Sock it to Me on a Slow Sunday...

Hello -- so did you have a good Christmas?  Ready for the New Year?  

We did a modified Christmas at my house instead of at my older son's place and it was nice. Elliott at 5 years old  has this Santa stuff all down pat  had a great  Christmas... lots of toys that he wanted were on Santa's list in the exact form he wanted... and it was so wonderful to see his joy!

As for the New Year... well like a lot of you I'll be "celebrating" in my living room dressed in something comfy...and with my fingers crossed that 2025 shows improvement each and every day....now it has been 2 weeks since  I fell and fractured my knee and I'm muddling along. The pain is not the issue, that is tolerable... it is the immobilizer that makes everything... and I do mean EVERYTHING more challenging. Yesterday I made arrangements for a temporary ramp to be put on the house. After much thought I ditched the least expensive idea that would have made  the porch off limits and actually went with the more expensive  configuration as it seems to be the safest... and at first conversation it wasn't going to involve taking off the storm door and losing the porch... but now that is still a possibility and  I do NOT want to give up the porch for even a brief time... it is my comfy cozy refuge and it feeds my soul. When I'm out of the immobilizer and in a knee brace I should be able to sit out there again and watch the birds and the squirrels and it will greatly improve my mental health... and you can't put a price on that!! Say a prayer and cross your fingers they can work out a ramp that doesn't involve taking off the storm door. 

And I also arranged to rent a lift chair that is a recliner and has heating function ... 2 weeks of pushing myself out of my recliner and pushing it back to a bit of an angle has worn me out. I'm doing everything I can to make this situation as palatable as possible... and it ain't easy...

Like I said last week I'm still wrapping my head around this situation... and there has been some improvement. I've watched a lot of YouTube videos... got hooked on a channel with a young couple, Matt and Julia... you can find their channel here... he's British, she's Russian and they are traveling all over the world. The latest videos have them living in Beijing and studying Chinese.  They have been to many places that are off the beaten path like Turkmenistan, Siberia, Turkey, Malaysia... they aren't slick or influencers, just 2 young people out exploring the world... and I've enjoyed seeing their travels. I will never venture to these locales but it is fun to explore them from the comfort of my recliner. 

A friend suggested a new cozy mystery series to me by the author Jana DeLeon  The Miss Fortune series... I've already finished volume 1, Louisiana Longshot and downloaded volume 2 Lethal Bayou Beauty.  There are 28 books in the series so that should keep me busy for a while... 

I'm considering  purchasing an Ancestry.com membership again ... I had one years ago and did some research on my Father's side of the family, but I never looked into my Mother's side... this is something I've thought about doing before but always felt like I didn't have time to do it... I definitely have time to do this at the moment...

Note - the pics are gonna be wonky for a while... I took all of these with the items either sitting on my lap or on my little tray table... not great angles... but better than nothing...right?

And I stitched a little... this Soapbox Winter by Bent Creek...

a mere 34 stitches wide by 312 stitches long...  

I'm using DMC and when I started this about a month ago I had thought about changing some of the flosses... but right now that's not in the cards... just gonna go with what I already pulled. I'll fill in the snowman last so that white stays as clean as possible.

If I want to do a Blessing Sampler in January I need to get my butt in gear and make up my mind. I need to have Nick go unearth the chart I want... I think it is next to the printer in the craft room but I can't get the wheelchair in that room unless we move the bookcase... the chart I'm thinking of only uses 3 flosses ... I think I'll use a combo of DMC and an overdyed...I'll have to use  whatever linen I can find that I've already dyed... a project for Monday... 

The activity I've engaged in the most in the last two weeks (other than being annoyed at myself for getting into this situation) has been sock knitting... Sock it to Me... and if you remember that phrase you are as old as me... Judy Carne... 1967... I was a freshman in high school...when dinosaurs roamed the earth...

So far I've got 3 new pairs of socks to show for my time... now to be clear I didn't knit all 6 socks... 2 pairs were part way done and the one pair was a new start...

This pair had one sock finished and the 2nd sock was past the heel and half way to the toe...

I think this one some kind of Opal hand dyed... it came in two pre-wound cakes... I love the pooling on the leg part but I don't know why it didn't continue on the foot when I got down to the same stitch count... or why the foot on one is more blue than the other...oh well ... they are very interesting.

This pair had one sock done and the second sock was down around the heel when I picked it back up. 

