She Likes it

 

I gave this quilt to Hannah for her 21st Birthday when she was home for Thanksgiving. Since orange is her favorite color I felt it would suit her. 

 I'm not sure if she will take it to school or if Mom will hold on to it until she finishes college.

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Womans Club Project

 

Today is our meeting day for Wendell Woman's Club so I wanted to share our project this month.
 Late in November, we decorated and filled bags of goodies for the school age children of our local food pantry clients.  We filled 72 bags with fresh fruit, snacks, candy and juice boxes.  They will provide the children with a snack during the time they are out of school during the Christmas break. 
This was part of our ongoing "Feed the Future" project.

Tomorrow is my morning to work at the food pantry so I will be able to see first hand how this is being received.  Happy Wednesday.

A Finished Santa

 

Last Thursday at Sally's, C,C,S and I started this Santa doll.  Things were quiet around here today so I finished my version.  I really had to do some digging through some old stuff to find some scraps to make a beard.  I used a combination of two leftover packages. 

I have had this pattern for quite awhile.  I used to make a new Santa doll each year but have skipped the last three or four years.  Perhaps I'll try to catch up as I do have at least two other patterns that I haven't done.  One has the the head sculpted, but I'll have to wait until I come across the rest of the pattern. And anyway, it probably won't happen until next year.

 

My new Saint Nick couldn't wait to join some of the others on the hearth.  Happy Tuesday!

Spare Part Stars Finished

 

Will try for a better photo later on  - perhaps Saturday at Bee. It had been cloudy most of the day but the sun decided to shine on my quilt.  So be it. 

 

I started it back in May.  It is 84 x 84".  Pieced backs are my favorites and I love how this one turned out.

 

Quilted allover in swirls.  Now to the kitchen.  We're having celebrating our 2 November birthdays tonight.  Just need to make a cake.  I think I'll make Black Forest Cake with chocolate icing.

Our Woman's Club Tradition

Each November for the past 17 years the Wendell Woman's Club has prepared and served a meal  for the Wendell Town Employees and also our elected town officials.

It is to thank them for their service to the town.  Our Police Department, Recreation Department, Streets Department, and all the other town employees do a great job of helping make Wendell a wonderful town to live in.

In 1996 Hurricane Fran took down tons of trees in the area and the Town worked incredibly hard to get things back to normal.  We wanted to thank them for their effort.  It was a thank you gesture that we continued today. All our guests tell us they look forward to our meal in November to start off their holiday season.

Lake Life

The leaves are falling up at the lake so John is getting the mower ready for me to run over them and mulch them up a bit.  Normally he does this, but his lungs are so "ratty'(technical term used by his oncologist) that I didn't want him taking chances with all the dust that gets stirred up.

Thank goodness we don't do the entire lot.

Well I'm sure there will be at least one more time, maybe two.  The weather was warm and sunny.  A

perfect day to be outside even if it was for chores.

Little Trees

 

Last year Connie showed a quilt she had made of little trees.  It is so cute I felt I just had to have one too.  She gave me some of her greens and black and white fabrics to get started.   I need to figure out how to get some fatter trees!