Oh my poor neglected blog, you poor thing. This has been the year of Thyroid Cancer, and I just didn’t have the energy to maintain this blog in addition to everything else that I was dealing with. For those that didn’t know, I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer this time last year, and had my thyroid removed in Jan 2017. Follow-up radioactive iodine therapy (after a hiccup caused by my iodine allergy) happened in August. I am now in the “wait and see” stage, that is so frustrating but a necessary part of a cancer journey. I am relatively healthy though, so I am happy with my blessings.
So, as a way to launch the blog again, I figure a good place to start, would be on my xmas sewing for 2017. While many things went by the wayside this year, my sewing did not. I focussed on gift sewing, as I just wasn’t inspired to clothing sew. I need to remedy that this year …. things are falling apart.
Shall we begin?
First cab off the rank was a gift for Raylee of Sunflower Quilting and Stitcheries, a good friend. She creates (along with her mother) these embroidery designs, and asked me to test this one. I had the fabrics (she is batty about sunflowers) left over from a previous sew, and decided to put the two together. The table topper is insulated, and can be used as a table protector.
More designs from Sunflower Quilting and Stitcheries, this time made into mug rugs.
The same designs, used in a table runner.
Next …… a very large number of table napkins. In total I made 20 sets …… thats 160 pieces of fabric: cut, pressed, stitched and packed.
I dabbled in a bit of quilting too:Â Xmas decorations, and table runners.
And finally, Tony’s contribution to the xmas craft. In exchange for me providing napkins for a few of his work friends, he produced sets of napkin rings.
It was truly a craft xmas, and the result of a full year of planning and sewing. There is quilt as well, but I will feature that separately.
Thank you to all my friends for the chance to sew for you. I appreciate I probably do too much, but gifts are as much for the giver as the receiver, and I really love the planning and work involved.
Merry Xmas.
