REALLY--IT'S---

 Saturday again and nearly a week has disappeared since my last post!!!

How did that happen--I know I have been busy--!!!

I was 'kinda' not feeling up to 'par' on Tuesday and Wednesday--but I did keep busy on stitching projects just the same--just slower--I am allegeric to all artificial sweeteners--even Stevia--and I ate some pudding they gave us here for lunch that had artificial sweetener in the whipped topping--and it doesn't take much to upset me--they now have my name on a list in the kitchen--so that won't happen again--hopefully!!!

and Thursday was a shopping day and let me tell you--now with the mask wearing and everything else one has to 'worry' about when out and about these days--by the time I get home and put stuff in the refrigerator and freezer and jump in the shower--I am exhausted for the rest of the day--so it is just stitching quietly in my rocking chair!!

So what have I been up this week--

First up--one day I got the last '4' of the Southern Ladies made--

you might have to look closely--but all these black ladies have black prints on their dresses!!  I sure have enjoyed stitching these this year and have a couple ideas for more!!!  and now that they are done--I am hoping the fairies will get them all out and play with them and arrange them and sew them into a quilt top for me!!!!

I have been appliqueing more bird blocks--

but am nearly finished with these--

And I have spent a morning on working with the 'yellow' fabrics--

First was the 9 patches--

and next was the star blocks--

and I believe these are done for the  year too--so hope when the fairies are designing for me--they will figure out how to put these into a top or 2 tops--hummm?????

I also ordered and received a new printer--so this 'old' lady had to figure out how to unbox it--

untape it all and hook it up--this one enlarges or shrinks patterns--so that is good--it does run a bit slower that the old one I had--and I am not crazy on where the ink cartridges go--but--I guess not everything in life is easier--and for the price I really can't complain--this new one is a HP printer--whereas I have had Epson printers for the last few years--and they did not enlarge or shrink patterns and I really wanted that feature on a printer if I had to get a new printer!!!

Still hand quilting on the little basket quilt top--and today I will be starting the last outer border on it--

and I started the blocks for the new Garden Trellis top with the Tilda fabrics--

and I have watched cloudy grey skies and rain storms all week--where oh where is my sunshine--

( it has been shinning some today out there--so am a happy camper today!!!)

Also today there is a race on--so that means I will be embroidering on the next Christmas block--but first I am going to go down and check the mail and go outside and enjoy some sunshine--

LET'S REALLY HOLD UP OUR COUNTRY IN PRAYER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS--

WITH THE ELECTION AND COVID--WELL????

HUGS AND LOVE TO ALL--DI