Zippety Doo - Dah and Christmas Time.

 Hello there, Sunshine! 

It is a beautiful but oh so hot! Are you trying to stay cool? I sure am.

 The grandbabes will be here in a few short hours right after school ; I am sure they will be out splishin' and splashin' in the pool in no time . I just might have to join them. 

In the meantime,  I will work on a bit of embroidery. It is Embroidery Thursday for me. 😀

I have the last of my Country Christmas Doodles to work on . With a  bit of scrap fabric and DMC 498 floss, soon  I will be stitching up a storm. 

Frosty's hat is embroidered.

It's Dandy Doodle time!!!  4 more Country Christmas Doodles! 

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If you are interested in stitching this piece,  just grab , the images. For printing tips, refer to the post Tips for Printing which has loads of tips from my sweet friends.

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Soon I will have 4 more ornaments to add to Granny's ole' dough bowl for a total of 16. Come Christmas time they will be hanging on the tree. Previous doodles I have shared are  Country Doodles page 1 , Country Doodles Page 2 , and Country Doodles Page 3.  If you are interested in seeing how I finished them, click on  Country Doodles Page 1 above. 

A few days ago my nephew and his dad arrived at my doorstep toting 3 large garbage bags stuffed full of quilting fabric. 

"You want this" this inquired my sweet nephew with a spark in his eye. 

"I sure do! "I exclaimed in glee .

 The bags didn't even make it all the way into the house before I was diving head first into the first bag. 

Soon my nephew plopped a bowling ball tote  next to me. I popped my head out of the plastic bag and quickly unzipped the bowling bag-. "Hmm a bowling ball? " I asked 

 "Nope , Auntie, I don't know what it is? "

I carefully unzipped it only to find loads of glorious quilting thread. "I think I have gone to  quilt heaven!" I exclaimed. 

After getting a quick hug, my sweet nephew was soon on his way . And then I did a swan dive right back into the garbage bags where I explored yards and yards of holiday and seasonal fabrics. 

 Mr. Pinker soon came upstairs .  "Yooo Whoo, where are you Hun?" I heard him chime.

 Well I was just too busy to pull  my head out of those glorious bags to answer. 

Then I heard a "Hmmph" "What are you doing going through the garbage, Sweetie? "  

" Garbage? This is  not garbage," I mumbled as my head was buried deep in the folds of fabric. "  I just received a special delivery and guess what? These bags are filled with treasures! "  and then I popped  out of the bag with handfuls of fabric in hand. 

"Aaah that explains it , " as he laughed and walked away. He knew there was no pulling me away from all of the quilty goodness. 

I reserved a basket  of holiday fabrics to work on Christmas quilts. 

Now that brings me to my next project. Over the last few weeks, I have been drooling over the "Zip" blocks that Diann at Little Penguin Quilts  and Cathy at Sane, Crazy Crumby Quilts have been working on. 

I was hooked-  line and sinker when I saw them.🎣 I just knew I wanted to make some "Zip " blocks of my own. 

Well with having so much Christmas fabric, I thought why not make a Christmas Zip quilt.  So I grabbed some of the fabrics and began cutting up a storm. Soon I had a few blocks completed and now I am on my way to having a Christmas quilt. 

"Zip" is a design by Lynn at Klein Meisje Quilts blog which she posted her January 21, 2017 post. 

Thank you so much ladies for the sweet inspiration. 

 I am sure you will be seeing more of the Christmas Zip blocks as I progress. 

In 2021 I shared my  Christmas Time Quilt Doodles and made this sweet  mini Christmas Time Quilt .

Last week Mr. Pinker and I enjoyed going to many yard sales along the US 127 route. Over the next few posts I will show you what I found. 

I scored on  primitives .I found the blue cubby for just $3.00. Do I know where I am going to put it? Nope, but it was too cute to leave behind. 

The books date from 1926- 1949 . They were just 50 cents. I have already been reading one  which is choked full of stories from Edgar Allen Poe, Washington Irving and Abraham Lincoln.  

I fell in love with the faux wooden scoop. 

Lots of candleholders. The grubby candles are pretty rough. I will change them out.  Couldn't resist the chalkboard chicken. 

That's my Thursday ramble.  I better start stitching if I want to get anything done before the grandbabes get here. Have a terrific day and 

As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

Just remember the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart. 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you, Amo .

 I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday

Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings

Judy at Small Quilts Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday

Susan at Quilt Fabrication for  Midweek Makers Wednesday

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday- Thursday