yay! snow flurries

The snow blew through yesterday...
and it was beautiful!

Not enough accumulated to go out and play though,

so I played inside with my snow.

I did some snowflake shaped quilting...

Don't know if you can see the "snow" quilting or not...

so here's a close-up around the "frosty" -

little snowflakes and french knot flurries:

but that's my playing in the snow today!

papers

paper-piecing -
using English paper pieces, to be exact,
is fun to me...

This is the new pack that just came into the shop:

And, see that quote there in the middle of the package?
"we put the peace back into piecing"
...love it! :)

1 1/2inch, 45 degree diamonds!

Maybe something blue and white??
Ideas?

snow/weird

It's finally Winter!
And I'm lovin' it!

Thanks, all, who came through town and left me some snow!!!

Or maybe you did your little snow-dance for me? :)

This was last week's Friday left-overs:

snow-capped Sedum

There has been more snow today,

and more predicted for tomorrow - Friday - YAY!!!

Being inside,

watching the snow blowing around outside,

has made my mind "swirl" with ideas about quilting...

it's been making me think about my stitching...

while I've been hand-quilting my Snowy Days wall quilt.

Some of that

snow-blowing-mind-swirling-thinking-going-on stuff

makes me question

what new something I'll work on this year

as my BIG red-work project...

you know - hand embroidery.

[I have almost all of the hand-stitching done on the Calendula Patterdrip's (CAH)]

so, it's time to get something else going!

Any suggestions?

Anything great that you have worked on?

Something you'd recommend?

I'll need something soon -

especially if I'm going to get snowed in!!!

I know,

I'm

snow/weird

compared to most people,

but I'm hoping for

some many"Snow Days"!

p.s. I haven't found anything that Sweetie will stitch on - YET!

I know...

I haven't been posting quite as much lately - sorry.
Sweetie is home with me for nine weeks.
Yep, you read that right -
nine whole weeks.

I am so blessed, aren't I?

Sweetie had a ladder, on which he was standing, fall,
as the embankment that it was on collapsed...
that was a year and a half ago.

Of course, Sweetie was checked out - and bleeding head wound bandaged.
Then, the next day, his right foot was hurting.
Another checking out .
That Doc said it looked like he had a small fracture in his foot,
SO

Doc said Sweetie had a couple of options...

1. wear a walking boot for 6 weeks.

OR

2. stay off of it for six weeks.

(Really!!!???
Offering options to a strong-willed adult male who doesn't sit still?)

So, Sweetie chose option number 2 - stay off of it for six weeks.

He might have stayed off of it that next week.
Maybe.

So, after a year and a half, more limping around,
and more tests, there was a Doc that said:
To fix it, you'll need surgery.
And, to stay off of it (IE: no working)
for nine weeks.

See, lucky gal, aren't I?

I don't have Sweetie stitching.
YET.

On a stitching note:

I received my new Prim Quilts & Projects magazine-
there are a handful of projects that I'd like to start do.
Maybe I can get Sweetie onto one of these!

careful

what you wish for!

I guess it just took

me working on a couple of snowy projects

to bring the snow to town.

BUT

The snow - it came!!!!
And the blowing and freezing came along with it.

Sorry if it seems to be my fault because I wished for it.

Maybe begged for it?
Anyway, sorry for the delays and closings, the slipping and sliding.

Or maybe, it's the season, and it's supposed to snow?
Yeah, that's it -
It's January in Ohio - it's supposed to snow...

So, with no guilt at all

about bringing more snow to town,

I'm going back to work on my

snowy stitching:

Happy Snowy Friday the 13th to you!

Oh, yeah,

and Happy Stitching!

rain

and more rain....

Ohio has had plenty of rain last year,

and now into this year.

I would like snow, instead, please.

If anyone is traveling through or past or around Ohio,

please bring the snow with you and leave it here,

thank you very much.

Or, if you have a snow dance

that you could share, I'd appreciate that also.

I've been trying to give the hint to ole' Momma Nature

by working on my SNOW-y projects,

but that hasn't worked so far.

Here's my Walking in a Winter Wonderland (Crabapple Hill)

that I finally
 (finally, as in I've been working on this one quite a while - click this link to see the whole, long story) 
have quilted
and then hung it immediately in the family room:

This I machine pieced & hand-embroidered,

then did hand-guided machine quilting.

A couple more quilting pics:

snowflake quilting



mistletoe and holly quilting

The second project to try to

bring in the snow,

is part of a new wool on cotton applique class that

will take place over the next few weeks at Good Wives & Co.-
it is called

Snowy Days (by Heart to Hand):

I'm enjoying the stitching,

but, so far, only rain,

and then more rain has hit the ground around here.

Maybe an extended stitching class/time period
will help with the snow fall?

Anyone have any other suggestions for getting snow?

p.s.  no freezing rain or sleet please;
just snow - the big white fluffy flakes
that accumulate quickly and make good snowmen.

a little me time

Some folks like
massages & facials & manicures
for their ME time...

Not I!

And, not that I'm just being contrary...

I do like massages, facials and manicures.
(And, I wouldn't turn down any of those if my family members are reading this right now!)

But, if I have the choice between those and quilting
for ME time?

Quilting and stitching almost always wins,

hands needle down!

So, here's a pic of some of my recent ME time:

Only the last/bottom row left to quilt!
Anytime I have a little block of time - fifteen to twenty minutes or so,
I'm turning on Big DD and meandering away-
ME time!

(as an aside on this quilt -
I hand-embroidered and pieced this quilt almost three years ago...
I made the back and the binding.
I had in my mind that I would layer it
and hand quilt it during the year,
to put it out that winter -
THREE years ago. 
Then the same idea the second year. 
Then the third.
I have quilted TWO of these quilts for other folks,
but mine was still sitting, awaiting hand-quilting.
This year, I decided, that was ridiculously silly,
so I FINALLY put it on the machine!)

So, here's to ME time.
Happy self-indulgence time to you also,
whatever that may be!