UFOs on the Horizon!

As if you don't have anything else on your plate this time of the year--

here comes a few more projects to put in your UFO pile!

Jenny of Elfantz is graciously offering a free stitch along, Joy to the World, beginning

Tomorrow ( Friday).  Each Friday she will post a free pattern for her quilt.

To begin the stitch along, she is offering this free pincushion.  

Join Jessica for her Little Village Quilt Along that began October 30

and runs through December 4.  Each week a different pattern will be 

released-- Will you choose Red--like this one

or Red  

I'm leaning towards Red!  Who doesn't love Red or Blue?!!

And the Grand Mommy of all quilt challenges is

Bonnie Hunter's Fall mystery.  The introduction is ready--

giving us a chance to gather our fabrics before the first

clue drops Friday after Thanksgiving.

 

Grateful, Thankful, Blessed

 Thanksgiving is fast approaching, which puts me into the thoughts of Gratitude and blessings that I've received from far and near.  

Seeing this Gratitude quilt by Diary of a Quilter gave me the idea to use my saved signature

blocks (from friends in Venezuela) and add other blessings and make a quilt

similar to this one--I've saved those blocks for years and always wondered

how to display them.

I’ve saved these since 2008–a couple of those signed

Have their angel wings, several live in different states but

Many are in the same region—fond memories every time I 

Bring these out to admire

Another stitchery shows our Thanksgiving thoughts throughout the year.  This is designed

by Flamingo Toes

Turkey Trot by Sewing Loft  would make great placemats for the Thanksgiving table. 

Taking a Mental Health Day

 Do you ever take a mental health day??  My teacher daughter always takes at least one mental health day during the school year--we all need to take time to refresh our bodies and our MINDS!

Here is a list of 50 ways to spend a Mental Health Day.  During these Covid days, we should follow these steps to better minds and relaxation.

Another fun thing to do--Autumn Bucket List--this is printable in various styles.

Fall Happiness has another printable list of fun activities for the family!

Shoeboxes for Kids

Our Cowboy Church is doing Operation Christmas Child!!  This is in association with

Samaritan's Purse Organization.

We grabbed the last three bags to be filled--this will give us a total of 25 shoeboxes

We filled the bags, in next week we'll pack the shoeboxes to be sent

There is a list of suggestions to purchase--A lot of toiletries plus some goodies for play

and entertainment were our choices 

Car toys for boys, playing cards, along with coloring books, crayons, colored pencils,

some school items--

it was a good day when we went shopping.

 

Little Bits of Tough

I'm thinking of small wonders for Christmas gift bags--here is a favorite recipe for those little bits of tough for the kitchen.

These little things are called Tawashi

 

A different take on Scrubbers from Simply Notable  Check out the

web page for the instructions--Happy knitting!

Precious Fiber

 This precious fiber is much like wild silk and linen  yarn made from thousands of the finest fibers of the stems of lotus flowers.  The craftsmanship behind this fabric, originally only entitled to Buddha, is made by the weavers in a small village in the middle of Inle Lake in the Shan Mountains.

Here the procedure is shown by Viet Nam Weaver and spinner, Phan Thu Thuan--

Garments made from this lovely fiber

You might ask--how much for this fiber?  To me, it's priceless--so I'm sticking

to spinning the next best thing--silk!  At least, it's easier to buy--no need

to wade hip deep in water to find!

Tying Knots--Weavers Take Notice

 So Much Knots to learn!!

There are so many knots in the gallery of knots but the one knot that weavers' should use is the 

weaver's knot  

Weaver's should use this when tying two threads together-- Here are some other useful knots.

How about an alphabetical display of all knots known to man (well almost all knots!)