ACCOMPLISHED!!! 3 Christmas in August!!!!

Nothing like going down to the wire. BUT I am done. Thank you Di for the motivating challenge. Now I must keep it up and try to get more things done--and not wait until December!!!! Don't I have the cutest little quilt holder?

Now it is time to get back to Joy and Alice's 2-Week Sew-a-thon!!!

We should have many, many, many more pictures of our projects to post soon.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday!!!!

A-

NO MORE SLEEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joy's plane lands in 2 1/2 hours. WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

Let the sew-a-thon begin!!!!

It is going to be a fun two weeks.

Even better because the binding is on my Christmas quilt, so I am on the final lap of the challenge.

Happy, Happy, Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Just Might Finish

This is the part that my knees absolutely hate but it must be done. Then on to the quilting. Nothing too exciting--a little stippling in the middle and in the ditch for the blocks. I am not great at stippling yet but I know I must practice to improve.

I have 6 days including today. Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! The good news is Joy will be here on Saturday and she will motivate me. We will not move out of the sewing room for two days. Well maybe long enough for the season finale of Bones, but I will be stitching down the binding by then right? Right!!! Strangely enough I still like challenges. OK back to work, A-

I Believe...

.....I am getting somewhere. I fiinished the sixth block in Gail Pan's - A Christmas Wish

AND.......................................

I finished the center piece for Debbie Mumm Christmas Wishes. Hmmm I see a wish theme happening. I wish I could get finished????

Now it is time for sleeping. I am really, really, really going to try to get the top all put together tomorrow. Really, really!!!!

One Milestone Complete!!!!!

Now I just have to make the centerpiece and put it all together. I can do this right???? Right!!!!

And I will get back to it just as soon as I reward myself with some chocolate!!!

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!!

A-

Sweets and Wishes

I had to take a little time out from sewing and turn into the other mother. The one that bakes goodies and makes tummies happy. I got a wee bit carried away, but it was fun. I tried out a new muffin recipe that called for raspberries and white chocolate, but I didn't have raspberries so I used blueberries. Then I made my favorite--Mountain Dew cake. Sounds weird but oh so yummy. Any kind of lemony soda will do. And then I made chocolate chip cookie bars just because who doesn't like chocolate chip cookie bars????And then I whipped up several chicken recipes to rewarm as the week goes on so everyone should be happy. And then...I got back to the business of sewing. I decided I would be ambitious and try to complete Debbie Mumm Christmas Wishes before the end of the month. I wasn't going to...not sure if I can...but I am going to try. I need to figure out another simple Christmas project to do in case I don't get done, but it will be something easy so I can do it in a flash if things are not going well with the Wishes. Here is what I have done so far...

I still have to put these cute little heart buttons on the basket...

and do the stitching around the leaves, but I have decided to leave that for TV time and start working on the gazillion half square triangles in the next block. I have four blocks left to do and the large Christmas flower in the center. I can do this!!! As long as I don't get distracted by the other gazillion projects I have going. Must put my blinders on. And on that note I should get back to work. Hope everyone has had a great day!! A-

Two Down--One To Go!

Two posts in one day. I was just so happy that I finished my second Christmas project; I had to post a picture.