Merry Christmas. I’m alive and well. Wanted to drop in a let you know I’m still moving about the earth.
It’s a gray and rainy day here in Portland. Pretty typical for Christmas Day. I’m hoping to get my boys out for a nice walk some time today but it looks unlikely. I’ll join friends for dinner this afternoon.
I’ve had a bit of a hard time getting into the holiday spirit this year. I haven’t even sent out my Christmas cards yet! I might do that today. I’ve had the cards for at least a month. this is the first year I haven’t had my cards out right after thanksgiving.
I managed to get some lights up in my living room and put together a nice dinner for friends last night. I do like having the lights in the house. It’s dark so early here that the lights help keep it feeling bright. I usually leave the tree up until the time changes in the spring.
Still not much creative juice flowing. I literally haven’t sewn for a couple months. I’m really hoping I get some inspiration to create after the first of the year. It might be a good sign that I purchased some fabric online a couple weeks ago. I’ve also been thinking about what to make next.
One piece I bought was this one for the backing for my friend’s Interweave quilt.
I didn’t actually mail it to her since her quilt top is in the drawer in my guest room. So she got the photo for her gift.
I did finally get my Blue Swirly quilt top quilted by my long armer and got it back a month or so ago.
I used the beautiful blue Philip Jacobs Feathers fabric for the backing. It’s also in the quilt top.
I had her use a simple stipple design because this quilt is busy and I like more dense quilting.
It took me awhile to decide on the binding, but I ended on this Brandon Mably fabric and I love it.
This quilt will be gifted later today.
Here’s what I’m celebrating this holiday season. My birthday was a month ago and I’m officially on the 12 month count down to retirement. Only about 11 months to go!!! I’m confident these final months will fly by!
Thank you to everyone who has checked in on me to make sure I’m ok. Rest assured I’m fine. Here’s hoping we all have an abundance of creativity in the new year!
Happy New Year!
agilejack 