snow day - sew day

awoke to gray but dry skies that didn't stay dry long...as expected, heavy snow and wind arrived making this a snow day according to my new england criteria....i know the drill well!   this (so far) is the most snow i've seen in maryland since moving here in 2016....with more coming overnight.  despite several UFOs waiting in the wings, instead sewed up another small civil war repro quilt.  

saw the design in an old fons & porter book....the original was made with 1.5" squares but since i have plenty of repro stash, upped the size to 2" to use some precut scraps....took an hour and all 10 digits to figure out correct math measurements, but by end of day had this little flimsy.  so instead of busting UFOs, added another to the pile....it is a sickness i have....LOL!  did, however, bust most of that neutral used for sashing...the remainder went into the scrap basket.  so you see, i don't so much use up stash, rather move it around...LOL!

no room?

at this time of the year that phrase is heard often, but today it means no room for more 2.5" strips in the shoebox....it is JAMMED and then some!

spent part of the weekend tackling the scrap basket....overflowing don't you know...all the cut scraps got put away except these...looks like another shoebox will be called into service.  january's project is to whittle this down with a bunch of scrappy wishing ring blocks for a flimsy to donate someplace.  so that means the scrappy triangle top HAS to be done before month's end.  still quilting on the ocean waves but iffy for a december finish...so many triangles still to go.  

holiday prep is nearly complete.  just a few gifts to wrap and a roast to order.  my charlie brown tree is up and all decorated with lights and ornaments that have so many memories.

it's  a very rainy day here...a few degrees cooler and it would be snow, but that is predicted for wednesday, like 8-14 inches....huh?  haven't seen that much since moving to maryland....a snow day?  first one here for me, but i know the drill....plenty of food, meds and TP on hand and of course, plenty of sewing projects too.  ***  the covid vaccine is en route and i'm in the high risk group so that'll be the most important and welcome gift of the season....