A New Year Begins - 2025

 My friend Laurel sent me this adorable Happy New Year greeting. So, how’s 2025 treating you so far?

I saw this posted on the Quilting Gail blog site, and I’m also not bragging but I haven’t bought any fabric this year either!!!  I can’t say the same about wool applique and cross stitch items. If you are looking for a fun, quilty challenge, check out her site to read about the 2025 SAHRR (the 2025 Stay at Home Round Robin. ) Visit the site for full information, but basically you work on your own project following weekly prompts provided by moderators. I did it a few years ago and it was fun, but I’m not sure whether I will do it this year or not. As it is, I already have a number of  nearly finished quilts to complete. 

It’s a tad late for Christmas 2025, but yesterday I fully finished three ornaments. There was a gap between the stitched piece and the top of the sled, so I found the perfect shade of laced edge bias tape in my stash of trims to place around the edge. I may have picked up this package of bias tape on the giveaway back table at one of my guild meetings. The price marked on this vintage trim was 29cents.

The two sleds are Sue Hillis designs  and the penguins are a pattern by Kathy Habermann  of Hands on Designs. Last year I planned to stitch a new Christmas piece each month. That didn’t go so well, but this is a new year, and I’m going to try once again. :-)

I had been looking forward to booting out 2004, but I’m the one who got booted instead. I had exchanged my boot for a lace up ankle support, but unfortunately, my bootless freedom only lasted  about eight days. Thankfully, I was able to spend Christmas with my family; I always enjoy seeing my young cousins and their parents. :-) I have, however, been back in my boot since the day after Christmas. While the boot is incredibly fashion forward, it is really getting old. Hopefully, an MRI which I had on Saturday will shed more light on what is going on and suggest how much longer I will be “booted.” Why, oh, why couldn’t it have been my left foot, not my driving foot. :-(

Have a great week. 

SAHRR - Stay at Home Round Robin 2023

 Someone needs to tell the daffodils that it is far too early to be poking up their pretty heads. I’m as eager as anyone to see spring arrive, but we are not even through January yet. Don’t they realize that February and March are still ahead of us?  We have had a mild winter thus far, but who knows what Mother Nature has in store for us next month?

One of the many blogs that I follow is Needle and Foot and the other day Bernie wrote about a project that she was taking part in, SAHRR 2023. You may learn more about it at her blog or atQuilting Gail. From  what I have you read,  you begin with any center block that you wish, and then starting January 23, a designer will provide directions for the next row. That will happen for six weeks. This is the third year for SAHRR. Please go to the Quilting Gail blog for more information.

I’m going to give it a try starting with this patriotic themed block. If I stay with it, fingers crossed I’ll then  be able to donate it. 

Covid numbers are down, so I did join friends for lunch at a restaurant today . . . a touch of normalcy. Let’s hope it continues.

That’s it for now.  Keep stitching and smiling.