The Annual Scramble

Here we are...the end of November (Remember when we didn't think we'd make it through 2020?)

Thanksgiving is the official ushering-in of the holiday season, with the annual-scramble to finish up current projects. 
I have a couple quilts that need binding and labels (Steampunk and Carolina Chain), but for the most part, I'm on track. 

Wrapping Up

This year will be a very different (and somewhat difficult) holiday season for me as it is my last holiday season in California. Early 2022 will find me in a new home, in a new state...I want this year to be as much like previous years as possible, having all my favorite "holiday happenings" with The Babes; i.e., decorating the tree, Zoo Lights, etc. And, so it starts with Thanksgiving weekend.

With four days off  I did accomplish quite a lot; ate a big dinner with my son's family, cleaned, packed, sewed, napped, practiced for my December, Farewell Ukulele concert.  (December 18 if you want to attend.)

Shopping

To BF or not to BF* that is the question. The answer is mostly NO.   

But, I did go to M & L Fabrics** and take advantage of their 20% off sale. 

 

I saw some pretty, I want, fabrics but I bought only fabric I needed for my great-niece's baby quilt.  (A baby girl is expected in February.)
 

 

 

 

The pattern will be Ring Around the Daisy. 
A free pattern from Windham Fabrics.

 

There are a lot of FREE patterns on this site.  Click Here

Packing:

Instead of singing "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas" 
I'm singing "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Moving."

It's beginning to look a lot like moving
in every room you go

There are boxes in the office
boxes in the bedroom
there are even boxes in the
powder  rrroooommmmm

It's beginning to look a lot like moving
soon the van will come

But the thing that will keep me sane
is the music that I make
on my Uku-le-le !

The Dawn Quilt

The Dawn Quilt top is finished and ready to take to Faith, my LAQ.

My original plan for backing was to use the same fabric as the outer border...but, I miscalculated and I do not have enough fabric.  I will need to go back to M & L and see if I can match what I originally purchased at Hancock's of Paducah last month, or change the plan.  (I think my sister is going to love this quilt. I will gift it to her in January.)

Not everything on my To Do list for this long weekend was marked off...cleaning the oven...
gotta save some fun for another day, right?

*BF = Black Friday
**M & L Fabrics is a smaller version of Hancock's of Paducah....It's big and there is A Lot to see.