LET IT SNOW!!!

Our first, and hopefully ONLY, winter storm hit us this week. Woke up to about 5-6" yesterday morning and then today - whoa!! At least 12" and more in some spots!! Thankfully, the wise managers at the credit union where I work decided to call it a snow day and let us stay home warm and safe. Thank you!!! There's still a lot of frozen snow on the road in our neighborhood, so we'll see whether we stay home or go in late tomorrow. Above is my front arbor at about 8 AM. Notice the white stuff coming down in the background? Uh huh, more snow! Took a few more pictures.

My snowball bush - ha!!

Somewhere in there is my waterfall!!



View from my front window - beautiful!!

So, what do you do when it's 30 degrees and snowing outside? Well, Tom had recorded "Return of the Pink Panther" a few weeks ago, so we watched it - such slapstick!! Had some nice mocha and watched the snow fall. Then, I got bored!! So, did a little laundry, cleaned my bathroom, took some more pictures, watched some "Storage Wars" - more slapstick, but go Brandi!! Then, there it was, laying on the chair in front of my sewing table - the pieces to a pillow I have been meaning to make for years - yes, I said YEARS!! Well, today was the day!

First, let me explain that the top to this pillow was done by my mother about 15 years ago. She passed away in 1999 from cancer and left me her quilt material. I don't really do quilting, but I found several blocks for quilts that she had started before she got sick. I've made quilts for my grandchildren using alot of those blocks, so they have something from their great-grandma. Among the blocks was this piece that she must have been practicing hand quilting on. It reminds me of a candlewicking piece. That was popular back in the 70's and 80's, but you don't see it much anymore. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it and what I would use as a back if I made a pillow out of it. I found some material among the boxes she gave me that I thought would work and so, today, I made a pillow!!

If you look close, you can see Mom's stitching. I cut some of the same material for the back on the bias to make the ruffles and hand-stitched it to the outside edge. I have a box of saved, rescued, unused buttons and found one with a floral motif that worked great. The stitching was in a circular pattern, so I followed the stitching for a fairly-round pillow to sit on my chair. I'm so glad I finally got this done!! Thanks, Mom!!

Well, maybe I need to go through those boxes again and see if there's another treasure waiting to be finished.

Bye for now and Happy crafting!!

Jackie