I've been busy...planning my menu, grocery shopping, shopping at Kohl's (do you love Kohl's?-I do) I got an electric knife Then I got a food processor, that was a luxury buy I will admit. I have a small version, but it takes a long time to chop up large quantities. I've been mulling around getting one for so long...I'm doing a little happy dance about it!
And my most important purchase-a new heavy duty turkey roasting pan of my own! Can you believe married as long as I have been and I'm still using the old one my mom gave me years ago, when she bought herself a new one because our family got so big her's wouldn't hold a 22 pound + turkey.
So now I have one with a very sturdy roasting rack, with handles I'm so excited to use all my new stuff. It feels like Christmas came early for me.
I've been sewing too, but not a lot of progress. I finally got the binding hand sewed to the back of the Black, White and Red Circles quilt I posted about last time. I was reading a blog (Ponderings) about Faux paper towels and fabric napkins. So I bought some fabric at Joanne's that I thought would go nicely with my dishes and made some.
The yellow ones are hemmed, the fall leaves ones I cut on the bias, no hem. I didn't know if you cut something on the true bias it wouldn't fray. I was skeptical, but dang it's really true! .
Today I want to make a turkey block using an Eleanor Burns pattern that I can't remember the name of right now. It's actually a maple leaf block that you add applique head, waddle and legs to to turn it into a turkey. You have to use her special rulers, so this will be new for me and will take a little un-interupted time, which I think I may be able to squeeze in today
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This morning I went into my sewing room, on the way back upstairs from starting a load of laundry, and I spied my Santa Hooked Rug project...
This is a project UFO that I honestly don't know when I started it or bought it. This is what my notebook says....
-I got this kit years and years ago, probably in the early 90's! I was afraid I was going to screw it up, so I just put it away. A few years ago, (3-4?) I got it out and did a small area of it, but after Christmas was over, I lost interest...
11/04--I got it out again and did a good bit more on it. I would like to finish this in 05...
I didn't finish in 05 so I'll try again for 06. :)...
It's 7/2006-I haven't looked at it yet...
It's 10/06-I moved the project bag it's in but haven't added one stitch.
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Yes this is my most procrastinated project ever. I brought the bag upstairs with me. Maybe this is the year. LOL. I used to have a 14" quilting hoop that I used for it....I can't find it anywhere.I'm not going to hope for a finish this year, let's just say 'significant progress' which at this point would be anything, haha. It's really cute and after all these years I still really like it. So it's definately something I want to finish. I also remember that this kit was terribly expensive and that was part of the reason I just put it away, I would have bee Here's a picture from the pattern, finished....
And here are my efforts so far. Pathetic, I know.
