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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Christmas and a Comfort Doll

We finally had our Christmas yesterday, as my son and his wife were finally able to make it here from Atlanta. Unfortunately they had to leave today, but a short visit is better than none.  Pictures of:

                                                     Jack and Angie


Jack Angie and MIL, Rita


Dave and Jack



It was a really nice day.


I made this little comfort doll from an idea from the blog of a friend. You can see hers  here.  I'd like to make one for each of my great granddaughters. It is sooo cute.



I think stuffing them is the hardest part.

I think I'm going to do the New Years Day Mystery on Planet Patchwork this year. Check it out, it looks fun.

Later,
WilmaNC


Saturday, December 25, 2010

What I did for on my Christmas Vacation

Well, we definitely are having a white Christmas. It is beautiful to look at, but it is messing with my holiday. Dave had to work, but now has to spend the night at the hospital because they called a snow emergency. So he will be sleeping on a stretcher in his office, but they will give him free food. My son, Jack, was supposed to come tomorrow from Atlanta, but it doesn't look good for travel. I don't think I will ever get to open my presents, lol.

I have been in my sewing room most of the day. I did make this fleece hat, and I sewed together a Patchabilities wall hanging that now needs embroidery and binding.

Here's my hat:


I think I look better without hair, lol.

Hope everyone is having a great Christmas.

WilmaNC

Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas


"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

            Merry Christmas to all my 
   blogland friends. 

                                  WilmaNC

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

And Now There Are 2

I finished my second Patched Jeans little quilt. This one is in blues with a pieced background. I think I am going to do one in each color pathway then finish the rest in multicolored scraps. They are really fun!!  In the blue one some of the circles are raw edged applique, and others are kind of reverse applique. It was fun. I seem to have settled on a size of about 12x20.




I also found that with the amount of hand sewing I am doing on these, poly batting is better. The first one I used warm and natural and had to use a needle puller to do the hand stitches. I used poly on the blue one and it was much easier. No circles in the next one. :^) Was wondering if I should attach hanging sleeves?

Later,
WilmaNC

Sunday, December 19, 2010

I'm officially retired!!!

OK, now you don't have to hear anymore about my retirement countdown, lol. It's here, and I think it will take me a while to feel retired. But I'm happy to say I have placed my last IV and inserted my last PICC line, and I am VERY happy. Nuff said.

My friend at work, Hazel, made me a beautiful quilt as a retirement gift from my co-workers. She did a great job and I will treasure it always.




I think this is the first fully finished quilt I have ever received as a gift. Awesome.

I'm pretty much ready for Christmas, at least giftwise. Well, except for the $5.00 gift I have to find for Dave. We each bought what we wanted, so we decided to get each other something with a max of 5 bucks. Do you know how hard this is???? It's easy for him to buy for me, thread, a couple fat quarters etc. But what do I get him?? I'm thinking one of those little gadgets that you use to open those steel ( I swear!!) constructed bubble packages might be nice. So, I will probably go to one of the big Hardware stores to find him something. (OH!!! OH!!! I found out yesterday that we have a Harbor Freight here in Asheville so I can buy my rotary cutter blades locally!!)

And since I don't work anymore, I have to do my walking alone on the weekends. So today I will go walk my 2 miles around Beaver Dam Lake, than go find Dave his gift.

I made another Patchabilities wallhanging. These are so cute and FAST!!


Hope everyone is keeping sane during the holidays. I'm trying, lol.

Later,
WilmaNC

Friday, December 17, 2010

All Caught Up

Well, I'm all finished with my Christmas Shopping. That's always a relief. All of the packages have been sent and received, so the grand babies should have lots of stuff to unwrap and play with.

Speaking of grandbabies, my little Carter is just the cutest thing, and his mom, thanks to her smart phone, sends all kinds of pictures and movies all the time. Here's a movie of him  in the snow for the first time.


He is trying to make a snow angel, lol. Dave and I walked into Weaverville the other day right after the snow storm, and the temperature was in the teems. We had on so many layers that I could barely bend my arms. I felt just like Carter looks, lol. Gosh, I want to hold him so badly!!! I think I will have to make a trip to Ohio as soon as the weather gets nice.

