Welcome MelanieLynn, hope you like to have fun. We do get silly sometimes. You'll see some pretty needlebooks and pincushions too. Lynnie,my husband got me a new camera for Christmas. He thought I could get the film myself he didn't know it took a sim card, So when I get the card for it I will take a picture of our baby boy. He's getting big.

Pam and Susan, love both of your new avatars. Susan, did you make your kittie one?

I'm in again. Just sent my PM, and I'm thinking of designs.

HAPPY NEW YEAR To all my QB pc/nc swap friends. HAPPY SEWING TOO!!!! :-) =^.^=

~~Mary, so silly, film, hu....what's that??? so silly someitmes!
Now you can take pics for me. As usual, mine is all packaged up and ready to ship.
We get our names soon, right?

I'm hoping to give out the names sometime tomorrow.

Karen, love your bunnies in the avatar, did you make them?

Yes, I've made them and sold them at craft shows.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Karen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy New Year ya all !!!! Happy Birthday Karen !!!!!

We are here at the cabin for the weekend (well until Saturday).

The current temperature is hovering at about -2 with a wind chill of -18.
I am sitting next to the fire (in my usual spot).

Happy New Year everyone.

Welcome to the new swappers. Happy Birthday Karen! Happy New Year everyone! I thought I would answer your questions on Jan Swap. My fishermen do fish all winter. They fish for lobsters off-shore, drag big scallops (not those little ones), and drag sea urchins. They usually don't go if temp is below 10 degrees, because the wind chill makes it even worse. To cold and the lobsters freeze on the deck before they can be measured and put in the holding tank. Sea urchin also can't freeze. They have to truck them and sometimes they need to be covered, we have even covered them with old blankets. Lynnie this time of year we don't eat lobster because they are too expensive. Boat price is $5.00-$6.00/lb. In the summer and early fall boat price is between $1.50-$3.50. We do eat some when they are cheaper. We have to sell them when they are worth more to pay our bills. Boat price for scallops is $13.00/lb. We did have some for Christmas, we can't afford to eat too many of them either.

For those who want to learn to make socks, there are great u tube video classes.
My neighbor just left and should be in Florida now. I am freezing, guess I should have gone with him. Lol Every year the cold bothers me more and more. I guess it will depend on whose name I get, what I will make. Well, guess I will post again next year!

I want to thank everyone for the Birthday wishes. May all of you have a Happy and Healthy New Year! Hugs to everyone! :hug:<3

Happy New Year also.......and Happy Birthday, mine is Sunday!

May 2015 bring everyone lots of blessings and opportunities.

Happy Birthday's to all of you, just wishing I had some of that yummy lobster tail and Happy New Year!!

Happy birthday everyone with birthdays.

Karen the kitties in my avatar are in a quilt block I made for someone who wanted a quilt block to put a smile on a child's face.

I will have to watch some of those knitting videos Dwina.

Happy New Year! Hope all have a blessed, healthy, safe, happy new year.

Happy New Year, everyone! I'm excited about the swap! Already have the pc made and am thinking of ideas for the nc...

Happy New Year everyone

Happy Birthday to you, Karen! I hope everyone had a safe and warm coming in of the New Year. We played card games with the kids until they couldn't keep their eyes open any more. 10:30 bed time for them, lol. I laid awake and listened to my three legged dog snore and heard all of the fireworks go off at mid-night......people must have been happy, they went off for an hour. Tired, but content this morning. I am looking forward to a wonderful 2015. DH and I will celebrate our 20th anniversary in March. Our whole family is healthy and happy, I have no real worries, (just those I make up in my own mind!), we are blest.

HAPPY 2015 EVERYONE!

Deb

Karen, happy birthday. happy New Year to all. had filet mignon and lobstertail last night for dinner. along with a nice salad and a baked sweet potato, my favorite and a piece of homemade cheese cake. was super yummo. we go to a place downthe block form us.boy, was that place crowded, but worth the wait, and faily reasonably priced. i'm still full from it.

waiting for the fun to begin. can't wait to mail mine, and see the goodies coming in. we get more creative every month. what a great, crazy , loving group we have here. So grateful all of you. I look forward to seeing you all each day.