I used two different Opal yarns each in a turquoise color way, alternating each round... LOVE the color of these!

This pair is a a mish mash of different Opal yarns that kinda read purple... I only had about 2" of one sock done when I picked it up and then I did the second sock too...

I like the scrappy ones and I don't mind weaving in a bajillion ends... 

So with those 3 pairs complete I cast on a 4th pair... now again this pair is 2 different Opal yarns. One was from the Claude Monet series and the other I have no clue... I think it might be a leftover from a friend as there was only 31 grams ... which will work...

now I expected lots of stripey-ness all the way down... but it started out kinda blotchy and so far I've gotten thin stripes and some thicker stripes... so I'm definitely getting tons of variety.  I can't wait to get that solid purple heel done and get back to the patterned yarns. I like knitting these kinds of socks because you have no idea what is going to happen... nothing repetitive about this patterning... and when I start the second sock I will reverse the direction of one of the yarns so I should have no chance of anything matchy matchy... it definitely keeps my interest.

Soooo... I am occupying my time a little bit  better than last week... still have a looooong way to  go.  Having troubles sleeping and still waiting on getting a shower instead of a sponge bath... if the ramp gets installed soon, my son proposed going to a local hotel with handicap accessible bathrooms and booking a room for a night... his treat... and I'd like to take him up on that. It would be safer than trying to maneuver in my tiny bathroom with 71 year old tub... I also hope that a lift chair recliner would be more comfortable and perhaps I could get some sleep in it too. My current recliner is ok... meant to be a sitting chair, not a sleeping chair...

Obviously I don't have a lot of plans for the upcoming week...no babysitting Elliott, no meeting up with friends for lunch... but I have had lots of nice visits from friends and I truly appreciate that ... it does make the day go faster. I've gone from a life where I used to look at the clock and think where did the day go to? To sitting in the recliner and looking at the clock and thinking sheesh, only an hour has passed since I last checked ... time is definitely moving slooooooooow.....

My normal New Year's Day routine is to indulge in all the activities that I want to do every day for the rest of the year... knit a little, cross stitch a little, sew a little on my Juki and go out to eat... right now the first 2 are doable but the last 2 aren't...sigh.... 

I do have an ortho appointment on January 3rd... wish me luck that maybe I can ditch the immobilizer for a knee brace... that would be great... but realistically I doubt it is going to happen ...but a gal can dream, right?

I'll link up with Kathy's Quilts today... I have plenty  of time to check out all the posts there... 

Hope your upcoming week is a good one and that you have a safe NYE and a happy and healthy 2025!!

happy stitching-

carol fun 

Some Christmas and a Break on a Slow Sunday...

Hello - well are you ready for Christmas?  I have some decor to show you and then we'll talk about the Break...

This is the big shelf unit...

from the top I have the No "L" Sampler from Bent Creek... punny ... NO" L", Noel... 

then my 39 year old needlepoint Nativity scene... the designer was Polly Carbonari... I love this set...

next right to left... Feliz Navidad by Blackbird Designs, Christmas Bird by With Thy Needle and Thread, and Merry Christmas from Blackbird Designs.

A few close ups...

Now another  chunk... sorry for this arrangement but I was having difficulties taking pics and if you read to the end of this post you'll figure out why... 

Oh Christmas Tree by All Through the Night which is holding up 2 small pillows, Up on the Housetop Prairie Schooler No. 25 and a snippet from Prairie Schooler No. 135... The deer are also Prairie Schooler... as I remember a freebie from a magazine...

Below that, there are a couple of ladies strolling by the silver trees... They are both from Pineberry Lane, A Sprig of Holly and Merry Littles ...

Then there is more Prairie Schooler ... The 12 Days of Christmas, PS No. 74 and the Angels PS  No. 42 

and the angel on the end is from With Thy Needle & Thread Peppermint and Holly...

and at the very bottom In Santa Claus Land  by With thy Needle and Thread.

So upcoming plans have changed radically because of the Break... as in I  have a fracture of the lateral tibial plateau of my left knee...

