Well, I just finished layering a lap quilt for my ds's gf. Now I need to quilt it and it is 3 pm on Christmas Eve. I am not a last minute person so this is the first time that I have found myself in this situation. It is a good thing that she has gone out of town and will not be back until Wednesday. Hope I can get it finished by then!
judy in fort worth who is so glad that school is out for a few days!
I'm not burning it for a Christmas present, but I've been working on placemats for my best friend and now that school is out I will have time to go visit her in her new house. Placemats are housewarming gift. What I really feel like doing is losing myself in a major rootle and starting another quilt or two--but I gotta finish these first!
Good luck! I hope ds keeps the gf for a long time so the quilt will stay in the family a while!
Dogmom
On Dec 24, 3:12=A0pm, "judy in fort worth" wrote: I am not a last minute person so
I'm sewing a pillow right now... well, it was supposed to be a quillow but I can't get it right, so will make a cover that she can use to store the quilt inside. Might attach it to the quilt somehow, but later! I'm tired, and it's ten after ten. PM!!!!!
I have an 'inconsiderate' family- what a mean trick to have babies within a few days/weeks of Christmas! I'm sure their birthdays aren't all that fun for them either when their birthday gifts run into their Christmas gifts. Tonight I was going to try to finish a handbag for part of my DDIL's b-day gift- it's three days after Christmas- but I ended up baking 4 pies instead. I'll finish the handbag tomorrow evening (after seeing her for a mid-day dinner tomorrow) and then mail it to her. Then my darling granddaughter Sierra is having a b-day two days after Christmas. Then darling grandson Nick's b-day is in early January. On the other side of Christmas is mom's b-day in mid-November and their wedding anniversary in mid-December. No fair!!! Then there's mom's hospital/chemo snuggle quilt to finish- her surgery is Jan. 9. And I have one other VERY important quilt to finish by Jan. 10 at the very latest. Oh my...... I'll post a photo of my bald head after I finish pulling all my hair out in panicky frustration. Y'all can have a good laugh over my soon-to-be Mr. Clean look. LOL Good thing I do my best work when under the pressure of a deadline!
Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.
I'm still wrapping and have rolls rising to bake later. It's been a strange holiday season. No inspired shopping...no stockings stuffers. BUT my mother is here and BOTH of my kids and their fiances will be here tomorrow. That's enough for me. And DH and DS arrived home safely from their wonderful trip together to St. Petersburg....but DS's luggage hasn't shown up yet....over 24 hours later. He's going to be pretty tired of his one outfit! And wouldn't you know....this is one of the few times I haven't bought him new clothes for Christmas. Have a great day everyone.
I had planned on having a hexagonal paper pieced wreath quilt finished for Christmas but it's still incomplete. There's always next year!! morag
finally finished the last project yesterday (yes, December 27) in time for ds and his gf to stop over to visit. No time for a label and I barely got it wrapped in a gift bag. Whew! That was a close one! anyway, she liked the quilt. Did not seem overwhelmed by it but it is the thought in the giving that counts.
judy in fort worth who is ready to hit the after Christmas sales!
I'm sorry... I've experienced a similar let down when someone say thanks, but their face says 'why did you give me a smallish blanket'??? They kinda don't get what a special gift a quilt really is and a snuggle quilt has a very special purpose- and it's not on a bed.
Hugs,
Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.
I really like ds's gf but I just cannot "read" her. She does not have what you would call an "emotional" personality. I cannot tell if she likes us or not but she is crazy about him! That is a plus. He lives in Houston and she is up here. He likes his job there and she has told him that she will not move. Her family is here and she is extremely close to her mom (almost obsessively close). If this relationship is going anywhere, he will need to move up here. While I would like him to be closer to us, I want him to move for all of the right reasons and not because she cannot compromise. Oh well...none of my business. My MIL made my life difficult for many years and I am determined to take a different path. I think that I can educate her to be a quilt appreciator but not a quiltmaker. I think that she liked the quilt and am hoping that it was so unexpected that she did not know how to react. But then again....this may well have been a normal reaction for her.
judy in fort worth
I got the same reaction this past summer when I went to visit my daughter. Her babysitter was having a baby so I made a quilt for the baby and gave it to her. All she said was 'oh thanks' - didn't even really look at it. I felt like taking it back. I didn't expect her to do cartwheels, but I thought maybe she'd say something nice. Oh well, it was a gift given from the heart.
Sharon (N.B.)
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