Santa Calendar - January

I have decided i need just one more project.....hahahaha   so i am creating the Piecemakers Calendar for 2012...it is Santa.  who doesn't love Santa.

This is January's block. i am still awaiting bird buttons....but they are on their way....for his hand and the tree stump. and i haven't done his face yet .... that part is a bit scary. They are 14" blocks. i added a few things that were not on the pattern....snowflakes in the sky...an owl in the tree...a rabbit on the ground behind Santa...and a fox by the tree stump.

His beard is a cord that i unravelled...cute little tassel on his cap.

He has a leather cane. LOL   that fur is a bitch to stitch...just sayin'

Took 3 nights to make 7 trees. labor intensive

Tree stump is corduroy. snow is batting.




I think these are gonna be fun. next i am doing October. ... it only has a few pieces so i think it will be quicker. i am learning as i go. i gotta figure out how to do the moon.

Will show final pic when birds get attached....

Later

I got new Crocs

I NEEDED new Crocs...really, I did. the bottoms eventually wear out and they get slippery. i had to throw out 2 pair. so i decided to go online and see what they had.

I wound up with blue ones..

Orange ones....

Pink ones...

But the best by far....the coolest, brightest, most fun ones......are the YELLOW ones.....woohoo!!   i need rain and mud so i can go out and splash in the puddles like a 3 year old.

I wore them this morning when i was cutting poison oak from around the walnut tree. after all, i was in shorts and didn't want to get the vine on my legs right?  yeah, i know it was just an excuse to wear the cool yellow boots but i really do like them.

And, since i was gone for 4 or 5 days i missed doing my monthly Santa wallhanging for August. so i got that quilted up today. i already have September embroidered...just need to quilt him up.

I am embroidering alphabet blocks to make a quilt for a friend's little girl who will be 2 in October. today i got A through E finished. hopefully i will stay on task and finish them up.

Stay cool....have ice cream and ice tea.....works for me.