First, I finally made the braiding to surround this Prairie Schooler Santa. Using up some random yarn in my stash.
What!? It sat around for more than a year waiting to be finished? Ugh. Well, it is ready for display for this Christmas.
I finished my mom’s Churn Dash quilt. Isn’t it pretty?
Here is the back so you can see the quilting.
I’m not sure what I will do with it now. It is sort of a baby size quilt and we won’t be having more of those here. It may become a wall quilt. Since it was hand-pieced by my late mom, it is not something I am willing to part with.
The second sleeve of the toddler sweater is still in progress. Decreasing for the raglan now.
Stitches have been added to the Merry Christmas snow globe. You can see the beginning of the mailbox.
I baked again. Double Chocolate Espresso Cookies from a long ago Taste of Home magazine (August/September 2007).
I can't find the recipe on their website. It uses unsweetened chocolate and semisweet chocolate chips. These are very tasty.
I am now reading The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.
It is easy to read with short chapters. I have yet to decide if I am really enjoying it. I finished Homecoming by Kate Morton last weekend. I really enjoyed it though I guessed correctly at one part of it early on. The ending did surprise me though and overall, I quite enjoyed the book though it was very long.
Hubby got his Covid and Flu shots on Wednesday and I got mine today. We are dealing with a Nor’easter this weekend so staying in and resting will be no problem at all. I usually have a strong reaction to the Covid shot.
Here are some photos of the night sky just taken just before I finished this post. View to the West.
My view to the west as I finished this post.
I will be joining Frederique at the Quilting Patch on Saturday and Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching. Take some time to relax with a cup of tea or coffee and pop on over to their sites to see what other bloggers are stitching.
Thanks for stopping by!
Hello Cathie: I have never thought of using yarn for trim great idea, I have read the housemaid, it is a scary book, I did also see the movie which was very scary.
ReplyDeleteThe Churn Dash quilt is beautiful, what a sweet reminder of your Mother.
Catherine
I hope you do not feel too unwell from the shots - I really need to get mine taken care of next week - it will be a year since I had them so it is due - I get pretty tired from it but not bad. Good luck through the storm I hope no power outages.
ReplyDeleteyour Mom's Churn Dash is so sweet - she is a keeper.
ReplyDeletetake care during the storm!!!
Santa is read to adorn your tree in 2026! The braiding finishes it off nicely. Wonderful to have the churn dash top quilted …your mom would have been so happy to see it completed as a collaborative effort. It’s beautiful. Gail at the cozy quilter
ReplyDeleteI love how you added that braid to the Santa! I need to learn how to do that so that I can finish my cross-stitch pillows with a little more pizzazz, lol! The churn dash quilt is lovely, and so special because it was your mom's project first. Hope you're doing okay in the storm, and haven't lost power or had flooding.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your finishes. I love churn dash quilts. :). Yummy on the cookies. My grandma had a recipe that looked similar to that. We called them English drops, but they had raisins in them. Oh the sweet memories that come back when I make them. There's nothing like homemade cookies.
ReplyDeleteIt is so nice to have finished something started by your mother it must be very special indeed. Always a joy to see the items you are working on. And I love the sunset pics, it doesn't take too long at all for the lovely coyours to change.
ReplyDeletevisiting your site gets me into the Christmas mood this time of year!! The pillow looks so nice and now it's done done!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't even made it to the Autumn spirit yet. Most of my decor is still in the box. Except for crafting, Christmas is too far away for me.
DeleteI love this sewer and quilter Santa ;) Well done with the finish, it's very neat. Your Mom's quilt looks lovely, such an heirloom in her memory. Thank you for sharing your work in progress and linking up, sorry I'm late visiting!
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