Nap time

Cecil is getting some nap time while I try to finish up the blocks on the Japanese fan quilt I started 3 or 4 years ago.  I am also waiting on the gas company to bring a tank and fix the gas logs... I hope.
It is a beautiful day so far a relief from the rainy dreary weather we have been having.

Bingo bash

This is the quilt top we made in 2016 at Sneads ferry retreat.  Everyone made blocks to play bingo then sewed sashings and put them together. I think it is stunning.
Easy quilting
Sally

Bingo

Had a very productive two days sewing in Sneads ferry with M. Got to see friends at the church quilt group and talk about upcoming retreat. One of the things we do is play quilt bingo with certain colors of fabric for each of the columns and categories for the blocks in the columns. When we are tired of the game we all work on black and white precut sashings and put everything together for a stunning quilt top. True fun.
Color quilting
Sally

Centerpieces

Kind of went overboard this year with such beautiful Christmas fabric. I made several of these.  Like the way the middle fabric forms kind of a ring.

Church for Christmas

We went with red this year. It was a lovely site on Christmas eve. I will have to find out how to post more than one pic from my phone at a time.

Party too much

After his first encounter with my brother's cat, he is resting up. It did not go well for him. They decided to agree to disagree.

posting post Christmas

I love the Christmas season but am not sad to see the busi-ness over and followed by a quiet time.
This used to be the time for all the sales -13th month they used to call it.  Mother would give us money for Christmas and we would travel from Holly Springs to Raleigh to shop the sales and buy clothes.  I still remember a blue cloth suede vest and skirt I got that I loved.  Probably wore it too long after I should have and had a hard time giving it up.  Probably because it reminded me of the fun we had shopping.
Getting rid of things now is not as difficult.  I have been slowly purging my closets and will do more in the new year.  It is amazing what you have time for when you are retired.  I love January and
February for being time to reflect, regroup and reorganize.
Christmas was a good family time and that is good.

Win and LaVonne have sold their place at Hatteras.  It was a difficult decision but the right one for them.  Both boys live and will probably always live in Wilmington and it was getting to be unmanagable.  It was a lovely cottage and at the end of Hatteras, it was in a good location. We will 

all miss it.  I know the people who bought it will get a lot of joy being there. We did.

Now to get ready for a New Years Day mystery quilt workshop.  Beats watching football!!!

Thoughtful quilting.

Sally