TTMT #19 It's all about the Christmas stockings

November UFO finishes

After dealing with all the preparations for Thanksgiving I knew I wanted to spend a little time sewing yesterday. I haven't had much time to just sit and sew this month. I was going to play with some scraps until I remembered I still needed to work on my November WIP from the Quilting Around the World quilt along. This month I chose 6 small stockings that I started a couple years ago. I had the fronts done but I still needed to finish the rest.

As you can see I went totally scrappy. I used Elanor Burn's Quilt in a Day Strip stocking pattern. I linked to the free pattern page. Scroll down about 3/4s of the page and you'll find the pattern. It opens up as a pdf.  I normally struggle with the cuff and little hanger placement but this time everything worked out well. It made for a very relaxing morning in the sewing room. The hum of the sewing machine is a relaxing sound for me. I do believe I have finished a UFO or at least made progress on one each month this year. My UFO bin is starting to empty out a bit.

TTMT # 18 a little JoAnn's haul

The week and a half leading up to Thanksgiving is always a busy one for as I'm sure it is for most people. I always have to do several runs to a few different grocery stores. I try to buy some things ahead of time but I also like to wait for the sales the week of Thanksgiving. I also prefer to wait until Tuesday to buy the veggies like sweet taters, butternut squash, broccoli, etc. because I don't like them sitting around too long in the house. We are having Thanksgiving at the kid's house this year but of course Mom still gets to do most of the work lol. I'm cooking twice this year because we also want to have left overs for our house. The kid's are having store bought pies but I have a few to make today for my house.  I'll try to sneak in a little knitting time too. ;)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!!!

TTMT # 17 Small goals and waiting room knitting

Talk To Me Tuesday # 16 DREAM BIG

Not much accomplished this past week but I have sky high hopes for this week. In reality I know I won't get even half of my list worked on but if you're going to dream then dream BIG, right?