Five Shadows

Greetings faithful readers! And Belated Christmas Wishes to all! I’m still behind on things due to the ice storm that hit here last week. Our power was out for four and a half days. We could still communicate to the world by our cell phones. On the second day we went to my husband’s office to warm up, but then power went out there too! What a surprise to suddenly be sitting in total darkness. We had flashlights with us, as we would be returning to a dark house. So we packed up and headed out. A generator did power a light at the end of the hallway as we headed to the door.

Back at home, my husband was able to hook up a small generator, (Thanks Denny!) lent to us by a friend, to power our gas furnace. For the next three days, we would warm up the house a bit in the morning, cook breakfast on the gas range, and then turn off the generator and head to some warm public place – like the library or mall. Then in the evening we would return home and once again heat up the house, light the antique oil lamps, and play games and drink hot chocolate. Then turn the furnace/generator off again and head to bed with extra blankets and quilts. It would be in the 40s by morning and we started the whole routine over again. By day five, the kids got home around 8 p.m. and sent a text message saying, “Power!”. What a wonderful word! It was so nice to drive home and see the Christmas tree lights on and to step into a warm house!

Even with the inconvenience of no power for a few days, the ice on the trees was beautiful. My daughter took the pic.

Back in October, I played along on Kelli Perkin’s blog and received some lovely goodies from her! Thank you Kelli!  I oohed and aahed over every thing! Seeing Kelli’s felt ATC’s in the bag of goodies was a personal favorite! Have you read her articles in Cloth Paper Scissors? I have played around a little with needle felting.  And must get back to that!

some of the goodies from Kelli

This is the second bag I’ve worked on for the altered canvas bag round robin I’m participating in. The theme for this bag is “Christmas.” The bag came to me with the Sunbonnet Sue created from fabrics included in the bag. I created the Christmas tree, putting an ornament into Sunbonnet Sue’s hand.  It is a very cute scene. NOT at all my style, but none-the-less, cute. I think the owner of the bag will like it. There are 9 more ladies to add to the bag. It will most likely be a very busy Christmas scene when it is completed.

Sunbonnet Sue decorating her Christmas Tree

I received this colorful gift from blog friend, Leah.  Such beautiful scraps  – I’d love to see Leah’s quilts up close. At the bottom of the picture is a fabric and paper postcard with great free-motion quilting. Thank you Leah!