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Our SewMod, SuperCool friend Kelly, is one luckie duckie. She recently moved into a loft in the city and left us behind in the suburbs:(  So, she decided to have an estate sale and the SewMod group got first pickins’. I wasn’t about to miss that! She had a beautiful townhouse full of things she was selling. I thought I’d share what I brought home to live with me.

Isn’t this the coolest thing. I’ve never seen one of these. It sits beside the couch or bed and holds your work and threads. Then, when you’re finished, you just fold it back up! I wonder how old it is?

I also picked up this old quilt top. You can tell it was all hand stitched and definitely in pretty good condition. Just a few stains and a tear that I could probably repair. I originally brought it home to cut up and use on the sewing boxes I’m making for the shop, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it.

I could just see her………after taking care of her family all day, finding time in the evening to sew on her quilt. Sitting by the fire stitching. Maybe she had one of these sewing “caddies” beside her couch too? I just can’t bring myself to take it apart.

It sounds like I spent too much of my childhood watching Little House on the Prairie:))

This was one of the feed sacks and some wool she had.

Not sure what I’m going to do with this box, but I wanted it too. If my sewing room was bigger, this would be awesome filled with different things, like buttons, thread….stuff like that.

Well, I hope you’ve enjoyed my show and tell! We’ve only got 2 more days till Christmas. I hope everyone’s ready! The only thing I have left is to make is the EggNog and the Red Velvet Cake……….yummmy:)

Have a Happy Christmas Eve y’all!

We had our SewMod Christmas party at my house this year. Lots of food, wine, and fun…oh and let’s not forget the presents.

We have a very talented group of girls here….We exchanged names and this is what I got from Andrea. Isn’t this fabric a hoot! I can’t wait to make something from this.

Shelley made Vicki this awesome pillow. Doesn’t she look excited…I want this pattern!

This is Pattie’s beautiful table runner from Vicki, and Pattie made Andrea a cute one also.

Paige made Kelly this cool quilted picture.

Paige got a Moda Candy Bar from Kelly and I made Shelley a set of tea towels.

Then we had a gingerbread decorating party!

OMG what fun. I’ll show those pics tomorrow!

And don’t forget to keep practicing your doodle sandwiches. Paige wants to give us a few weeks to get the hang of it before introducing us to our next step.

Every year, the day before Thanksgiving, we buy a 10ft Frasier Fir.  It fills the space in this room to the very top. I spend about 4 hours stringing the lights and about another hour or so decorating it. I love every minute of it….well, maybe not so much the lights because I really just want to get to the fun stuff…the ornaments. There’s just something about pulling out each ornament, remembering where it came from, and finding the perfect spot on the tree. Most all of our ornaments are mementos of something and a lot of them are handmade.  Every year Santa brings Russell a special ornament in his stocking….yes I said Santa! i know he’s 15, but in our house “you have to believe to receive”

I’d like to share some of our ornaments with ya’ll.

Here are some of the cross stitched ornaments on the tree.

This is Daisy’s 1st Christmas ornament. I used Bunny Hill’s pattern “Allie Dogs” and had a dog tag made for its “collar”.

This is one of the many snowflakes that my mom has made for me over the years. it’s crocheted and beaded and they are great fillers for all the spaces on the tree. Definitely my favorites.

Do we have any Christmas Vacation movie lovers out there? Love, Love Love that movie. Squirrrrellll! Remember when Clark says that? Hilarious! So, we hide a little squirrel in our tree too and every year when I put him in there I have to say squirrrellll:)

Another treasure is the Letters to Santa ornament.  Every year Russell would write Santa and before I would mail it off, I copied it and kept the original. All his letters are rolled up in this special little keepsake.