Yesterday..........

The day started rather uneventfully............a couple of loads of laundry and some dusting.  Wait!  Did I really say dusting?

Cici and Mabel had been lounging in the window seat watching the action outside at the bird feeder.  However, having never seen a human dust before, their attention was diverted from bird watching for awhile.

Later in the morning, David took me to Brunswick to Sew Sweet Quilt Shop.  We left Mabel in charge.  YIKES!

It was so nice to be out among the living for the first time in 2 weeks.  (I don't count doctor's office, hospital labs, and pharmacies as among the living, and a trip to Walmart is just a visit to the pajama pant clad zombieland.)

I did spend my gift certificate (was there any doubt!).  

Here are the 2 patterns I got for Christmas.  I did end up purchasing the fabrics to make Randolph & Rudy.  I'm going to shop my stash for the Lookout quilt.

Here are the fabrics (it was a kit) for Randolph & Rudy.................I changed the background to the light blue dimples.

Now, I spent a good part of the afternoon reading the pattern and caressing the fabrics and can not figure out where that mushroom fabric comes in.  I'm thinking it somehow got into the kit by mistake.  It's a half yard and unless I am supposed to feed the mushrooms to the bears and deer as I make them, I don't know where it goes.  I have messaged the quilt shop and await a response.

I also purchased the dot fabric on the left of this photo.  The fabrics in the bag are scraps I've collected to work on my guild challenge project this year.  The check fabric on the right was the fat quarter I received that has to be used in my project.  There are size restrictions and it has to have at least 4 blocks, and there are some color restrictions (which I may violate).  I have a cute idea and it is something I want to make for ME!

 We went to lunch at Well Seasoned, a new place in Brunswick.  It was very good.  We had to bring some leftovers home.   I napped some in the afternoon and was going to work on W-2's and 1099's, but Turbo Tax didn't have the forms ready yet.  So instead, I mixed up some ham balls to bake today.  The recipe makes an enormous amount, so there will be some freezing going on.  I spent the evening working on the binding of Marbled Cheesecake

Obviously being in charge of the house left Mabel exhausted.  This hampered my binding time somewhat, but I'll probably get it finished today so that I can take it to guild on Tuesday.

I realized that I never posted my quilting stats from 2024.

I started 2024 with 22 UFO's and they were ALL FINISHED!

I had 26 new starts in 2024 and 16 were finished which leaves me with 10 UFO's for 2025.

2025 UFO List

1.  Marbled Cheesecake (finishing binding!)

2.  Hidden Log Cabin (already finished!)

3.  Bricks in the Barnyard (working on borders)

4.  Leaves (working on blocks)

5.  Sarah's 4-H T-Shirts

6.  Sarah's College T-Shirts

7.  Orange Crush (already a flimsy)

8.  Potato chip (working on blocks)

9.  Four Placemats (already finished!)

10.  Spangled (cut out)

Of course, now Randolph & Rudy are really calling to me, so I'm sure another new start is coming!

Christi