New Year’s Eve

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Norma Hanson

We enjoyed our New Year’s family meal on New Year’s Eve this year, rather than waiting until New Year’s Day. Dinner was followed by birthday cake for my Dad.

We then played board games until midnight. After watching the fireworks from the Seattle Space Needle on TV, we wished each other a Happy New Year and headed to bed.

They say what you start your New Year doing foreshadows how you will spend the rest of that year. I have no problem looking forward to many celebrations throughout the new year with all of my family members near.

Daisy Chain Progress and Snow

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Norma Hanson

This is what is currently happening outside……..it is snowing! We had a green Christmas, free of any hint of snow, but now it is snowing.

I am currently on vacation so I don’t have to go to work. I don’t have any appointments anywhere. The pantry is fully stocked so I don’t have to go shopping for groceries. I don’t particularly like snow but I am not stressing over it today because I don’t have to drive anywhere!

This is perfect weather to be inside quilting. I am continuing to work on my Daisy Chain quilt today.

This is a picture of the first 5 blocks as they look finished.

Last night I finished off all 48 blocks for this quilt. Today I will be working on sashing and assembly of the row.

………………let it snow!

Daisy Chain

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Norma Hanson

I have some time away from work between Christmas and New Year’s. Linda and I have plans during the coming week to start and work on a new quilt together: Daisy Chain by Atkinson Designs. This is a picture of the finished quilt taken from the pattern jacket.

These are the fabrics that I picked for my version of Daisy Chain. The fabric on the left is a Moda Marbles in pale green. I am using this for my background. The pattern calls for 96 – 4.5 inch squares of prints. I am using floral fabrics for my prints. By the look of this picture there will be a few very light florals that won’t make it into the quilt. The next three fabrics are my accent fabrics–purple, yellow, and green. The purple fabric reads blue in this picture but it is really purple.

All my fabrics are cut and ready to go. Tomorrow we sew!

Christmas Day With Family

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Norma Hanson

My husband, daughter, and son’s girlfriend had to work on Christmas Day. Every one’s schedules were different. As a result, we ended up having our Christmas turkey dinner at 5:00 pm and then we opened our gifts later that evening once everyone was home.

In the afternoon we watched a couple of classic Christmas movies.