welcome to this week's list of likes.... I like cold temps and snow, therefore we moved to Colorado... not it's about to be in the 70's in the sun for over a week here.
In December. 5 years ago it was consistently cold and snowy from October on.
We did have a bit of snow...
footprints in the thin layer over the golf course. That became snow lace
and annoying icy snow
and is gone less than a week later now. We MAY have to get out the AC again too.
You know the adhesive stick figures on vans that represent the family? we are seeing lawn ornaments in the form of snow people in people's yards like them
mom, dad, child...
gramma on the post, transparent uncle on the stick, that pig again, who does it fit?
deer families too
don't even want to know who all these represent...
awe, this big boy greets me when I walk by the fence... some days he attacks the fence, sometimes he comes over silently like he's happy to see me.... never know though....
love these deer too...
these light my way home from evening walks
look at those mighty clouds
(c)LAPaylor love the geese formation with clouds at sunset...
selfie anyone? I LOVE orange cats' personalities!
why am I bawling? I want a dog dog again so much. An adult, non shedding that will love living here with me...
I haven't actually finished anything but I did pack away Fall scraps and fabrics, and got out the bag of Christmas scraps to hopefully make a few tree skirts this year...
I emptied out the bag and sorted the pieces into shapes and sort of sizes
I collected some google images into a page of tree skirt ideas (see on the bottom right) but will mainly go on what scraps I have probably. Already starting with matching squares into 4-patches there
some strips, some wide, some narrow and long
two needle books to be finished off
squares, and a stack of HST shapes to turn into geese
two littles put out for the season...
Betty boop as a snow globe, and Santa after the holidays with sunburnt knees, in the tropics drinking a mai tai
a worthy sentiment to balance all the gooey sweetness of the season
some videos I liked this week...
omg, cool stitches !
I've been enjoying this series of videos a lot... one year I made snowglobes to share with bee mates
well, here we are again, another week of likes to share! starting with lawns seen on my walks
Hi Santa!
santa you're early....
awe.... I like this short video series.... frog finds a friend
fun short video... I feel somehow like I worked with this creature as a human (What she did at work)
this yard has a LOT of stuff plus two very cute doggies that come to visit with me
I Luv you
No pic but two more white doggies barked at us this week, and their person came out for a chat
Really nice woman, visiting from Florida with two cute white pups one was a shihtzu poodle.... the woman was so fun to chat with... and because her pups are so small they fly with them...
not dogs but look like them... or cousin IT from Addams family, LOL
speaking of food, and who isn't?
we finally got snow after about 300 days, so I baked. I plan to bake cookies a few times a week, freeze a lot of them for Christmas week and we'll have a tray of many types
but for now it was a lovely cherry sugar cookie, and I added mini chocolate chips so it's like a chocolate covered cherry....cookie
also baked a loaf of cinnamon swirl bread, candied pecans, hamburger buns, zucchini bites
candied pecans, easy peasy
zucchini bites nice to have on hand for a hot snack. Made 18 in the little muffin tin
had the last of the sweet potato casserole Wed night....
Conversation starter for this week:
what fun board games have you've played? Do you have any games you
always do when people gather at Christmas time? any funny stories about
that? ( I want to get a new one for us this year)
I like most board games I've played and miss our game group in MD so much... it's just us here, so we need a new game two people can play.
even a card game... we do love cribbage by the way, so help me out!
Oh, my family used to play a card game called Oh Hell but it's more fun with more than two of us...
Let's call it a day/post and end here.... thank you for joining me and I'll be starting an additional link party in the new year based on photos and colors... hope you'll like it, more about it later. I will CONTINUE this I Like group.... it keeps me sane (-er)
please visit these spectacular people to see what they liked, and hopefully games they like
or leave me suggestions in comments please
(no new dog for me yet, still hoping one will come share life with me)
welcome to my creative world... it's been hard to overcome a lot of physical issues but I did finish this Autumn quilt, my interpretation of a pumpkin photo, in little saved Fall scraps! I LOVE IT!
Quilts don't always come out the way I see them in my mind but this one came out even better!
this was a photo showing the decision to use one of my fave orange fabrics on the binding
and what I chose to make with the blocks from a few weeks ago
binding sewn to back, brought around to the front to topstitch in place
Some closeups
I decided to have fun topstitching the binding to the front, with different stitching. To get the curvy lines stitched on, I used 1/4" tape to make a sort of guide. I'm still working with that tiny janome gem and it's a struggle to do what I want, the free motion, useing glitter threads, and lining things up.
these are all from the fall tiny scrap collection (the bag is now marginally less stuffed)
The stem is two scraps overlapped and cut into a stem shape, love the dimensionality do you?
so...in November I made a needlebook, a tote purse for walks, this and am started on this scrap project
finding the right shade of aqua/turquoise was hard. These lovelies were given to me and I don't know by whom!!! (shame) I deconstructed the other blocks with my seam ripper, and kept these. I will probably do simple sashing with one or more of those fabrics from my stash
will I put sashing stones in the intersections? How big will it be? I plan to make it useful in some way
will the person who stitched these blocks please stand up for credit??? The fabric is so pretty... hope I turn it into something as pretty!
I thought it might work for the Stay at Home Round Robin in 2026... hmmmm?
Speaking of gorgeous fabrics, my friend Miss Pat sent me a box, which lifted my spirits tremendously
3 (!!!) flamingo patterns, an elfa mat, and SO many pretties... I washed them and am sorting them now
Just a few....
Flowers, Dancers, Masks
Skies, Colors, Stars
Tropical scenes, Sheep, Dog bones and dogs, MORE plus of course since she is a good friend....
COWS!!! along with pretty colors to use, all small squares to yardage! HOW Thrilling! How to thank her....
what about a mat/mug rug
so here goes
you might notice I'm finally finishing my socks... went round the heel and am in the final furlong!
Alas these languish on the design wall, two finishes, two not finished
what sewing items do you want for Christmas ??? Are you making anything special this year? Next up for me a tree skirt. (I seldom wear skirts nowadays lol)
to see a turkey down, look at Thursday's post.... and join me if you want to do a happy post next week!
I LOVE animals first up a sweet dog and a wonderful owner
Chewy... small but mighty. She barked away all big dogs wanting a sniff. Her owner is charming, Joe remembers our names, and reminds me of his by a litany of Joe, Jo Jo, Joseph, Joey and others. Chewy was B O R E D with the blah blah and pulled to get his dad to get walking!
next up these puppies are getting big. It's been a week since we visited, and they had forgotten me...
don't remember their names but Boy, and girl, boy barks girl wags and asks for pets! They are spectacular pups
last the donkeys and horse were out this week
the little black donkey had just walked right under the horse like it was a tunnel
Love you miss!!!
LOVE this cloud formation!
Hot and cool and hot and cold and hot weird for November in the Colorado front range
Hmm not donkeys.... beginning to look like Christmas
beautiful straglers, hold on y'all!
one picked up on the walk
finished my beautiful pumpkin quilt this week pics and story Saturday
Opened the greatest gift of scraps and flamingo patterns from my friend Pat in NY... I'll share photos of the beauties Sat too, so grateful...
our conversation starter this week
would you rather go to someone's house for Thanksgiving (even a
relative?) or host them in yours?
I LOVE going to someone else's house for Thanksgiving and have had a grand time having them to mine too. I think it's so nice, so sharing, to sit at their table for a celebration of friendship however most people don't want to have anyone but their families... sad for me but there you go!
> painted my nails with Ballet Shoes pink this week...
> changed out closet for winter and love cozy sweaters
> Loved the finale of Dancing with the Stars
YES!!! cool way to wrap something to tuck a card into
