Merry Christmas to your family, Terri! How many Christmas dinners will you have to cook?
Janice, my tension goes off when PPing if I sew on the paper like they tell you to. When I take the paper out, the stitches look "baggy", because that paper does take up some space in the stitches. I learned somewhere online (couldn't find it for you) the method of folding the paper back along the line and sewing right beside the fold. That keeps my stitches right, and is also easier because there's no paper to pick out.
Wondering how Hav4boys does her PPing?
A2P, so happy that your friend John loved his quilts. I hope they are a lot of comfort to him during his treatments, and after. He's bound to attract a lot of attention at the treatment center, covered in that quilt.
This year I was smart and saved some of the gifts for the GKs birthdays, which come hard and fast after the new year. The first one is Jan 10, followed by two in Feb, two in March, and one April 1st. (Two of those are daughter's bdays, and the rest are the gks.) Hope this will cut down on some of my stress, to have some gifts ready to go.
I'm done with shopping and have mailed the big box off to Iowa. The rest we will carry with us to Memphis. I have some hand projects yet to finish, namely a small gingerbread girl I am crocheting for Ivy. Also have a frog to finish crocheting by February, and a hat I am knitting for my son for Christmas. Love gifts that don't require any running around!
Merry Christmas!