Extra Time on My Hands? At Christmas?

Sooooooo, I got all the wrapping done (I thought) and was waiting on marvelous things to come out of the oven, when what came over me?  A desire to have a new Christmas tablecloth and matching napkins!  Happily, the sewing table was still open and I have a silly amount of Christmas fabric stashed.  Up pops the ironing board and down I sat to enjoy a quick run with my friendly Viking.

Wow, this fabric had been folded up for a long time! I had to starch, heavily, to get the creases out of it.

I love the little holly leaves!

If you look closely,

 you can see that I'm a semi-practitioner of free-sewing (pins are for cowards...LOL), it's kind of like free-running, but easier on the knees and a lot less tiring! 

Now I have some poinsettia fabric laid out on the table, just waiting for a vision of what it wants to become.  It fell out of the rack when I was trying to straighten up, so that is a sign that I must figure out something to do with it, because I will never get it shoved back on the shelf.

Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year!

2018 One Word

This year my word is...

REJOICE

Come join the world and make a difference in your days. Get the whole family involved and see what a transformation one word can create!

Moments in Black and White

Christmas Decorating

It's beginning to look like (not just smell like) Christmas around our house.

I love making these cute and quick icicle swirls!

 Christmas Pigs!

 Snowy Pigs!

 I found this vest at the thrift store with a hole in the back.

Cute patch job!

Pumpkin Roll Time

16 pumpkin rolls, baked, cooled, and filled in 13 1/2 hours.

My kitchen will be sticky for a week...LOL!

 The beginning of the assembly line...

Nap time while they cool.

This is why I haven't cooked for Thanksgiving in years...

NO ROOM FOR THE TURKEY...LOL!!

I love everyone's joyful smiles when they get their pumpkin roll.

Sewing for Charity

Bags, Blankets, and Burp cloths

Finished one day early!

Halloween Dinner

Cauliflower Cheesy Pizza

A Special Find...

1930's Fiestaware teacup and saucer,

the only item in this color I have out of 50 or so random pieces. 

It really pretty against my 1940's pyrex mixing bowl.

I like colored dishes...a lot!

Rapunzel?

Princess hair after 3 hours in the chair.

First Soup of the Season

The Unboxing

Old Things Become New Again

Kitchen Fixin' Pumpkin Spice Fudge (sort of)

Looks like everything is coming together just fine...

And then...gooey, sticky, can't get it out of the pan without Hubby's help!

No Problem! Powdered sugar to the rescue...and the counter, and the floor, and the cabinet, and the window?  How did we get it on the window?

It turned out yummy,

 according to Hubby's inability to keep it out of his mouth!

I love butterflies.