Everything is just Sew-sew.

Mrs. Wren, who frequents my suet feeder every day.....

Her chattering lets me know when it is empty.

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If you've been missing me lately...

Sickness has been going around in our family,
and even my poor little Daddy~ who never gets sick~ has had something pretty bad. 

In between taking care of him and trying not to get sick myself I've not had much computer time... 

thankfully, things seem to settling down and getting back to normal.

Today I'm trying to get caught up with all my blog friends,
but I thought I would take a minute and post about some of my Christmas projects...

you know, the ones I couldn't show you before because it would have ruined the surprise..... :)


Here are a couple of dolls I made for Hubby's nieces...

Each doll had her own little bag with the embroidered initial of the recipient~

  Here is Ellie's....

 And here is Madison's.

 I also spent some time working on a crib quilt...
not for a Christmas present but for a soon-arriving baby at our church.

And now for the easiest project I finished:

Hubby asked me if I could make him an apron to wear while he is working in his woodworking shop... apparently he was getting tired of sawdust and wood shavings getting inside his shirt and pants.

Here is what I came up with~

an apron made out of a pair of his old overalls!

I was able to use the side with the most pockets (which he loves)
and sewed the two galluses into one adjustable strap for the neck.

I also used strips of fabric from the pants to make the ties for the back.
He loves it!
(I just can't get him to stand still long enough to model it for me...)


Speaking of Hubby, he was also churning out Christmas gifts right and left
from his little woodworking shop.

He made this gorgeous clock for his Mom....

He even did the "bow-tie" inlay by hand!

And he made this wonderful little wooden box with hand-cut dovetail joints for his Dad.

Not everyone around here was working hard to get ready for Christmas....

in fact, someone in particular wasn't doing much of anything.

Now that all the Christmas projects are over,
I've been working on a few things just for me...

Since I've already probably bored you to tears, I'll share those next time.
(A cliffhanger! *ha*)

Happy Friday, everyone!