Pillowcases, Snowmen, Quilts for Kids, Ice Storms

Doll club was last Saturday. Can't believe a whole week has passed We had a great time with only five attending. Weather was part of the concern, other factors were family gatherings and illness. The five of us got stitching done on 28 pillowcases! Cuffs and trim strips were sewn on, only needed to straighten the edges and sew the end and side seams. I kept thirteen of the sixteen Mom and I had cut out and they are now done.

Here is a pic of the five of us that DH took for me.

My friend Connie and Mom and I all finished our Snowman hangings. Don't know why we need snowmen in the house. There seems to be plenty outside and it is very slow in going away.

The Quilts for Kids are all finished, too. Got them ready to send out on Friday. These are the three that I made for them. The one on the left in the picture is the "extra" one. Quilts for Kids would like you to send in one additional quilt for each kit that you receive from them. I ran out of time and the box I send them back in would not have held another sheet of plastic let alone another quilt. Maybe in the future I will make more.

Here is the Quilt Mom made for QFK's. She did a nice job also.

I've tried a couple of times, now, it get this blog posted. We are having a terrible time with electricity, ice, wind, rain, and snow! I took this picture out our west window because I have never seen icicles on the deck railings like this before and we've lived here for thirty years. You can also see the ice on the tree branches. This was frost first and then the rain came and turned it all it ice. The rest of the yard looks like a war zone and we will spend many hours getting all the branches cleaned up. The old soft maple trees look like they might not survive the winter there are so many branches gone now. If we do remove them, we will plant some hard wood trees that will last for a long, long time.

While the weather has been non-cooperative, I have been working on other sewing and quilt projects as well. At least two days each week I have been missing work because of the icy roads-that makes for lots and lots of creative time. But I think I will leave that for another day.

Judy