NOT MUCH TO REPORT

My oldest GS likes to wear bow ties (he's 17) and I made him one last month to see how he liked it and what other colors he might like.  When I went to a fabric outlet, I bought some red and green silk.  Here is the red silk with the tie pattern pinned onto it.  That is all I have in the way of pictures - I forgot to take a picture of the finished tie before I mailed it off to him as I was in a hurry to get it in the mail in case  he wanted to wear it during the Christmas season.

As to my short list.  I have completed all but one of the items and the one I didn't complete is almost there, so I'm pretty happy with what I accomplished.  Number 6 is the culprit - the applique top for my DIL.  I decided I needed to double check with her about the size before I sew it all together.  I have most of the appliqué done, but will still need to add a few more flowers and quite a few more leaves.  I'm doing the appliqué by machine.

We will be visiting 2 of our sons and their families over the holidays.  I hope most of you will be able to spend time with family during this special season where we celebrate the birth of our Savior and Lord.

MORE FINISHES FROM MY SHORT LIST

I finished two more items from my short list.  I like crossing things off my list!

Ornaments for Jonah, Eli and Abby.

Stuffed Batik fish for Eli and Jonah.

Ornaments for older grandchildren and sons/DILs.  

The sawtooth star ornaments are double sided so when the twist, you will still see a star.  Each side is different, though.

DONATION QUILTS FINISHED

This morning I finished binding on two donation quilts that I have been working on.  They will go to children's hospital for older kids (one boy and one girl) in the ICU.

Pinwheel quilt for girl made out of leftover HSTs.  The back is a piece of very nice fabric from an estate sale.

Ohio Star quilt for boy - made out of repurposed men's shirts.  The back is men's shirt fabric that I got in a thrift shop.

It always feels good to finish something.  These will be taken to my guild meeting next week and in January or February will be donated  in memory of one of our former members who was a doctor there.  She's the one who got us started making quilts for the ICU and it was a passion of hers.

I'm almost finished with my Christmas ornaments and will be posting them soon.  How are you doing on your short list?

THE SHORT LIST

Carolyn at Lakeside quilting posted a short list about projects she needs to finish in the next month or so and somehow I got hooked into making a short list also!  I don't know how that happened.

1.  Doll clothes for Abigail.  Here is the dress I made yesterday.  I also made some flannel pajamas, but they aren't quite finished yet.  Plan to make (maybe) 2 more dresses.

2.  Gail Pan's Christmas Wish BOM from 2009.  Yes, the embroidery has been finished for 3 years, so I guess it's about time to put this together.  Here are 6 of the 9 blocks auditioning the sashing fabric.  I think I can get this finished soon.  

3.  Christmas ornaments.  I finished one for Abigail and am working on Jonah's (they both get a cross stitched penguin).  Eli will get a cross stitched Santa.  The rest will be little quilt blocks in red and white.  Not sure how many I will make yet.

4.  Quilt 2 donation quilts to take to December guild meeting.

5.  Batik fish for Eli and Jonah (stuffed).

6.  Finish appliqué (machine) top for DIL.

7.  Quilt lap quilt made out of Australian fabric.

If I think up any more things to make for gifts, this list will need to be revised.

I showed parts of this doll in a previous post and now she is finished except for adding yarn hair and finishing her green apron and bonnet (I'm looking for the right color green ribbon).  Here's a picture of her before I sewed on her head.

I got her from Keepsake Quilting.  There were 3 printed panels.

I bought this chair for 75 cents at a garage sale and needed a doll to sit in it.

Miss Malinda Dalton, Born 1835 in Virginia - she works as a maid for a landowner.

Sitting by the fireplace in her Sunday dress with the moose and rocking horse.

Do you have a short list?