Straight No Chaser....

Monday night we went to see a 10 man a Capella group perform. It was great.

If you have never heard of Straight No Chaser... You need to google it and watch them perform 12 days of Christmas.

It was my first time at Segerstrom Hall even though I lived and grew up in the same town for over 30 years. It was spectacular!

A sold out event, and did not disappoint!

Country loft in La Mesa...

Sad, sad news... One of my favorite stores is closing its doors...

Even though it was over an hour drive to get there... It is on the top of my list for favorites. 

I have taken many of classes, a lot of BOM's, went to many open houses, and shopped (spent) way more than I should have. But I am glad I did! I am just saddened to know they are closing. You can read more about it on their blog.

Memory quilt...

I think I'm safe to post now. 2 of the 5 gifts were given. The 2 top gifts.

Kelly (dd), her best friend, more like a sister, Kim... Her father passed away end of November. This is Kelly's Texas family to her...

So, she brought home 8 shirts I think it was. I should have taken a pic of them before we cut them up. 

In 6 days we made ALL of these.

2 quilts... 1 for Mom, Terri...

And 1 for Kim, since she is like a sister, and because she watched the dog while Kelly was here in Calif.

I love stars... But I could wait a while before I sew anymore..

And the label.. each point is from each shirt...

Then, for Rick and the other Kelly... Kim's brother & sister..

Table toppers... 4 of them...There is also one for Mom and Kim also...look at the labels! I found these on inside of the shirts... We just added the dates..The dry cleaner labeled them. They made the perfect little label!

Then there is the grand kids...

They each got a memory block...

And the label on them... I took a pocket off a shirt and put it in the corner! Super cute!

The background, binding and backing are the only fabrics I added... Everything else is from his shirts. I had to do the sew on binding because we were on a time crunch. I love the look of this binding anyways! Otherwise I would have did it by hand.

She arrived in Texas this evening and gave Kim & Terri their quilts... They were in tears! Mission accomplished !

Sweat shop....

There has been A LOT of this going on the last week..

I can't quite show you yet what we (Kelly ) and I have been working on, someone might see or read this post... I doubt it, but just in case. There have been 8-10 hours of work a day, probably more because I would go back in after dinner. Secret sewing, my husband called it the sweat shop. We were on a time crunch had to get er done within the week. I'll show you possibly Wednesday...

Santa's elf...

Was quite busy this past week. We had a Christmas celebration this past weekend. Ronna & John John were here during the week. On Friday night Steven AND Kelly both flew in. And the fun begins...

Plenty of toys to be played with..

So much going on ... I had to make a big bag for mommy to take back to put his bicycle in.

More gifts were made by my very talented daughter...

Selfies to take...

Ho..ho...ho... Merry Christmas... We tried our hardest for him to say that before he left, but all we got was "ho".

Prime rib was made....

After all the fun.... Minutes before getting in the car to leave for airport... We took family pictures.

Even though it looks like we cropped Steven's head into the picture.. We didn't .. He was there with us.

It was a wonderful fun filled week! A good time was had by all!

Week #2...

This week....all the girls got a Starbucks! 

Anyone could always use a "little pick me up"... I am only there 2 days next week so I am not sure if they will get a little something or not...

Special....

This just makes me happy..

I bought this sign a couple years ago and then my sister sent me these skates from Massachusetts and I decorated them all up. Every time I look at these, reminds me of how special family really is!

Special delivery...

 Came home from work today with a package waiting for me.  

Isn't it just the most beautiful thing. A Fresh wreath.... Thank you so very much! You know who you are!

I love it!

Finish it up Friday....

This is "hospitality" from Primitive Gatherings...

So huge, it takes almost 8 yds of fabric for the backing... EEK! I better start watching for a sale! At around $11.00 a yard, it's gonna cost the same for backing as it did for the quilt top itself.

Work fun...

Did a little project for the girls at work tonight.

I embroidered each a hat and I'm going to hang it on the corner of their monitor tomorrow so when they come in, they have a little surprise waiting for them.

Hope they like them!

Thought about doing one for each of the teachers.. $1 hats at the dollar tree store.. But it's the stabilizer that will cost me. That stuffs expensive!