Christmas Angel on Ebay!

Here she is all finished and I just love the way she turned out, don't you?

She is up for auction on ebay, a quick little auction ending on Sunday. If you would like to win her, don't hesitate, she can be shipped out first thing Monday morning!

Click Here!

Merry Christmas and the most wonderful of Holidays 

to you!

xx

~Annie

Angel progress

Her dress is made from an old cotton slip. I am still going to add some wings and some beading on her gown.

Pay no attention to the mess that is my desk! LOL!

Little Angel I'm working on

Been feeling the sculpting muse lately...

Some Christmas sewing

I am making this for my brother Gil.

He LOVES Christmas and begins decorating BEFORE Thanksgiving.

This is going to be a pillow.

It is rectangular. 

It is from a pattern by Bareroots.

I just love Bareroots patterns, don't you?

Hopefully I will have time to snap a picture when it is done and before I give it to him. He always hosts our family get together on Christmas eve. He is a fabulous cook, and we get fed something wonderful every year.

I tell ya, I am the most spoiled little sister in the WORLD! 

My brother Gil always cooks on Christmas eve, and my brother Edward (thats Fr. Edward to you, cuz he's a priest) always cooks on Thanksgiving and Christmas day.

Can you BELIEVE that? 

I NEVER have to do the cookin'!

BELIEVE ME!

 I am THANKFUL!!!

xx

~Annie

2 New patterns!

House #6 in  my Quilty Neighborhood series! 

Only 1 more house to go!

To order a chart click here.

Here is the entire piece so far:

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And a new PDF stitchery pattern!

Home Sampler

To order a PDF (instant download) of this pattern click here.

xx

~Annie

Home is wherever my family is...

I guess this year with kid #3 off to college, 

and just 1 more chiilun at home to be raised,

has got me feeling all sentimental about my family.

I have spent the last 27 years of my life dedicated to them. 

And as one by one they move off to begin their own lives I feel happy and satisfied that my hubby and I have done a good job with them.

Every one of them is a well rounded interesting person with a good set of values and a love for God.

Each one of them is a light to the world as they move out their to live their faith. It is wonderful to see. 

And no matter where we are, 

when we are together we are "Home"

I'm sure you feel the same about your family!

xx

~Annie

I'm still here!

I haven't posted in a while because our lives here went topsy-turvy for a couple of weeks! 

My husband lost his mother rather quickly and unexpectedly. 

We had a couple of weeks of hospitals and relatives and a funeral. 

We had the boys back and forth from college twice in a week and in the middle of all of that,

my brother, who is our very close to our family and our parish priest, 

was yanked out of our parish and transferred to another town. 

I was not ready for all of this, but I don't think this is something you can be ready for.

Life goes on.

So my great plans for releasing 3 new patterns have gone astray. I am chasing them down as we speak! LOL!

In the middle of all of this it was applesauce making time. This was actually a blessing, something to concentrate on while waiting for the funeral to happen.

My sister in law and I put up a few quarts.

I made some more yesterday, and some applebutter,

which turned out delicious!

I hope to be back at the end of the week with some new patterns. It is great to get back to work, which lucky for me is really play!

xx

~Annie