This happened last Saturday evening. I went out the sunroom porch to check on some Christmas lights that weren't working ( and still aren't...grr....)  I hit the first step but not the other two and smacked the concrete sidewalk. It happened so fast I didn't even put my hands out (which was probably a good thing). I have a small abrasion on my face on the bridge of my nose but I didn't break my glasses.  Got a ride in the ambulance to the ER ... x-rays and CT scan... it is considered a non-displaced fracture so they don't operate on it... at least 6 weeks of non-weight bearing ... right now I have the knee immobilizer till at least January 3rd when I see the orthopedic doctor. Hope to trade this for a knee brace... outlook: will take 3, 4 or maybe even more months to recover from this. 

SOOOOOO... I'm in a better mood today than earlier this week. It is taking a lot to wrap my head around being incapacitated... my normal routine was I walked 3 miles a day ... every day... for the last couple of years. Nick and I went out for at least one meal a day, every day.  And if you've read this blog for any time at all you know I do NOT sit still... and that is driving me nuts!!  I'm using a wheelchair and hopping on one foot with a walker... I am too old and too fat to be hopping... that is a young person's game... investigating other mobility options.

Also have discovered that my lovely little home is little in ways that make this difficult... tiny bathroom with a tub upstairs.... have a walk in shower but it is in the basement and inaccessible at the moment. Also there is no way out that doesn't involve stairs. I've had 3 people come to give me a quote for a portable ramp... each one is a different configuration ... and a different price.  The one so far that is the least pricey will involve taking off the storm door off the sunroom porch and removing the furniture from it... big sigh... now I know that realistically I won't be able to use it for a while but... I'd like to think I could... and I hate giving up my favorite spot in the house... more thinking must be done.

As for plans for 2025...not sure yet... I only picked up my cross stitch today (Saturday) ... I haven't been able to focus, so I've been mindless scrolling on the internet and watching youtube videos. I have done some sock knitting, but that's it. Prior to this I had thought about a blessing sampler for January and I still may do that. It's all DMC and I think I can find some linen in my stash. Then I could turn my attention to one or two or three of the many samplers I started in 2024. I'm hoping when I get a knee brace and can bend my knee I could do a bit of sewing....I have projects that were started and I have a sewing machine on this floor and a little ironing mat. Doing steps is going to be a while... sigh... 

That said  I don't know if I'll be posting every Sunday or not... not sure what I'll have to show or talk about other than being annoyed at the situation I find myself in... remember the other week when I complained about feeling OLD... well now I really feel  OLD OLD OLD... with this knee immobilizer on dressing has become a new task... wearing pants as I normally did make it hard to go to the bathroom... so I went on Amazon and bought some house dresses like my Grandma use to wear... and they are nice... snap down the front... pockets ... pretty cotton prints ... but the the last line of the description did me in... "House Dress Snap Front Old Lady Nightgown" ... really?? really??? Talk about adding insult to injury... 

With that I will link up with Kathy's Quilts today... I have lots of time to spend looking at pretty blogs these days...

I hope that your holidays will be Merry and Bright and there will be no Breaks...

happy stitching-

carol fun 

A sleigh of Santas for a Slow Sunday..,

Hello  - well as I suspected  it would, last week filled up fast with places to go and things to do but I did make a little progress on the Christmas decor I want done for this year...and in the process I learned what you call a group of Santas... you call it a sleigh... and I certainly have a sleigh  load of Santas going on this year. 

Monday was my most productive day as I  kinda FFO'd  5 little pillows...

and in the spirit of total transparency... they aren't totally FFO'd...

but they are tucked into displays and perhaps I'll get them sealed up this week.  I'm thinking of doing a bunch of candy canes like I did with the PS Santas last year... a festive touch!

I thought about changing up the wall quilt in the living room but just went with the GIANT  Ho Ho Ho Santa... he's such a friendly guy...

this started life as a quilt kit from Moda where you were suppose to make a bajillion log cabin blocks for the background and then cover up 75% of them with Santa... which I thought was a waste of time. So I ditched the log cabin blocks and then just machine appliqued Santa to a background of minty green Grunge....the Ho Ho Ho's came from the pattern Jingle Jangle by Seamed to Be... and in searching the blog I realize I made this in 2018... time flies... 

Now the tier tray is loaded up with Santa's... 

