2022 Tuesday To-Do #1

Another Christmas has come and gone

and another new year is off and running.

I guess I should be too...or should I?

While everyone was home, I generally stayed off

of technology.  Mostly because I just didn't have

time but also because it was just....nice!  But, here I

sit, 4 days into the new year with no yearly wrap-up

or plans for 2022.  With all this blog housekeeping

nagging at me, I'm going to get right to linking up to

Texas Quilt Gal's Tuesday To-Do.  Then, at my own pace,

I'm taking today and the rest of the week to get caught

up around here.  I should have more to share on my

year ahead later this week and for next Tuesday.

I also generally stayed out of the sewing room

over the holidays, though I did do some tidying up.

And when I tidied up, I found a few little kits that I'd

purchased throughout the year so I figured it was

squirrel time.   But not in the sewing room.

After the holiday activity was mostly over, I set

myself up to enjoy the fire, Christmas tree, football

 and movies while making a little log cabin topper

from a Kansas Troubles.

I'm not sure that I agree with it being "charm pack friendly"

but it did lend a more scrappy look to it overall which

wasn't necessarily bad.  There are just quite a few 

"patchy" spots that log-cabin blocks don't usually have.

(note corner of gold above)

With a little touch of applique and button-sewing, it

made for a nice holiday squirrel project and I am now

one gift in for Christmas '22, as crazy as that sounds.

With the long arm still acting up

(there's my hint for big plans in the coming year)

I did some FMQ on my regular machine.

(Wow, am I out of practice there!)

After everyone had gone home, I jumped in a little more

and I now have my first quilt of the year started.  Above

Chloe was helping me pick out fabrics.  Using a plaid

as a background fabric has me just a little concerned

but the plaid is small and softly-printed [aka, faded];

and except for as it nears the selvages, it's pretty

darned straight.  There's also the fact that, frankly,

I just flat out want to use it so, between my inner-quilter's

voice and Chloe's seal of approval  I began cutting away.

With that teaser I'll leave you all to wonder what it is I'm

up to.  I should probably play this up like I'm creating

all kinds of intrigue but it's really that along with being

behind on all my plans, I also haven't had time to get

any pics taken either.

Well, I got one of the tiny bit of white stuff that

we finally got on New Year's Day.

Now, before I dig into my housekeeping, I'm off to

check out what everyone else is showing off at

Texas Quilt Gal's link up.  This probably hints at just how

much housekeeping I'll get done today.  LOL.

Like I said, at my own pace!  <wink>

Happy quilting!