Stacking up....

The projects are stacking up!  Quilts to quilt, tops to piece, projects to organize, felt to cut, jeans to patch, holiday letter to write, holiday cards to address, tree to put up, lights to be bought, ornaments to hang, and to make......

I am pretty sure I could keep going....yep teacher's gifts (dinners) to make, cookies and more cookies.....

Somewhere in all of this crazy I need to remember first that the season is all about family being together....it is fun to have kids to enjoy it with....there are times when I think that my husband and I get more excited then the kids.  

For now it is to work on cutting and folding for a book report project and working on one more quilt top for the afternoon.  ALong with the list making and lift making to keep things organized and me sane, slightly neurotic but mostly sane.

And yes, I think I am back.......

I'm BACK.............maybe

Not making any promises, though right now I am enjoying the idea of blogging again.  This is a photo of all the yo-yos I did last school year.  This fall I have done far fewer, for several reasons.  The biggest being I am not waiting as much because buses run slightly differently.  Which actually means I am driving more to make the buses work.  Also the school that the bus stop is at changed things where we wait.  Last year we had a short fence made out of wide pipe that moms sat on, now play grounds need to be completely gated (read able to be locked) so down came our "bench" and up went tall chain link fence.  Also, and in reality the biggest reason....I have been working on a paper pieced hexagon quilt for my future niece.  She should be arriving in the next couple of weeks, it will not be ready....but soon.

This is it just laid out.  Today I will finish the last of the rows....tomorrow I will lay it out and start putting the whole thing together.  I did paint the Cindy Lou (she's due Christmas week) I am also doing some tiny photo transfer for the other Dr. Seuss characters.  It has been a really fun project.  I am still trying to completely decide how to quilt it.  It will not have any writing on it as most of mine do, unless I change my mind that it.  

In case you are questioning my decorating..the edge of a love seat you see is going to be another project.  I am planning to paint the fabric of it, may be the wood too.....but I will get to that.

Enjoy and now that I have begun my holiday crafting I'll have more to talk about....no promises, but I will try.