PamKittyMorning: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Good morning friends! How are you? I hope the new year is treating you well! I can hardly believe it's 2019. How has the time flown by? We've been meeting here for 13 years almost. Granted the pace has slowed, there's just not as much going on, but I still love coming here to chat with you.

I was lucky to be invited to a couple of sew days last month. Can anyone believe I'm doing handwork? Yes, it's weird, but I like it. I can't believe I haven't mentioned it here, I'm using Elise and Emilie's cute Dilly Flowers papers to make these blocks. These are the medium sized papers I have the tiny ones but they just seem to small to work with for me. I'm not as dexterous as I used to be. I only have 4 flowers made and although I never may make a single thing out of them I love making them.

Ha, how long ago did I start this Swell Christmas Quilt? I sped thru the beginning, making the little units, 4 patches, the flowers.. then the assembly. UGH. My attention span just isn't what it used to be. We had a very stormy weekend here in PamKittyVille and Sunday was the perfect day to stay in and get those blocks done.

My idea for making the flower centers turned out sort of cute, but I wish I'd really buckled down and made sure that there were no reds meeting up with them. Its looking a little sprocket-ish. I also wish I'd gone a shade darker with the green.. too matchy and I'm not sure the chain will show up. But that's ok, live and learn. The pattern is from an old 2002 Love of Quilting magazine called Wild Irish Rose. Anyway, maybe someday I'll sew them into rows finally? Before Christmas 2019??? Oh come on!

Last but not least here are the cute little set of bags that Elizabeth made me for Christmas. I love those machine embroidery designs, so perfect with the fabrics. And look at that vintage pillowcase trim she shared! TREASURE.

Well that's a whole bunch for one day. What are you working on? There's so much inspiration out there. Ok, time for another cup off coffee, see you later. xo