Tolentreasures

My half of the favors are FINISHED!  These were started about a week ago and I have 33 of them.  Mom is making the other half.  I passed her up on finishing them.  I made them on an assembly line and she is more precise and makes them one at a time. Thank goodness for my very short, long ago career in the sewing factory.  They things that you learn. Had to share these cuties with you.  They actually sat still enough for a picture all together.  How nice that was and sure beats the trauma and hives of taking them to a photographer.  It is me that has the trauma and hives...not them.  And the second week of boot camp starts tomorrow.  I have done something to my ankle.  Today will be spent on the recliner after church, resting and icing! Have a great Sunday!

My Mom gave this pattern to me yesterday so that I could try a few of these and I sort of went on a roll with them this morning.  The top is a snap top and you use a cut up carpenter's rule in the casing.  I decorated a few with some things laying around my sewing room . My mother-in-law needs a baby gift so I started this for her and put the I Spy quilt on the back burner for awhile.  I did get up early enough for an early morning run.  I have been running now for almost a month and have logged close to 40 miles this month.  Some mornings it is really hard to get up and go and some mornings..well I just don't.  Sometimes I think I am way too old to be doing this and there should be a top 5 list of why I shouldn't be doing this. 1. When your knees hurt too bad to get up the stairs to go to bed at night. maybe you shouldn't be running.  2.  When you realize that as you run, your arms are flapping like butterfly wings...maybe you are ...