Hey all!! Sorry for my absence. I swore I was ahead on Christmas and everything I had going for the end of the year and then.. you know what they say about your best laid plans, right?
My friend Megan came to stay with us for our birthdays (hers is a day before mine) and for Christmas. We went to birthday donuts at Pip's (for the best made to order donuts around), had boxed seats at Oregon Ballet Theater's Nutcracker performance, hiked to a wonderful waterfall, had Christmas Eve mass, Christmas at our friends’ and took a day trip to the ocean. And we shopped. (Pendleton, Pioneer Quilts, and Portland Leather are kinda musts if you visit me)
All of this in a rental car as ours had some chaos going on due to a call to AAA after a dead battery.. Oh and our basement started to get water coming up THROUGH THE SLAB?!?!?! So a major reorganize, new shelving, things given away on Market Place and a panic attack later, and it seems ok? .. (Thanks Emerald for coming over last minute to help- you are the BEST and I love you)Anyway.
I wanted to share some of the things I made this year for gifts as I am finally in the clear to share them all!!
Throw pillow covers for Teresa who loves dahlias and purple! (A great excuse to use some holographic thread)
A hiking-themed quilt for Cory. It’s a super-oversized throw, almost full size I think? -Backed in Eddie Bauer flannel for extra cozy warmth. The mountain panels were a gift from our friend Megan who bought them on a trip to Alaska! The indigo is a batiq with salmon swimming all over, there are pikas, elk, topography lines with campers and Jeeps, and a leaf batiq as borders and binding. I am really proud of how this came out from the drawing I did beforehand.
I made a pair of these ship-printed pillows for my cousin Danny. He’s retired Navy and has the COOLEST house full of art (I blame Kathy for that hahaha) and I wanted to make them something as they’re some of my favorite people.
I made my friend Megan this tote after she liked this Tula bunny fabric on some other projects I had made. Technically, I gave this to her for her birthday, but it was over the holidays, so it counts.
Cory and Megan at bday donuts!
Not pictured are the three tie blankets and a small painting that were also made for Christmas and escaped my camera..
-Important side note- We made our 100 hikes in 2024 on Dec 31st! It sure was close this time, but with surgery and then the car I think we did ok!
Happy 2025 and I hope your year is full of color and creativity!