I've been a very bad girl....

Ok, I couldn't help it...it's not my fault!  My arm was twisted!  Really!  Ok, I broke down and bought all the other dies I wanted. I just had to....I got the 5" square, I'll be cutting out some lovely charm squares this afternoon.  I got the circle die. I had to have that one to make the cute pillows I saw in the blog hop, right?   I went ahead and ordered the 7" Drunkard's Path die, it was on sale and it came with a free magazine.  I'm a sucker for sales and free stuff too. I know I said I would wait to buy this one but I changed my mind.   I ordered the ruler I wanted too a few days ago, it was on sale too.  All the dies I bought were on sale so I saved some money, oh and I bought some glue too.  Glue, you ask???? Yes, it's for a pattern I got from Inch Worm Quilts. Barb from Bejeweled quilts made this little round tablerunner with her Tumbler die. I ordered the pattern and some fabric from JJ at Inch Worm Quilts (Barb's sister) and it came yesterday.  Barb used glue to hold the ruffle together around the tablerunner.  I got home too late last night to play  but I did read through the pattern....Now, I have several things I want to cut out this afternoon so I can start playing.  I'll try to post some pics later tonight or tomorrow of some of the things I cut out or made.  I gotta go now, I 've got some serious cutting to do. Til next time, happy sewing!

Christmas shopping!

I took today off and my husband and I went and did 95% of our Christmas shopping.  We had a wonderful time together and I didn't have to shop by myself like all the previous years.  I even found the rest of my Christmas dishes.  My MIL bought me dishes last year but she only gave me 4 coffee cups and 4 salad bowls.  I found the other 4 bowls, the other 4 coffee cups, 8 salad plates, and  the creamer and sugar bowl. I called my MIL and let her know and told her I found them. She asked me if there were any other pieces to the set and she's buying the serving platter and large bowl for my gifts this year and my set will be totally complete. I'm so excited about that.  I'm going to be serving Christmas dinner with my beautiful plates!  We came home, I fixed Potato soup and cornbread and put my aching feet up.  Talk about shop til you drop...but I only have to find two more gifts! Easy, peasy! I can do that in my sleep.  Now, I get to wrap and put them all under the tree and get on with enjoying the rest of the month.  I do have 4 snuggles to finish and some knitting to finish but I have so much time, I'm not feeling any pressure.  Merry Christmas!