  DH and I chose fleece for the hats and scarves to suit each daughter.  The bright white snowman was made a bit different.  Cayden, one of the grandsons loves the book The Snowman, and the movie too and he wanted a snowman.  Now if Grammie can make it who am I to say no to the sweet face?

Oldest daughter kind of simple and traditional.

Second oldest daughter loved the colors, and reminded me of the outdoors, where she and her husband spend a lot of their free time.

Baseball for the middle daughter.

Bright pink and black tiger stripe for the second to the youngest daughter.

Finally camo for the youngest daughter.

And Cayden's snowman.  These little guys are about 2 feet tall when it is all said and done.

I also finished up this little kite table topper I made but never finished.  I just needed to whip stitch it closed, and quickly quilt it.

The Sunday before last, I made DH take me to one of my favorite quilt shops called The Quilt Patch to pick up some fabric for my friendship block for guild.  Now it isn't like I didn't have fabric, but I just didn't have the right color in my stash of batiks.

Of course while I was there I bought backing for my winter quilt which I showed on my previous post.

The white, red, and green flannel is my backing, and of course I needed a light blue, and some deep reds to make my cardinal wall hanging which I prepped the applique for it a couple of weeks ago.  I also picked up a pattern that my hubby saw and loved.

The last guild meeting of the year was our Christmas dinner.  We all had a wonderful time and everyone was to bring a gift  which was $10 or less and quilt related. 

 I got this cute little seem ripper, these little bobbin doohickeys and a red frixion pen (which is not shown because I have been using it).   Gasp! I forgot to take a picture of my gift.  I put together 5 fat quarters of the Singer sewing themed fabric by Robert Kaufman fabrics, and it was so cute because I learned to fold the fat quarters so it was a really cute 5 pointed star. 

The holidays is a great time to supplement your stash, and any additional notions you may need.

Some orange fabrics and a medium pair of Karen Kaye Buckley applique scissors and a sewing tutu.  I saw this and though it was a cool idea.  You put it on a small large mouth canning jar.  You choose your fabric for the pincushion part. 

I figure at least I could keep my scissors, bobbins, in one area near my machines so I don't dig through the box looking for my scissors or bobbins for a specific machine.

A bundle of Blueberry Park fat quarters from the Craftsy sale.

Some 1/2 yard cuts of Lecien Flower/Sugar and some Marvel Avengers fabric from Pink Castle Fabrics 12 days of Christmas sale.

And a pattern which I saw on Pinterest so of course I had to have it. 

I also won the Quiltmakers 100 Blocks volume 14 during their recent blog hop from Textile Time Travels.

I also received a wonderful surprise in the mail from Dawn at SewYouQuilt2.

This cute stocking with a mug rug, thread, some note pads, and a little calendar.  Quilty friends are the best I will say it made my day.  I had been having a bad day, and fighting with the AO and was feeling pretty low. Receiving this gift and Christmas cards sure brightened up my day. 

Tomorrow I need to crawl into the attic to get the gift wrap to finish getting ready for Christmas, so I can mail off my gifts.  I am so relieved to have the flurry of snowmen finished and be able to do something else.