Diddly squat done

My sewing room is filled with great intentions. Last month I found this fabric at my local thrift store. Great buy, 20 metres of fabric for $18.00. My intentions were to make a round the world Christmas quilt. I took the fabric to my daughter`s when we babysat last month. Emma even coloured this quilt, to keep me on track.  The fabric sat in the bag the whole trip.  My quilting mojo has gone south for the winter.

Inspiration was all around me.   I bought the felt to make these pillows.  You guessed it! The felt is still sitting in the bag in the sewing room.

Rather than make any new Christmas wall hangings, I purchased three at the local Christmas craft sale.

Inspired by the beautiful Scherenschnitte created in the past by my sister Wanda, I researched patterns on the internet.  Yesterday I found a felt Christmas paper cut at the Great Canadian Dollar store.  Hopefully it will be hung in the window by Ground Hog Day.

This year I refuse to put any pressure on myself.  Christmas will come and go whether my I am ready or not.

So I have diddly squat done, other than the Christmas gifts purchased.  Even those I  cut back on this year.  The ones I have not wrapped will stay in the bag from the store.  I plan to slap  a ribbon on the bag  and tell my grandchildren it is the latest in gift wrapping.

Next weekend we will visit my son and parents in Saint John.  The following weekend we will spend with my daughter and her family.   Julia arrives in 10 days  and plans to accompany us to Andrea.   Christmas day will find us at home, quietly celebrating a potluck dinner  with my brother and neighbours.  Good food, good friends, family, a good book and maybe a video.  Just like the t-shirt logo, all I want for Christmas is five minutes of peace and quiet..

Emma is right.  Christmas is not about how much money you spend on presents, how you decorate your house.  It is about spending time with the ones you love.  And that is exactly what I am inspired to do.