Happy Holidays? And some quilting, of course

Merry Christmas!

It's been a rough season for us here at the Frugal Grace house - having our Marine at bootcamp and then at MCT for Christmas is hard. But my daughter and I will be able to go see him on Christmas Eve, so that's awesome! We just found out a few days ago, so it's been a mad rush to find a hotel room, and will be a busy day on Friday, but it's ALL good since we'll get to see our Marine for a few hours for the holiday. :)

He got to come home for a few days at Thanksgiving, and I was able to give him his Bootcamp Graduation gift. He really liked it...

I'm now working on a scrappy quilt from this pile of leftovers:

Can't wait to see what I can put together. It's been fun just plowing through and sewing up peices without worrying about a pattern. Will post pic of the finished product when it's done!

Well, that's all the news that's fit to print for now... Hope you all have a very Merry CHRISTmas!

Another month has come & gone...

I've really been slacking on the blog thing. Sorry 'bout that! I've been a little busy: working, going on a cruise, hanging out with my baby girl as much as possible (which isn't much since she's a senior in high school, volunteer firefighter, and babysits during any free moment). I've also been busy working on a project for a very special young man : Matt's Marine Quilt. I just got the top done last night and now on to all the B's: borders, batting, basting, binding. Somehow I think the hand-piecing of the blocks and putting together the quilt top were the easy parts... we shall see!

Here's the finished quilt top:

And a close-up of some of the hand-pieced blocks in the center...

I had wanted to hand-piece each block, and the entire quilt for that matter, but with a deadline of November 24 that just was NOT gonna be possible. I think he'll be happy with it, even if some is done on the machine. This has definitely been a work of love, and I've enjoyed every single minute of it!

We also celebrated a VERY big day in our family on 10/10/10 ---

my Nana's 100th Birthday!

You tell me...does this look like a hundred-year-old woman to you?? Man, I hope I got some of those great genes!! Love you bunches, Nana!!!