And here he is with the box I sent my presents in. Kids, lol.



OK folks, I am down to 1 more day of work til I retire. Tomorrow I am there as an extra person, so I will have time to go around and say goodbye to all of the nurses I came to know over the past 12 years. It will be sad, and I know I will cry, but I will also be soooo happy not to have to deal with illness anymore.

Oh, I added a page on my blog listing the books I have recently read called, "Books I Have Read", lol. There is a link on the sidebar. I just started doing this and thought if you needed some recommendations for good reading...

Merry Christmas,
WilmaNC

Friday, December 10, 2010

Christmas cheer

We finally have some decorations up in and on the house. Thought I would show you a few. We had the house painted green this year, so it already looked kinda Christmasy. We decided not to put up everything this year, as we are still enjoying looking at the floors and cabinets and don't want to be distracted, lol.

Oh, the colonscopy went well, one little polyp found and removed. That whole thing was a strange experience. The prep really wasn't bed. I took Colyte. The taste wasn't bad at all. It was hard like it is hard to drink 8 glasses of really cold water in about an hour. I did really want something other than clear liquids after the first day though. The procedure itself was easy. The only thing that hurt was the IV. I think I intimidated the LPN who put it in as she knew I was an RN on the IV team. :^) Anyway, although I didn't say anything, she made a poor vein choice that kinda stung the whole time. But as long as it got me the drugs....and I can't say enough about the drugs. Fentanyl and versed. I swear I talked to the doctor the whole time and even kind of remember looking at the polyp, but it was over before I knew it, so I must have slept some. And absolutely no discomfort. I wonder if that is  what the so-called "date rape" drug does. It could really come in handy on those nights that hubby is amorous and I'm not, lol. (Just checking to see if you're still reading this...)

Everyone should have their screening colonoscopy when they are 50. No excuses.

Pictures:






It's a beautiful, sunny day here in NC.

Later,
WilmaNC

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

colonoscopy

Well, after procrastinating, and promising my doctor that I would do it before I turned 60, (that would be January 15th, lol. ), I am having a colonoscopy tomorrow at 1:30pm. The hard part is today. I am now on clear liquids until after the procedure , and at 5pm tonight I have to start drinking the Colyte bowel cleanse. Not looking forward to that.

I will be glad to get this over with.

Later,
WilmaNC

Monday, December 6, 2010

1st patched jeans quilt

I finished the first little quilt in the patched jeans series. I chose orange for the patches because of the orange stitching in Levi's, which was the brand a lot of people wore in the 70's. I am pleased with the outcome of this quilt. It is 12.5" x 17.5". The oranges are hand dyes that I purchased from the Folk Art Center in Asheville. I can't remember the name of the lady who dyed them.

I'm thinking if I would put this in a consignment shop I would like to make $20.00, and they could charge whatever they want. Too much, too little??

Here's a picture of the front and the back.



I did both machine straight line quilting, and hand embroidery quilting. Of course the patches are appliqued.

The next one will be a colorful one I think.

Later,
WilmaNC

Friday, December 3, 2010

Addiction: Cross Stitch

I always look forward to seeing all of the beautiful counted cross stitch done by Myra at Gr8 Dame's Place . Go visit her blog, really neat stuff. It makes me remember when all I did craftwise was cross stitch and counted cross stitch. I do think that was the gateway for me to move on to harder drugs, like quilting, lol. Now I'm addicted and can't stop. But I still like cross stitch too.

I did many pieces when I was partaking, but most were given away. I do still have several that I have kept hanging in my bathroom since they were done. Thought I would share with you. I did these in the late 70's early 80's . There is one that is plain cross stitch, but I always loved the colors and the fact that it had my name and the year stitched on it too. (1981). It's hanging in my bedroom. Gosh, look at the cobwebs, lol. We just had hardwood floors put in the and dust is still hiding.

So, without further ado:






Have to work this weekend. 5 more shifts!!!

wilmaNC