Magical Monday

News Alert ! News Alert! 

Whewww! All is well! 

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Santas has been solved.

 Mr. Pinker and I searched every nook and cranny the other day for my missing cross stitches which are usually stored on a certain shelf but  to no avail . Then  yesterday I pulled out my Christmas  cross stitch bins and  low and behold there they were!   Who would have thunk? Hee! Hee! Well not me! 🤪🤣🙄

Obviously, some sneaky elf  slipped them in the bins. Now I ask you,- Why would Christmas cross stitches be in   Christmas cross stitch bins? Hee! Hee! 😁😂  Silly me. 

In 2 shakes of a lamb's tail , I high tailed it upstairs to deck the buffet with more Santas. I was certainly a jolly gal!  

Mr. Pinker just shook his head ."Like I told you, " he said "You would find them in plain sight. "  

I will continue decking the halls with my stitches this week. I still have a couple of trees to decorate including the Barnyard Tree. 

Loads and Loads of stitched pieces are making their way out of the bins

Oh , but I have lots of other Christmas fun in the works! 

A few years ago, I purchased a bag of pieced Christmas fans that were begging to be put into a quilt. 

Thrifted pieced fans ready to be appliqued. 

Well, you know the story- they went straight to the quilt room and placed on a shelf to be forgotten.

 Then a few months ago I picked them up and moved them to the camper as a project for when I was on the go. Well that never happened so the other day, I asked Mr. Pinker to go down to the camper to get them and lickety split he did. 

 

I was grinning ear to ear when he brought them up to the house to me. "Today is the day!" I shouted. 

I have never made a fan quilt before. I measured the arch and ended up cutting my pink background fabrics 10 1/2" squared.

Background fabric is 10 1/2"

 

This will be a long term, slow stitching project and will be great for this winter when we are  camping, but for now I will work on a few blocks each week. 

 

Three blocks completed. Woo Hoo! 

Alrighty, Sweet Peas, I am off to see what I can get into. I am sure I can muster up some kinda trouble. How about you?  

Have a magical day! 

Isn't this snowman the sweetest? 

 

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Christmas is a magical time of the year .  " - unknown.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

On the finishing table is the Prairie Schooler piece that I stitched years ago in colors that remind me of my daughters. 

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