Up top, the needlepoint one is going on 35 years old... damn time flies... I made a bunch of these but he's my favorite because he reminds me of the costumes in the finale of the  movie White Christmas... which is my FAVORITE movie... the 3 Santas from Prairie Schooler No. 135 Good Saint Nick... and you can't even tell they aren't totally finished...LOL

and below I have some Debbie Mumm Santas and a freebie from With Thy Needle & Thread called Merry & Minty... 

and then there is little  boy holding a train needlepoint tree topper I made 39 years ago ... again time flies... and a sleigh of Debbie Mumm Santas... this is the result of that foray over to eBay last month where almost  vintage Debbie Mumm salt & pepper shakers and cream and sugar pieces kept jumping into the cart... for chubby guys they are quite agile, dontcha know...LOL   

and on a stack of Christmas quilts I have the LARGE Debbie Mumm Santa in a Sleigh... I got him several years ago and I don't remember what I paid but I checked him out over on eBay and he's going for anywhere from $20 to $63, yikes... you gotta watch those prices on ebay... and if I knew what was good for me (and I do but I ignore it) I 'd stay off of eBay... but it sure is fun!

And I hung my Wonky Christmas Trees quilt over the back of the couch...

and yes it quite a vivid olive green which I am totally infatuated with...even though some of my family and friends think I'm nuts... but if I didn't do it now, when would I do it?  I ain't getting any younger because time flies...sigh

On the front door I have my Christmas ornament wreath... and I LOVE  LOVE  LOVE this wreath... 

it wasn't as hard to make as I thought and this video by Retro Renovation was super helpful...it takes a ton of glue sticks... I went through 20 of the long ones but in the 7 years since I made this wreath only 2 small ornaments have fallen off and I glued them back on.  I keep thinking I'll make another one. I have a stash of gold and silver ornaments in the basement... someday... and then I saw this today on IG on the account magpieethel...OMG... she has SO MUCH STUFF!!!  She makes you feel okay with however much you have...

That garland of vintage ornaments over the door has me entranced. She explained that she starts with some vintage white fake pine garland and hangs each ornament individually... and it has me walking around my house thinking where could I do this... definitely something for next year... need to start looking for white fake pine garland 

Next to the wreath on the front door I have my Lizzie Kate Jingles...

this another one of my long samplers which got truncated because I mis-counted how long the linen should be (a mistake I have made several times in my stitching life... sigh ) ... but I'm happy with it as if it was any longer it wouldn't have fit that wood back from Hobby Lobby. 

Outside on the sunroom porch everything is in the pink... and it all started with this wreath ...

hard to take a pic as the sun is coming through the storm door but while it is white it gives off a pink-ish glow....

And here the little green shelf ...

Up top I have Lizzie Kate's Christmas ABC's and the needlepoint tree topper angel I made 40 years ago... OMG  how could it have been that long ago??? Time, time, time...what has become of me??? Sorry for that little fit, but this year I am feeling OLD... and when I realize how long ago I made a lot of these things it really hits home... sigh.... okay let's move on...

Middle shelf has Barbara Ana's Christmas Joy and the tree from Emily Call's Quilted Christmas... and on the bottom Lizzie Kate's Tiny Tidings XXI...

I like to cover my chair out here with a quilt and this one is Quilty Stars ... I've made this pattern twice...once for Nick in greens and blues... you can see it here... and once in Christmas fabrics for me which you can see on my bed here. 

On the wall by the front door on the porch is the Twas the Night Before Christmas from Prairie Schooler No. 63 Christmas Samplers... 

As I sit here out on the sunroom porch typing this and looking at this piece it occurs to be that the bottom portion of this with Santa and the reindeer would make a cute pillow... I'm happy with the one I made this year and I have another little pillow with Santa and the reindeer flying over a yellow house... so a third would make a collection and I'm ALL into collections!!

And I had a handful of stuff left over when I was decorating the porch... and it was cold that day... so I just tucked them up here on the window ledge... the crosstitch is a Lizzie Kate but I don't remember the name of it...

So it is now Saturday afternoon... and I'm thinking about the week ahead... not a lot scheduled yet but I'm sure it will fill up.. I need to do Christmas cards, which I think about starting in July but always drag my feet about in December... and I did start a snowman cross stitch piece ... I'll show a pic next week... and I want to do some sewing... but it is so nice to just sit here on the sunroom porch  and watch the birds at my feeders and knit... I'm working on a scrappy sock and that is mindless knitting... 

This is the week in December where I always wish I had more time... but then there's a good chance I'd fritter it away... oh well...

