Saturday Small Talk

There is a sale at Joann Fabric. Batting was half price. Fat quarters were buy 2 get 1. Clearance fabric was an additional half off. The notion wall was half off and Simplicity patterns were 99 cents. Have you ever been there during one of their big sales?  The lines are a mile long both at the cutting counter and at the check out. Took half a day. But I got some goodies and there was a 50% off coupon in their flyer that I used to buy a rotary blade sharpener. I hope it works. I go through those things really quickly!

I worked today on my felt ornaments. I have to say it is way easier to embroider on a larger piece of fabric and if I were ever to make these again, I think I would find a way to embroider them before cutting them out. But I am liking the little guys. Except for Santa. I'm not sure about him. Does his beard look like an evil toothy grin or is it just me? Maybe I have Halloween on the brain! I am pleased that I had the notion to stuff them with scraps of fleece I had left over from making mittens for charity. I knew there was a reason I wasn't throwing them out!

I have also worked this week on yo-yos for a wall quilt for an exchange I am in. I am basing it on the pattern found here. The one in the pattern is larger than mine will be. The exchange is for a 16x16 to 20x20 quilt. Mine might be bigger than that depending on the proportions. This blue fabric may not be the one I use, but I wanted to get a feel for it. The "star", the snow flakes and those little packs of lights are from the sale at Joann. Buttons were buy one get one, so I did.

I know I need more green and I am contemplating some gold, too. I bought more green today at the sale. Well, the fat quarters were on sale!

One last thing. I don't knit but I found this pattern for a knitted stocking and I really thought it was cute. Maybe some of you can use it.