a cutie ......

This  fella is a cutie - he's a  Tomte - aka Christmas Gnome.  He's a bit bigger than I anticipated - if he were smaller I may have had to make two.

memories are simply moments

that refuse to be ordinary

the hurrier i go ....

It seems that the hurrier I go the behinder I get.  I recently spent a day running around doing errands and feel like I've been away for weeks.  I went to the post office to mail an overseas parcel - I wanted to beat the rush and long lineups - ha ha.  The lineup was to the door and parcels were piled everywhere - I feel sorry for post office workers during the Christmas rush - I never expected the rush would have started mid November.  We also made a trip to the Mall - thought it would be a reasonably quiet time - wrong - big time wrong - so much for getting our bit of shopping done early.  I really wanted to get a Christmas gift bag with doggies on it - I was unsuccessful - two of the stores that sell these didn't even have their Christmas items unpacked yet - climbing over boxes yet to be unpacked was the flavour of the day - have to give them credit for not having their Christmas items out too early.  On the positive side it was quiet at the grocery store - we enjoyed that.  This is what's on it's way .......

once you're over the hill you seem to pick up speed

a wip, a finish, and buttons

Here's a Christmas finish to show you.  It's a free design by Isabella.  It's skimpy because this piece of fabric was small - the bells look hokey but they sound like sleigh bells.  Marly has done a really nice finish of this design.  The second photo is the fabric I used for the backing - I love chickadees and the colours worked with the stitched piece.

 I made these button cookies - they were delicious ....

And this is what I'm working on - bowl fillers from Quilts by Cheri ....

nothing says holiday like a cheese log

11/11/11

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month 

angels ......

 I wanted to show you this angel just in case you might like the pattern to make some for yourself for the Christmas season.  The pattern is available here - actually Rhonda has several designs to choose from - this lady worked up quite quickly.

I don't have many pieces that "say"  November so I left up a few from October - looks like I need to find some appropriate designs to stitch - I don't like to display any Christmas themed ones until after Remembrance Day.

every time a bell rings an angel gets her wings