I'm getting ready to go in to work in a couple of hours, but wanted to take a few minutes to catch up here.
I accomplished quite a bit on my day off yesterday. I had two little quilts that I was trying to finish for a brother and sister up the street from me. They are being raised by their great grandmother, Rose (I've mentioned her MANY times), and have become my 'surrogate' grandkids, supplying me with much needed hugs and lovin'.
This one is for Elisabeth.......it is hand-quilted because I started it earlier this year, just wanting something to work on and keep my hands busy. I think she'll enjoy discovering all the different things there are to discover in the blocks. She's 6.
The dots on the back are from a fatquarter packet that I received as a gift from my friend, Wanda Gayle. I'm wild about this back, but it didn't photograph well with my phone.
This second quilt is for Elijah......it is machine-quilted due to time restraints. These fabrics were among the many that JoAnn sent to me when she was purging her sewing room. It's not my best work, but I hope that it will give him fun picking out the animals and learning how to spell and read their names. He's 7.
This morning I got them wrapped and ready to give to the kids when they come back from visiting with their mom and other family members.
Kelley sent a package FULL of gifts, and because she got a new phone with FACETIME, we're planning on opening gifts together on Christmas morning.
As far as work goes, I got my new schedule for the first week of the new year. I asked them to take me down from 33 hours per week to 27 or so. Well,.......they went down to 21 ! So that means that I'll only be working 3 days per week that week. We'll have to see if it stays that way for consecutive weeks , but I'm looking forward to the time.
In the meantime, I want to wish a joyous, blessed Christmas to all of my blogging friends, and hope that 2018 holds wonderful things in store for each of you.
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