Black Friday is BIG in the states, Canadian retailers are beginning to start their own Black Friday sales. I stay away from places when there are sales on like that...too crazy!  And there is nothing that I really need.  I've got it all.  Talking to my sister this weekend, she says the economy it is still very bad where she is.  The economy is busting.  I certainly have been doing my part to keep the economy running.  A machine, all sorts of feet, fabric ...and now Christmas is coming... I haven't got a clue as to what I can get for  "Thing One" and "Thing Two".  I know what they want, but that is pie in the sky...I want a new van, but that ain't happenin' either

Well, Thing One , Thing Two and their cousin Cindy-Lou Who had lots of fun, drawing, playing with Fimo, Sculpty, and making fancy make it yourself cards.  A huge mess was made, but all cleaned up quickly.  I actually did some sewing (hemming).   Thing Two had to leave for a birthday party.  

Sis, the mister and I had homemade pizza...Sis wanted to shop some more after the the kids all left.  So off we went.

Hopefully I can sew tonight.  Last night I did some sewing on my wall hanging..applique.. just a little and never got back to it .  I really need to get this finished.

Just too many projects and not enough time.

What a busy weekend!..My sister here ...her adult kids here, grandchildren here, hers and mine, plus my kids here ...I hardly had time to breathe.  The mister and I went out for dinner (hamburger) and a movie (3D) for our anniversary.   We enjoyed both, although it was a VERY different dinner than we had planned.
My sister promised the grandkids an art lesson..they went shopping at Curry's and Micheals on Saturday and returned here on Sunday for their art lesson.
Thing One planned on a drawing lesson and Thing Two, a sculpting lesson..don't know what my niece wanted...drawing or sculpting, or whatever.

I warned them all!!!.......don't do anything blog worthy, because I WILL add it to my blog...

me...,I just wanna sew....
I haven't been in my sewing room for a couple of days or more..I have some mending to do, but that DOES NOT count as sewing.  I have brought home more fabric that needs to be dealt with...cut up and sewn or...put away until I can get at it
I finished block #.37...It has the dreaded "Y" seam, not once but twice.  I ended up pinning the last three seams, sewing the two end seams, then the last seam in the middle.  It all turned out fine and after a good press looked great.  Here is a peek at it.

On to the next block! or at lest cleaning up the mess that I have made.

I didn't make these

  I have lots of fabric..lots of fleece.  I like to pick that up in the summer sales.  I use that for the Things' school 'mitten tree'.  Every year the grand kids school has various outreach projects..the mitten tree, a food drive, supporting a foreign village (in lieu of teachers' gifts) and donate gifts for underprivileged families.   We donate 12 to 24 scarfs and they are wrapped around a Christmas tree as garland.  I cut the fleece up for scarfs..really easy to do, just cut across the width of the fleece and fringe the ends..make them wide or narrow. quick and easy, but so warm and greatly appreciated.  You can use lighter fleece or heavier fleece..border prints are nice and so are all over prints..plain is fine too...I let the girls do some of the work and they have fun decorating their school tree with them, then pointing out to their friends which ones they donated.

One month left until Christmas..and if the climatologists are right we will have a very cold and snowy winter thanks to La Nina.  And maybe a white Christmas!

  I picked up some sweater material the other day, along with some fabric to make a      t-shirt.  The sweater material will be a challenge for me .  I have never sewn a sweater...I've knit a few.  But why not sew one.  The industry sews them. Sewing them would be faster...hope I get around to it!(haha).  I wonder if there are specific patterns for one.  Everytime I search on-line I get knitting patterns.  I have a sewing  pattern for a cardigan..I used to have some instructions for knitting machine.  I think that would be a good idea...If it doesn't turn out..then ..I've just made some garbage.

I don't know how much sewing I will be able to accomplish this week...so far I haven't even made it to my sewing room...the mister is on vacation...... Son-in- law has been here painting...so I had to clear out that room so he could paint then put everything back when he is finished....and my sister will be here today for a visit for 4 days, it's also our 45th anniversary on the weekend ..I hope I get some time for myself so that I can sew.  I have an awful lot that I want to get done.

I have been sewing some on the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt,  I have been working on a block that looks difficult, but is actually not too bad.  Then I started on the next block ..I also have my on point top that I am working on still.


not mine

  Last week at quilt guild, we had a 5" charm square exchange..and I won some, so now I have more squares for the other to the point quilt top I have going.  I may take apart the 5" blocks that I have sewn already.  I really like the block of the month slice and dice..pair it with a white and I could (haha) have it done fairly quickly.  I keep going back and looking at full quilts made with this block and it just keeps calling me.

Yesterday I started making  baked beans..I started off in the slow cooker, used boiling water, had the slow cooker on high.  It takes a long time to bring up the temperature of the beans.  So after a couple of hours I decided to turn off the slow cooker and use the oven.  Two smaller crocks in the oven..enough to share with my daughter IF she wants some.


blue mountain crock

It smelled fanastic after a couple of hours.  I am sure that my sister and I will enjoy

Well, I didn't have the girls for PD day, after all...Daddy was off work too and took them to the movies...Thing One got back just in time for her date with her girl friend, her sister and their daddy...they saw that new Twilight movie.  I haven't heard how she liked it, and I haven't seen or read any of the movies or books in that series.

PJ,s

I went out to  Sewing Machine Etc. and picked up some different feet and the ruffler that I ordered.  I now have three of them...one for my Kenmore and another Husqvarna ruffler that doesn't fit.  I tried them both and neither fit, I ended up marking the stitch plate on the machine trying them out.  A ruffler can do a lot of different things besides ruffling...so I don't like to not have one.  So, now I do!

I went over to the fabric store, because I was close by and like I said, I am getting the bug to sew clothes again.  Beside, I need want a new housecoat, and I don't like what I see in the stores..I also need new pajamas, and I never see any thing I like..either too warm or too summery (I don't like my shoulders bare) or too sexy.  I find the slippery fabrics cold..especially after a really good hot flash.