Lots of Wool!

How fun is this Christmas present?

Well, at least for me it was!

Mom was stumped as to what to get me,

She haunts all these quilt shops all the time

and tells me about all the wool that they have.

I told her that I would always take wool.

And this is what she came up with!

Lucky for me,

the shop had a half your age discount that day,

and

well

um,

let's just say,

that

Mom

got a pretty good discount!

I have a hard time cutting into "real" wool.

Not so hard when it comes from the thrift shop.

Like this...

Two days before Christmas,

found me sliding through

Goodwill

running my hands along the skirt racks.

Sure love to find a nice wool skirt.

There is so much wool in them,

and they are easy to cut up.

When,

I saw this jacket.

Typically,

I don't buy jackets,

but this was too good to pass up.

Christmas week,

I made these for each of the girls.

They were in my mind for weeks,

but there was just no time.

They are candle mats,

the candle sits on the bottom.

Well, you get the picture.

Also, the week before Christmas

in a weak moment,

found

Jenn and I

and these four

headed to Pittsburgh

to see the lights.

Not the ratio of adult to child that I normally like,

but hey,

it's not as if we were getting them out of the car.

They would be strapped down the whole time.

Unfortunately,

we had nothing for their mouths.

and those two innocent looking ones in the back.

The six year old

and the

two year old.

ARGUED,

the whole way home.

That little one is a lot like her mother.

How fun!

A quick Christmas present finished at the last minute. 

Kendall had been with me at the fabric store and wanted this material.  

And a snap purse for Marilyn to fit her checkbook

and stuff.

A hat for Gracelyn

with interchangeable flowers.

Didn't get a pic of those though.

Sunset Christmas evening.

We celebrate our family Christmas on another day

and this year it was Monday.

JWS and I ran to the shop to get the newspaper on Christmas

and this was the sunset.

Certainly doesn't look like December

in

Pennsylvania.