I’ve been so inspired by the Quilts & ATC’s blog. This wonderful woman is sew generous…I had to do it..sorry.
I have a ton of fabric and would love to put it use. I had been searching the web looking for local organizations that accepted small quilts for families in crisis, hospital patients or other charity when my friend, Andrea mentioned that her church was looking to put together some “busy bags” for the small children so use during church services. Their main sticking point was having to buy bags of the appropriate size. It was just meant to be…funny how things work like that. It’s also more meaningful to me since our daughter was Baptized in that church.
I was working on my place mats this morning. The first one turned out…the second one was a failure. The contact paper on the front buckled and I ended up with a U shaped place mat.
I need to punch some more squares since several got ruined when I peeled back the buckled contact paper.
I’m not giving up…I will make at least 4 of these so we’ll each have one for the holiday season.
I’ve been holding my little girl. She has had the sniffles for about 2 weeks but took a turn for the worse on Christmas Day. Yesterday I took her to the doctor after she spent most of the night “barking”. She has croup and a sinus infection. Poor little thing. We’re hoping she’s well by Tuesday which is her 6th birthday!
Today I’ve started punching out squares from old Christmas cards. I saw this blog post on creating placemats from old cards and pictures of family and friends. I have a several shoe boxes of old cards that will fit the bill. I think I’ll use clear contact paper instead of bringing them to Kinkos though, especially since I happen to have some laying around.
It was a busy day so I never got around to wishing my online friends a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I also opened the final gift in the 12 days of Christmas swap. This pretty little quiltlet was from the hostess Theresa. She also included some fun fibers and a pencil to play with. My daughter has already laid claim to the stocking hat bedecked pencil.
I think I was feeling like I needed a little warmth and sunshine. The flowers are fabric yo-yo’s.
The sentiment reads:
It’s the little things that make life Big.
This is what I spent the morning making! The first 6 or so didn’t turn out but the next 50+ turned out just fine. Tricky little buggers to make but oh so good to eat!