Determination Pays Off

Morning Friends!  Are we all still in a turkey coma or did you head out early and hit the Black Friday sales?  LOL!  We had a lovely Thanksgiving.  This year, the dinner was hosted at our house and I was in charge of the turkey.  This was only my 2nd time hosting Thanksgiving and the first time I made homemade stuffing.  Everything was delicious!  And my stuffing ROCKED!

After Amelia went to bed, I wasn't ready to sleep myself even though I was exhausted so I made good use of my free time.

Country Snowfriends

So?  What do you think?  I LOVE IT!  I worked on it Wednesday afternoon and got as far as machining on the binding.  Wednesday night, I started hand-sewing the binding on the back and finished it last night along with burying my threads.

My quilting is minimal because I just wanted to get it done.  The backing is just like the border.  I love that fabric.  The border and maroon star fabric is a Red Rooster Fabrics collection called Winterberry Lane.  The binding is from Basic Grey.  I believe it was their last year's Christmas collection called Fruitcake?  That Winterberry Lane... I wish my fabric store had the whole collection.  Like I said, it's not truly my style but it speaks to me.  It has to be this guy:

close up of my minimal quilting

It's finished and it's on my wall and I'm happy.  I have prepped 5 coupon clutches so far.  My Santa Sack Swap items are all done.  I just need to wrap and put in the mail.  Be on the look out, Melissa!  They will be put in the mail on Tuesday.

Today Punkie and I are going visiting.  We're going to head out and see my friends who just had a baby girl.  I can't wait to see them!  It's been a year or so since we've last seen each other.

If you have today off, hope you have a creative one!
Enjoy your day!
Jen :)