December 6, 2011
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Busy, busy times!
These are busy days here at the Yoder house! I do enjoy the Christmas Season but I do think I try to pack to much into each week. But what do I leave out? Not my sewing! Not my family! Not my grand-kids! I LOVE to spend a little time each week in my sewing room. I call that my play time.
Friday we got our next clue and directions for the Orca Bay Mystery Quilt.
350 half square triangles! This is what they look like before ironing them open!
I had a mountain of little triangles to feed through the machine. I have found that using a wood skewer works wonders at helping line up the little pieces before they go under the needle.
The first three steps all done! I still don’t have a clue what this quilt is going to look like. We haven’t used any of our main color yet. The blue is my accent color. My main color will be reds.
350 half square triangles! 72 three and a half inch squares! 224 hour glass squares!
In the past week Mark and I have taken in several different Christmas Programs. We enjoyed an evening with Roger and Wava attending a wonderful Bluegrass Christmas Program at the Srathmore Theater in Bethesda MD.
Ricky, the Skaggs Family & the White Family!
They were wonderful! We enjoyed it so much!
Great music with Great Friends!
Then last Saturday evening we went to hear “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” at Sammy’s Concert Hall.
It was a Musical About Family and Hope in the Golden Days of Radio. Very well done.
Now this week I am enjoying a few days with family. It has been so long since Jeremy and Cheryl have been here in Delaware.
Cheryl getting the lettuce ready for a wonderful salad for supper this evening. She sliced apples real thin and added pecans and a little onion. It was so good.
Cheryl and I pleasing the MAN of the house! Cheryl made the Peanut Butter pie and I made the Coconut Custard pie!
Max and Dorie playing house under the table.
More busy days ahead this week. Tomorrow evening I’m helping put on a supper for 55 people and then on Wednesday we have our monthly sewing circle. More pictures and posts later.
Comments (7)
I’m excited to see what that quilt is going to look like! We were just in Bethesda, MD this past weekend — traveled down to see the National Christian Choir’s Christmas concert in Silver Spring, MD.
I’m still working on my half square triangles. I’m going shopping today and then we have our GraRock Christmas supper on Friday and then on Saturday we want to take the whole family to Gordo, AL to see “Christmas Comes Alive.” It’s a busy joyful season of the year. Let’s spread the cheer to others!
Thanks! Makes me feel holiday-ee to see your post. Wish we lived in an area with wonderful Christmas programs.
Ms. Polly. I love the black and pink quilt hanging in the first picture. Its lovely!
I just
love
your HST necklace! What fun! (Those pies look yummy, too!)
You are a busy gal, and I love that you are having fun with it all! Thanks for sharing about using a wooden skewer to help in chain piecing those little pieces!
Max and Dorie playing house tickled me. Dorie is taking care of the children and Max is being the protector/provider!