I'll link up with Kathy's Quilts ... I hope that your week ahead has plenty of time to get done what needs to be done... gotta pick up a gift card or two ... and some fixing for appetizers at Costco for our Christmas Day celebration... and drop off a couple of gifts... oh and make the pillow cases for Elliott's presents... I found some Transformers fabric and he LOVES Transformers... he's so excited about Christmas this year... he's driving his parents bonkers... he knows exactly what he wants... and he is going to get those gifts... lucky boy...

happy stitching-

carol fun 

Tried and true with a smidge of something new on a Slow Sunday...

 Hello - well that turned out to be a much busier week than I thought... and it was more productive than I thought too...  I got all my Christmas decor out of the bins and arranged ... I stuck pretty much with the same arrangements I had last year... tried and true, because I was exhausted from all the decorating... now what contributed mightily to being exhausted is the realization that I have TOO MUCH STUFF... and even after covering almost every surface in the living room and half of the kitchen, there was still SO MUCH STUFF left in the bins. There is gonna be a major purge here before the 1st of the year. 

Just about every season so far I've been reducing the number of bins I have... now I still have WAY TOO MUCH, but it is less than I had before... and that is a good thing, right?  (Here's is where you nod in agreement to make me feel better...LOL) I'm at that age when I wonder how much longer can I do all this decorating? or even want to do all this decorating?  I remember as a kid that we  decorated for Christmas and at Halloween we put cardboard cutouts of pumpkins and ghosts and black cats in the front window, but it is nothing like that any more, is it?   My Mom had one style of decorating for basically 11 months of the year... and it was fine... I'm just not sure what exactly I would do if I didn't do seasonal stuff... I'm certainly not modern, or a minimalist... how would I ever decide on just ONE centerpiece for the dining room table or ONE quilt for the wall in the living room?? I probably can't because I had way too much trouble just settling on several of my Christmas displays. 

So I've been  saying I was going to start with a NEW Christmas tree, with colored lights...ooooohhhh... and Nick & I set it up and I was underwhelmed... 

I know this isn't a great picture and while I did love the color lights it just seemed small and scrawny... and to be perfectly honest I wasn't looking forward to undecorating the old tree and redecorating the new one... so the scrawny tree sat in the window for several days when I had an idea...let's put the old tree up on the table and  add a smidge of something new... I bought 2 strings of colored lights and 2 lengths of a super fluffy silver and colored garland and I put them on the old tree and as the French say,  viola... this makes me happy!!

Now it is chock full of ornaments and they all have memories attached to them... several Hallmark Light & Motion  ornaments from the 80's that still work like that train ... I love the bubble lights like the ones that were on my Grandma's tree ...and yes that is a deviled egg ornament... a gift from my older son who LOVES my deviled eggs... and you can see the fluffy sparkly multi -colored garland ... very maximalist!

and the ornaments covered in sequins that my Mom made the last year she was on earth... 

which was over 40 years ago... and you can't have Christmas without memories of the past now can you?

Nick was a HUGE help in getting all my decorating done and while I was dithering about what to  concerning the tree we did this...

the green velveteen slipcover I first talked about in February of this year... OMG... I knew it was a while ago but I didn't realize how long this slipcover has been waiting to be put on... at first I dragged my feet because Elliott was still in his "let's build a house out of all the couch cushions and quilts" phase... it seems to have passed, at least at my house. Now I remember saying this is going to make a BIG statement and it does!!!  I LOVED it when we first put it on... and then that evening I has second thoughts ... it seems even brighter at night if that is possible...LOL... but now that a few days have passed I am so HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY with it...   It is over top ... a maximalist piece!! I don't know why I want a green velveteen couch, I just do!!  And this isn't just going to be for Christmas... this is going to stay green, forever... or until I get another wild hair and fixate on a new color... LOL

As for some other decor in the living room, I put up the display with the mix of vintage and current Shiny Brite ornaments... 

and below is the small shelf unit... Olive, the other reindeer is keeping an eye on things...

There is J'Arrive by Tournicoton...and a trio of little Gurley caroler candles... these are repros but I remember my Mom having them...  I got mine here...

I do love those Santa head mugs but I couldn't squeeze another one on that shelf... I tried... maybe I could stack a couple on top of each other...hmmm.... gotta think about that  because I have 2 more that I put elsewhere ... and as much as I don't want to admit it, I  may need to stop adding to some of my collections... I have run out of room... so sad.... 

On the left I have Little Bits of Christmas from The Drawn Thread ...

