Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, y'all! Now that Thanksgiving is over, this is the time of year that my calendar really starts filling up. There are so many family and friend things happening, I like to have my sewing obligations finished by the beginning of December, and I'm happy to report that my last sewing to-do was checked off yesterday.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Checked Off the Final To-Do and NTT
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
2022 Tree Parade! and NTT
Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, my friends! I've gotten lots of sewing done this week. In fact, three out of four of those memory quilts are completely quilted, and the last one is under my needle now. I'm planning to finish quilting the last one this week, and then I'll have family in for Thanksgiving. The bindings will have to wait until after Thanksgiving, but that's okay. They'll still be delivered well before Christmas!
The other (bigger) undertaking this week has been decorating for Christmas. As I mentioned, family will be arriving this weekend, and since I am hosting TWO parties the first weekend in December, if I waited until after Thanksgiving to decorate, I wouldn't have enough time to get it all done. Last year I shared my four Christmas trees, but this year I added a fifth (I might have a bit of an obsession).
So, here they are! My main tree is in our family room. It's full of lots of pretty ornaments I've collected since my husband and I first got married, souvenir ornaments from vacations (you can see the wooden bison ornament from Yellowstone right there in front, just below the Merry Christmas sign), and even some ornaments that were on my mom's childhood tree-
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Needle and Thread Thursday
Welcome to NTT, friends! I'm making steady progress on the four memory quilts (all four tops and backings are done, and two quilts are basted and ready for quilting), but since I'm working on them in tandem, I don't really have any good photos to share. Hopefully soon! This weekend, we also took a trip to visit one final college and didn't get back until late Monday evening.
When I got back in town, it occurred to me that the holiday schedule gauntlet has arrived. I have less than two weeks to get all of my Christmas decorating done- inside and out! We have family coming into town next weekend for Thanksgiving week, and then we are hosting TWO parties at our house the first weekend in December. So all of my decorating has to get done before next Saturday. Since decorating is on a quicker deadline than the memory quilts, those will have to take a back seat. I'd better get busy!
So, let's get right to last week's party highlights! This beauty was shared by Rebecca Grace Quilting-
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
NTT- Memory Quilts
Happy Needle and Thread Thursday, my friends! Since last week, I've been knee-deep in men's shirts. My friend lost her father-in-law, and these shirts will be special keepsakes for her husband, sons, and her mother-in-law.