More Christmas

For some the Christmas season is long over. We finished up Christmas in Riding Mountain last weekend so to me it still feels like Christmas. Lowell is back to classes so for him the everyday routine has resumed. I finally downloaded more pics today and thought I would share some with you.
My favourite Christmas presents were a bowl and mug handpainted by L and K (I was a bit teary).

K was happy with her cradle for her babies who have been alternating between sleeping and eating since.
L was very excited to get “what I always wanted” in his present from Santa, it’s wooden pieces that you put together to make a marble run.
One for Lowell’s presents was an apron that I made for him. He had remarked one time too many that he needed an apron to wipe his hands on when he cooks.

I did alot of sewing for Christmas presents this year. I thought that I was on top of things and enjoying my time in front of the sewing machine; I only worked on one project at a time and didn’t commit to another homemade gift until I was finished the current project. Somehow the last 2 weeks just hit me and truth be told I think that if I was given to anxiety attacks I would have had a couple those last few days. Now that I have had a few days to regroup my scattered thoughts I can actually enjoy looking at the photos of my projects and start dreaming of my next project. I got a serger for Christmas so I will confess that I was at the fabric store today, but I was just thinking, I didn’t by anything….yet.

So what was I working on; cousin C got a chef’s hat, oven mitts and an apron, but I didn’t get a picture of her in that. Opening the next present was on her mind. Aunty I has been asking for pajamas with feet. Be careful what you ask for you might just get it.

Aunty C also got an apron and some placemats.

Cousin T got a cloth quiet book. Aunty C and I worked on it together each doing 5 pages. We consulted several blog sites for ideas and then designed our own, just like the blog sites say they aren’t hard to make, but they sure are time consuming. We thought he might get some use out of it in the hospital and in the weeks to come.