Wordless Wednesday...

Christmas Cards!

Dearest friends,

I LOVE CHRISTMAS... and I LOVE MAIL!

So, here's what I want to know... would you like a Christmas card exchange?!

I'd love to get a card from you and send one back too!

So.... leave me an email at thatssewmandy@hotmail.com with your snail mail addy and I'll email you mine. I'd just post it but I don't want the spam bots to get it!

You can expect a card from me, and I can't wait to get a card from you :)

Merry Christmas <3 (That's the first time I said it this year)

CGQC November Finishes & My December Wish List :)

Well, I didn't finish everything on my list but I did get a good dent in it!

I didn't finish sewing the borders on my "Walter's Flower Garden" quilt...

I never finished all of my Christmas sewing...

This is what I did get finished!!!

1) I finished the top of my Fall Mini Quilt Swap!


2) I finished 4 placemats and 4 coasters for our friends
3) I finished a set of 8 placemats, 8 coasters, and a table runner for one of my family members. I just love the green/white polkadot fabric! It's one of my fav's!
4 & 5) I finished 2 sets of 8 coasters, one for SO's grandparents and the others I'm not sure who's getting them yet!

That's 5 finishes out of the 11 originals that I wanted to have completed!

I'm not finished the others but I'm pretty close... I'm now handstitching all the other placemats, coasters and runners shut so I can topstich them! They have to be finished by this weekend!!!!! That way I can study for my exams next week.

This is the first time I've written an end-of-month report so I'm not sure If I'm doing this correctly but, I'm going to list the things I want to accomplish for December in the same post!

I'm going to keep it pretty light this month for obvious reasons lol! I'm moving and Christmas!!! So, this is what I hope to accomplish... It's already started but I need to get it done.
This is 2 projects! 1) A runner, 8 coasters and 8 placemats for a family member and 2) a set of coasters for my grandfather

This is 4 projects! 3,4&5) are sets of 8 coasters and 6) is a runner, 8 coasters and 8 placemats for a family member.

I'd share which family members each one are for but they may read this blog, I'm not sure!!!! So, at least now if they see this post some way they can still guess which one is theirs!

To see more of the CGQC's finishes this month, visit Kelly from Charming Chatter!

EDIT: HOT OFF OF THE SEWING MACHINE, THE PENGUIN PLACEMATS, COASTERS AND RUNNER HAVE BEEN HAND STITCHED AND TOP-STITCHED! I'D SAY THAT'S AN EPIC FINISH FOR NOVEMBER... WITH 20MINS TO SPARE! (IT'S 11:39 HERE IN NL... 10:09 EASTERN). I'M GOING TO WRAP IT, THEN GET READY FOR BED. IT'S BEEN A PRODUCTIVE DAY!

I actually finished 2 sets today... both the penguin and the green with polkadots! I think that's a lot of work... not to mention I basted all of those burgandy ones... I'm beat.

p.s. i also finished a certain stats assignment that's been lingering too long, now to start the last stats assignment.... I think I'll wait until tomorrow lol... and no, I don't mean a 20 min break!

Don't Foget about...

This giveaway over at Bejewelled Quilts!

You better enter soon :)

The draw is tomorrow...

I'll be back later today with my CGQC report for November... I'm still working on everything lol!


P.S. I worked really hard yesterday to make my Blog Christmassy.... what do you think??? I really like the new font but it's a bit busy. I may change it back after Christmas! The hardest part is always making the header... but I only added text to this one so that's less work. I did figure out how to turn off the borders on the header and to take away the lines on the bottom of the post.

I should have been doing my stats assignment but you know, we all have our vices lol!

In the mail this week....

I found this!!!!!

I stopped making supper to look at it and everything! I can't wait to try it out. There's even 2 suggested layouts for putting the blocks into a quilt. Plus instructions on how to make them different sizes :)

In other news, I'm applying for a job at home that starts in the new year. Please pray that they at least give me an interview. I've never had one and it would be just an honour to get one... of course I'd be even more thrilled with a job offer! It's a grade 6 position at a local school... it's such an amazing opportunity!