Lynnie I just got my partners name,so Karen is working on it. Happy New Year !!!

Oh, Mary, thanks for letting us know! I am SO excited!!! I just finished up my PC/NC and can't wait to get them sent off!!!

This is what I saw in the woods today. It must have been some kind of party

Now I have another food to add to my list of crappy food in Ohio. Chinese Food. I stopped at one place and got it to go. They just don't know how to make good Chinese food anywhere here.

Yay!!! I got my name. Now let the fun begin everyone. :thumbup:

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!
Great Way to Start the New Year on the pincushion/needle book swap.

Pat, I was sending this post when you must have been sending that pic, and the pic came up in front of me, and scared me half to death. lol.. I like it though.

Everyone should have their names by now. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. Otherwise, have fun!!!

Love that picture!

YIPEE got my name today... ready to start sewing on that new pc/nc....hope all are having a great JANUARY 1, 2015. It is a beautiful, sunny and very chilly day here in SEATTLE, WA. Good day for pizza and hot chocolate with sisters!!!

My p/c & n/c are all completed -- now I have to think of what else to include.

My avatar is my cat, Arthur, who is resting on a quilt I made in 1996. He knows where all the good sleeping spots are!

My husband & I went to the movies today to see The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies. Amazing! If any of you are into Tolkien, you really must see that one. We saw it in 3D -- wow! Definitely worth it! :)

Happy New Year!

I got my partners name a little while ago.

Since we are at the cabin I can't begin to start on my pc or nc yet.
Still trying to think of what to make have a couple ideas just need
to to see if it is an idea I can get to work.

Ctyankee, Arthur is a handsome guy. He looks very comfortable too with his quilt.

Jan we didn't get the sun today, but still a good lazy like day.

Louise you can relax while getting all your ideas together.

Arthur looks like a real sweetie. what a sweet face.
It's sunny today and a bit warmer about 33*. Not too bad.
Mailed out my swap pkg. I hope you like your goodies. I tried
to pack fun useful items, as usual.
It's going south of me and west. BUT, then again, i'm on LI.
with the exception of about 3 of you, that's the rest ofyou.
PO says mon delivery, so have a good weekend and start looking in that mailbox on Monday.

That was quick Lynnie. I'm behind this month. Usually I try to have at least one piece done by the time names come out. Oh well,it won't take that long to make them. Lynnie is your valentines one done? Have a happy sewing day everyone.

I usually try to have mine done quickly also but I haven't even started on mine yet. I haven't been in the mood to sew the past few days. :(

~~~~hi Mary, yes, my valentine is done, the needlecase is almost done,just didn't feel like finishing it the other night.
I have about an hour of hand sewing to finish it yet, putting the sides on the roll up thinkgy. Do you people like that for a needlebook. the one that I make that holds all your stuff plus needled, or do you want the plain book. Speak up now, or forever hold your piece.
Mary, got a new puppy???

and yes, I did mail out my swap partners pkg.

Mary, don't shootme, but i'm working on Marchs. it's still up in my head, but i'm working it thru.
that's the hard part,
Don't want to think about April's yet, give me a break!

I thought I'd start on them early before I got my name. It took long enough to decide on the fabric, then I cut all the pieces. As soon as I got my name I realized that I had already made that design for her. So now I'm back to choosing fabric again. It was 35 today and the sun was shining. 48 tomorrow with rain, 52 on Sunday with rain, and 18 on Monday with snow. I did see where NH had a 50 car pileup on Rt 93 and they are getting more snow this weekend. I would be happy with no snow at all.
Everyone have a great day

Lynnie,no new puppy. Same cocker I've had. He's 14 yrs old. My grand-daughter made a cute little pillow for me in school. I put it on the couch and Rusty took it over. He's a very sweet dog. I just thought I would change out my avatar for awhile. Was it last year you made the pin cush with the cute little st. patty's on it? I think it had some very pretty clover on black?

Pat I also seen the pile up in New Hamp.What a mess. Hope they are all OK.

I decided to try and get my butt in gear so I started on my nc. It is almost done. Now I have to figure out what kind of pc I want to make. Once I get started I can usually finish quickly. It's just getting started that's the hard part for me.

There were some injuries but no one died. They even had fires.