I put an offer in on the house I want last night, so I stayed busy making this goose today. I impressed myself with the pattern matching, because I'd never worked with plaid before.

My grandma made everyone geese one year for Christmas when I was little, and ours was in the kitchen for years. So first up is new geese for family members in all different fabrics. I have the first one cut out and ready to be sewn. It's so damn cute!

To keep my mind occupied I've finished my first quilt. I am so pleased with how well it turned out. I amassed quite the fabric collection between Joanns going out of business and wanting to get ahead of the tariffs. It's going to be a homemade Christmas this year.

I spent the last 8 days in NY for my cousin's wedding. It was a great trip, and the only stress was the expected wedding stress. Mom wasn't invited, so her contacting us today about the phones was right on schedule for trying to ruin something. She didn't succeed. Look at those happy faces!

I worked a 12 hour day at a town festival yesterday, so I did nothing productive today. I finished my first quilt top and took a nap. I'm very happy with how it turned out. Next weekend I'll layer it with batting and backing, and give the actual quilting process a try.

One of the women I follow on tiktok is running a quilt block competition. It was $3 plus shipping for 3 fat quarters. I get to keep the extra fabric, and I can add from my own stash if I want. I've been home sick for 2 days and got stir crazy this afternoon. I made this for my entry for the comp.

And if anyone needs it, here's a Daisy update. She's so fluffy and getting so big.

Last weekend I made myself reversible placemats for St. Patrick's Day and Easter.

My cousin and her kids are visiting for a couple of days next weekend on the way to the beach. I went to Joanns for Easter fabric this morning and made the kids Easter baskets. They turned out so cute! I'm going to fill them with candy and road trip snacks.

I ordered fabric a couple weeks ago for my Valentine's Day projects, and had a relaxing weekend making reversible quilted placemats and throw pillow covers. Getting the fabric stripes lined up all the way around the pillows was a Task, but I think they turned out cute!

I made myself throw pillow covers and matching reversible placemats. I also made a bunch of drawstring bags to use as gift wrap. I decided to make them not Christmas themed so they'll hopefully get repurposed.

I've also finger crocheted these garlands (the photo shows half the length) and made these little hat ornaments to add to all of the Christmas packages.

I made this tree for mom. I can't decide if I love it or hate it, but I think it's cute. I need to find an alternative for the pompoms so I can make myself one. The cats kept trying to steal them. I have the fabric cut out for 3 more but everyone else has cats. I'll work it out for next year.

I cross stitched the front of Nikki's stocking a few years ago, but finally got brave enough to cut it out to finish it this year. I quilted the scrap fabric from the tree skirt so it would all match, and lined them with the backing material.

I made myself a quilted tree skirt, and I liked how it turned out so much that I made two more for my sister and cousin. I added ties to them all because the cats wouldn't leave it alone under the tree.

I wasn't looking for a 3rd cat, but I think the universe decided I needed something positive just for me after the year I've had. Goose took awhile to warm up, but he's mostly over acting up from jealousy. She's so cute and been a very good girl from day 1.

There are! Daisy showed up on my back patio as a tiny baby over Labor Day weekend and I'm a sucker. I think she was dumped, no fleas or ticks, mostly clean, no mom or other kittens showed up when I started feeding her. After a few days I caught her and brought her to the vet. No chip so she's mine.

I'm sad to let the Twitter history be lost, but it's past time to leave. In honor of the move over here, have a photo of my cats in my lap yesterday. 🥰