Back in the Saddle...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Well....back in the saddle again.  First full week of back to school and work.  

After kiddos orthodontic appointment this evening (he blew another bracket.....seriously), dinner, house tidy and dog walk I took a wee bit of time to myself in my craft room.  

Meet Block 16 of the 2017 Flock of Geese 52 Week Challenge:

TAH DAH!!!  

At this time the 2015 quilt is completed and in use.  The 2016 and 2018 are awaiting dates with the longarmer.  This 2017 and 2019 are in various stages of completion but I am hoping for an end of year (or close) finish on these.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the 

BEST Day EVER Wednesday 🥳

Kathy

Christmas Vacation Day 5

Merry Christmas Eve!

Today was another fun filled day in the mountains.  The mountains looked very pretty today so I took lots of pictures:

 After lunch I went in to Canmore and of course I stopped at The Sugar Pine Company .  I got a few treasures for future projects and some Christmas fabric to make a table runner for the table as I did not pack any Christmas table linens.  Here is what I made:

 I think it looks quite lovely and festive on the table.  Mid afternoon one of the resort staff came around and handed out these little chocolate/candy decoration so now the table actually does look 

ready for Christmas.  

After dinner we are going to go skating and then hang our stockings for Santa's arrival

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas!

Kathy

Quick "Top Drawer Gift"

At this time of year there are always unexpected visits from family and friends, and times when you need a quick gift.  I guess I could just not bother (probably what most people do).  However, I feel that if you had the thought to stop by I should reciprocate with some token.  Now of course that cannot just be any old thing...., so I make up throughout the year these table runners called 20 Minute Table Runners.  If you Google it you will find lots of patterns for these.  The runner is made basically from 2 different widths of fabric sewn together and then stitched down.  The really do only take about 20 minutes to make, and I definitely think this is ":top drawer" as it is not something you can get just anywhere.  Off to sew some more of these....Valentines, St. Patrick's, Easter......  Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Hot Cocoa Anyone??? Hot Cocoa Packaging

I kept seeing these neat little packages for holding hot cocoa and such like all over the crafting world, however, apparently there is some BIG secret as to how these things are made because no one had a pattern for them, and or they were selling them as tutorials.  So, I decided how hard can it be for a brain the size of mine to make one of these?  Wasn't, and I have included my instructions (OMG I have probably broken some crafting commandment!).

First, I measured the size of the packages (I used these ones as they are made by gourmet village here in Canada).  These packages were slightly more than 6" and just over the 3" mark so I cut the length of card stock at 6 1/4".  Then I got out my best friend the Simply Scored Tool, and scored at 3 1/4", then at 4 1/4" and then cut at 7 1/2".

For the holder I took a 3" piece of card stock and scored along the bottom edge at 1".  Then I scored at 1", 2", 5 1/4", 6 1/4", and cut at 7 1/4".  I cut on all the score lines below the 1" line at the bottom, and folded all the bits in so that the bottom was smooth.  I put sticky strip on the pieces that fold around the back so that they would be secure once inside the card. 

I placed the hot cocoa packages inside and used glue dots to hold them securely.  Used more of the Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper for the front - both pieces are from that collection (still trying to get rid of it).  The frame is cut at 3" from my Cricut Philosophy cartridge.  The whole package is secured with Early Espresso Satin Quilted Ribbon!  

Now, this gift package is actually being given to a friend of my grandma's who over the years has been an aunt to us, and has put up with all of my craft attempted gifts over the years, so I needed something sewn to finish off this gift and ......

TAH DAH.  I found this fabric at Sew Divine this fall, and just had to get it.  I used the fabric to make one of my super quick Twenty Minute Table Runners.  I hope she likes it.  Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy