I so admire those who write faithfully on their blogs; either every day or at least once a week. I want to be one of those people, but….life gets in the way. My grandkids live close now, so I want to spend time with them. My oldest daughter is going to school an hour away and I am driving her there and home every day. During rush hour. That makes four hours of driving a day. And for a while I tried staying close by, but in the end I figured I would spend less in gas and tolls than if I shop for 8 hours a day!

Anyway, it all means I have less time at home, and therefore less time to sew or write on a blog!

Let me show you what I made for Christmas!

This one was for my 4 year old grandaughter. I used a flannel on the back that has glow-in-the-dark stars. And I rolled the back over the front for the binding. Not super crazy with how it works, but it was faster and allowed for less bulk.

This one was for my 2 year old dino-crazy grandson. The back is glow-in-the-dark dinosaurs. Also the bone fabric on the front is also glow-in-the-dark flannel.

Both kids are thrilled with the quilts and used them a lot as they were sick the past couple of weeks.

I tried my hand at making candy zip bags. They were fun, but I don’t know that I will make any more. I used several Youtube tutorials.

These were gift card holders! My nieces are all adults now and their mom said just to give them gift cards. I decided to make them wallets from Erin’s dogundermydesk pattern. So fun and easy to make.

And here are just a few of the UFOs I’ve been working on during this Christmas break:

That’s it for now! I’m heading up to my sewing room!