It has been a crazy busy week this past week. Every one of my clubs had their holiday event, and one club had two. Tuesday night we went to a party, Wednesday was our guild tea, Saturday was a car club breakfast, followed by a drive out to Balsam Mountain for a party and overnight …
Stashbusters December Check In
With the holidays upon us, it should be a great time for fabric out. Did you finish some projects last month? Perhaps gave some fabric away? Anything that left your sewing room for good counts. For Fabric Out, I finished the Garden Panel Quilt and delivered it to the committee at the November meeting. Total …
Book Chat – Holiday Reading
Now that we are fully into the holidays, I like to read sweet stories with happy endings set during the yuletide season. I began reading holiday books a bit early this year so I would have some reviews to share with you now. Most of these are quick reads, light stories in easy prose, with …
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
This is my favorite holiday of the year. I always wake up with much anticipation for the day. I’ll enjoy my morning coffee while watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, along with some other parades that are being shown on CNN. I have been spending the holiday morning doing this for many years. I did …
Setting the Thanksgiving Table
Our Thanksgiving table is set for two, as we spend this day with each other. Starting with a special breakfast, we spend the day relaxing and enjoying parades, football and food. I place the settings so we can look out on our wonderful mountain view during the meal. I put my Turkey Talk Placemats and …
Cooking for Thanksgiving
With just days to go before the big day, I've been thinking about what I want to make for the holiday meal. Of course, we'll have turkey. For us, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving with anything else. We'll have our jellied cranberry sauce, too, served in my grandmother's dish. But, everything else is subject to consideration. …
Garden Panel Quilt
Last month at the guild meeting, I found a garden panel that I thought would make a nice charity quilt. I had no plans to use it right away until the call went out for bunk bed quilts for the Safelight shelter. I pulled out the panel, and started looking at the stash to see …
Sunday Chat – Autumn, a Bear, and Sewing
Fall color came into its peak at our place this past week, and was gone just as quickly. Early one morning, as the sun came up over the mountain to the east, the oranges and golds were glowing in the light. The colors were beautiful down the driveway and around the street. Gracie, our resident …
Safelight Update
Our Safelight Project has been a success this year. Together, we raised the money, made the case sets and stamped the cards to make enough spa bags to last several months. Today, let's catch up with the contributions and delivery. I haven't had a chance to thank everyone who contributed to the project. First, so …
November Chat
November is showing off its colors in our area as we hit the peak this past week. Beautiful russet and gold adorns the view from our veranda. The colors are not as vivid as they have been in the past. Mainly this year was too dry in the late summer, and the winds picked up …
From My Carolina Home 