Well, it is January 28 and I've about had it with snow. We have received 5 major storms this month and the piles of snow are getting out of hand. The need for sunshine is great and due to lack of it I decided to create my own. This piece was from Karen Neary and is called Yuletide Jewel. It was meant to resemble an old fashion glass Christmas ornament, but I saw it as a dream catcher and that is why I chose to use the color scheme I have. It also helps to bring a little sunshine in on a snowy and gray day. It was a lot of fun to sew and went together quickly. I quilted it on my domestic sewing machine and not "Little Gracey". I have a few more of Karen's patterns and look forward to creating them as well. Will hopefully finish the binding on my Jinny Beyer piece in the next few days and post it when completed.

Here are a few pictures of the bags I just finished. They have plenty of pockets and a few zipper compartments. One zipper pocket on the outside back and a welted pocket in the front under the flap.
A zippered pocket on the inside with 4 different size slot pockets on the opposite side. Made a small wallet with leftover fabric to match. They don't take too long to make and I love the results. Today is a day off from work so I will begin to assemble my Christmas present which is the Crystal Star pattern by Jinny Beyer Studio.

The holidays have passed and things are getting back to normal. According to the weather, we may be getting a sizable snow storm on Friday night into Saturday. If that happens, I will be taking down the Christmas decorations. Not looking forward to that, as everything seems so blah after the brightness of the holiday lights.

Working on a few new pocket books. Got caught up on my block of the month squares for our mystery quilt. A got a new pattern for Christmas from Anthony, so I'll be glad to begin work on that.

Also got a new "Demy" to organize my recipe collection. It will be great to have all my favorites at my finger tips. Pretty easy to use, just time consuming until I get all the recipes entered.