I can't believe that January is over with already. Didn't we just barely celebrate Christmas! Every day runs into the next with this Covid thing...stay home, wear a mask, eat and eat some more, etc. In between I do some sewing and hanging out with the Monkey Boys and occasionally the rest of the family.
I ripped out a few seams on a very old project during the Super Bowl. Hopefully I can get rid of some UFO's.
I got this the other day. My friend, Nancy, is getting a fancier one so she offered this at a price I couldn't refuse. Having a long arm always sounded fun, but I never had room for one or the money. The grandkids lost their toy room, but they usually play in the family room anyway.
This was my after Christmas gift to myself. It's an electric bike. There's just a bit of a problem, though. I'm terrified riding it and I'm afraid I'll fall off. It's not true that once you learn to ride a bike you never forget. Actually, I can ride it, but when it comes to stopping it I scream like a baby for my hubby to catch me. LOL...I'm getting better at it. A little bit.
My quilting friends get together once a month or so at the "resort." It has plenty of room to practice social distancing, a view to drool over, our own rooms if we want to spend the night, and of course, there's Lily.
The view during a rainstorm
To help with social distancing and germs, Nancy made us each our own towel. Look at those Halloween colors...she knows me well!
I took this sweet new mini Oliso iron that I won...it's so awesome! There's some stripes there in a project for the "Stripes" blog hop coming up soon.
Lily is the best dog (don't tell my dogs that) for our quilt group. She smiles (really, she does) when we come visit and she's a talker. She's sitting on my lap in this pic while I'm watching TV. I love that dog!
This Monkey Baby spends time at my house as often as I can get him. His brothers are being home schooled during the pandemic, so I'm lucky to hang out with him. He's three but tries to do everything the bigger brothers do.
A sister-in-law acquired some machine embroidery thread and wondered if I wanted it. Heck yeah! This was quite a nice thread box!
Designing projects for Crafter's Edge is something I do and it is really fun. They are looking for people to be part of the team. Check it out and apply if you're as creative as I know you are! The deadline to apply has been extended so head on over and apply
HERE.
My wickedly crazy friend Joan from Moosestash Quilting and I have been busy getting ready for a block of the month on our Facebook
Cackling Stitches page. It will be called "Hagatha's House" and will be full of fun applique designs. Details will be released mid February and it will begin March 1st.
I guess that's enough chitter-chatter from me. Have a fabulous day!