Oldest UFO ???

Well I think I've done it.
While doing some cleaning, yeah I really do that sometimes. I came across a bag of old Candle wick materials. I have not done any  of this in a very long time. At the bottom of the bag were a few UFO's this one caught my eye.  Wow I remember working on this when my son was a baby ...He is 26 now.   So I do believe this is the oldest UFO I have.   It was supposed to be a cushion of some kind. Maybe if I keep looking the pattern will show up too....
Other reason I know it is quite old is the stitching , I used to spend a lot of time on getting my stitching just right and became quite good at it.
Many years, bad eye sight and a touch of arthritis later my stitching is not this acurate anymore.
This is one more UFO I hope to finish in 2010, darn, the pile is growing instead of shrinking.
                                                                                       

A few fun things

Happy New Year !

This little bowl was fun and interesting to make.

Saw it in a magazine and I just had to try it.

 It is made with cotton clothes line rope and

 wrapped with fabric strips.

You zig-zag stitch as you wrap.

It  sounded complicated, but was actually

easy and fun. Quick to make too.

Plan on making a few more for

my" bag of a little something homemade gifts."

My grandkids love to play games,

So here is the little Checker Board I made for

 them to play with.

The checkers are made of little yo yo's.

It has little pockets built in the sides to store the checkers

and it folds in and ties shut to store it all.

Cookies Cookies Cookies

Finally  finished the last batch of Christmas cookies
yesterday. The Kids are happy that I had time
to make the rosettes this year.
Now I can put away the baking supplies.
...Yummm.. They turned out nice and crisp

Next Project

Started on a new quilt for my Son and Daufgter -in- Law
It's a scrap show case Bear Paw quilt 
Took some time to find all the fabrics I liked .
Wendy liked the look of the pattern done all in pretty  
fall colors. So I found lots of oranges and browns with reds and
a few greens and blues thrown in to offset the rest.
 Been a while since I've done a scrappy so the fun has just begun.
Here's a peek at the first block.........

I like the look of the blended colors.

It's fun to sew the bear paws them pick them randomly

to sew into blocks.

White Christmas

                         

With all the snow we got last night and the rest thats on it's way, I don't think we need to worry about having a

White Christmas



This is the view out my window this morning