On the right I have The Best Time of the Year  from With thy Needle and Thread....

I'm still happy with the Prairie Schooler Santa's I stitched last year... these were from the chart Merry Mini Surprise  No. 215...

And I finished stitching the 3rd Santa from Prairie Schooler No. 135  Good Saint Nick ... but I haven't got them FFO'd yet... maybe today...

I did finish stitching on the snippet of Santa and his reindeer from the same PS No. 135 chart... 

And I started on Little Nick from Notforgotten Farm... I think I'm going to add some red bead for the berries on the holly and a bell on his hat. 

And I remembered that last year I stitched this Cinder Klaus also from Notforgotten Farm last year... he also is getting bell on the end of his hat.

I'm thinking next Christmas I may do a dough bowl full of Santas as I should have about a dozen of them... and then I'll have to stitch some more to back fill the displays I have them in now... always something new to stitch!  I like that! And to that end I order a couple more Prairie Schooler Santa charts... one can NEVER have too many Santas!!

I think I'm going to move on to some Winter stitching... or even pick back up one of the many many BIG samplers I have started in '24... I'm already mulling over what I want to do in ' 25... not making any resolutions but I still do want to add more samplers to the walls in my living room and craft room... maybe more samplers and just a bit of seasonal... that would be a nice mix... and it is a great plan till something new and shiny comes along and I'm led astray...again and again and again...LOL

As I was searching past posts I also came across several quilts I started last year... there's a Momo and a Debbie Mumm and a Stack N Whack that are all calling my name.  And I still want to do some major reorganizing of the fabric shelves in my sewing room.... I will NEVER... EVER.... run out of stuff to do!

Some of the productivity of this week had to do with getting things done around the house... on Monday John my favorite electrician came. He's done work on the house before... turns out the electrical issue wasn't a problem... it was working the way it should. Water got into the connection where the inflatables were plugged in and it tripped the GFS Ground Fault circuit interupter... all that was needed was to push in that little tab that popped out... now I know what to do...and he gave me some good ideas for how to keep the water out of the connections for the inflatables.  On Tuesday Dan came and put down 21 bales of pine straw... I've never used this for mulch before but I really like how it looks ... and it covered up all the left over stuff that grew back after I cleaned out the beds back in October. 

On Wednesday the window company came and looked at the broken window and the 2 windows that don't lock completely on the sunroom porch. They took measurements and will make new windows to replace them... covered under warranty... will be ready in about 4-5 weeks. On Thursday my cleaning lady came and freshened up the kitchen and bathrooms and Nick and I took a bunch of stuff back to Kohls that I purchased on Amazon... felt good to get them returned. On Friday we joined friends to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas show... it was AWESOME!!  The music, the lights, the spectacle... it is an over the top performance.... here's a link to a bit of the show from about 2 years ago... they change the show up each year but this give you a flavor of it.   Now is is LOUD and there is so much bass you can feel it in the back of your seat, but it was FUN!!  and afterwards we went out to dinner... it was a GREAT evening!

Looking at next week along with Elliott I have lunch with my quilty lady friends and dinner with another friend and some errands to run ... and I'm pretty sure other stuff will come up.  Today I'm waiting for Dan the handyman to swing by... I have a couple of minor projects I need taken care of... the most important is a new handle on the back breezeway storm door that is our primary entrance.. I have no clue how old that storm door is but I know it's OLD and Thursday (which was bitterly cold) I went to open it and the handle broke, the metal just snapped... and now if you close the storm door, from the inside you have to play with the little metal latch bar to get it open, but if you are on the outside there is NO WAY to get the door open!!  Yes I have a front door, but since I enclosed the porch you now enter through another storm door, into the porch and then you get to the front door. But I ALWAYS lock that storm door so no one can just waltz in... I know, 1st world problems, making things inconvenient... but Dan will fix it, along with a new light switch in the laundry room, and oil the overhand fan in Nick's room and put the screw and bolt back in Nick's recliner... taking care of the little stuff...

Only 17 more days till Christmas... yikes!! I still have a bit of shopping to do ... and hope to do it all online... and there's a Christmas quilt that still needs a binding (it has been quilted since January... OMG I am slug)...and if I want to do cards I need to get my butt in gear.  Every year I wish that December was a bit longer..

Hope your week ahead is a good one! I'll link up with Kathy's Quilts and check out the pretties over there...

happy stitching-

carol fun