WOOL MAT FINISHED

The prim style Santa wool mat is complete. I like the way it turned out. The bottom green wool is from an old army blanket. I had thought of using a red plaid wool for the bottom layer. That did not work out as none of the red plaids in my stash that were big enough were the right shade of red. One was too bright of a red. One was too much to the purple tone of red. Sounds like the story of The Three Bears. The green seems to be a good choice. This will make a nice gift.
I have some basket blocks appliqued and one block of a stitchery complete. I will take photosof them for the next post By that time I may have more done.

It feels like vacation time here at our house. Our oldest and dearest friends are visiting for several days. We vacation together two or three times a year. They like to come to our home in the spring because they live in Ohio and are tired of winter. We have been eating out at least one meal a day and have been out seeing the sights. Our friends like to go to the beach and will be doing that again today. It is a beautiful sunny day here. I will spend some time sewing while they are gone. They are very good guests and we look forward to them coming every April.

Last week one day, we drove to Sebastian. Stopped at an antique shop on the way. Then we went to Captain Hiram's which is a small resort. The restaurant is Key West style. We had a table close to the river. The food was good and so was the company. Everyone but me had a Pusser's Pain Killer. Here is a picture of John & Judy.
Here is a picture of my DH and myself. I never like seeing pictures of myself. In my mind, I am tall and slender. In a photo, I am short and very non-slender.
Judy is going to clean my sewing room on Wednesday when I go to the doctor. I am getting it ready for her to do that by putting things away. A big project in itself. But what a treat to have someone to help!

Back to my stitching!

Karen