Wrapping up 2012 projects and a start to a new life!

A very Happy and Safe New Year to you all.  I figured before the New Year was running wild down the tracks of time I had better post some picks of my other projects I was so frigging busy with for Christmas Presents. 

Do you have a member of your family that wears t-shirts?  Our son Todd, has collected t-shirts for over 15 years.  Over 50 tshirts with logos for high school, track, cross country, college, worthy causes, but a lot of them just silly sayings.  Todd's wife, Erin sent all they had to me, and I added them to the collection that never left my house!  It was actually Todd's idea that I do something with them all.  I had bought most of them and they brought a lot of memories back for me.  Here is a collage that was my screen saver for years with photos of Todd each year when we dropped him off for college.  Most of those shirts made it into the quilt!!

So I decided to make a rag quilt with the shirts. I cut them all up (that almost brought tears to my eyes), had enough shirts for a double sided quilt, and cut up flannel to sandwich in between!  Here are all the pieces layed out to start the sewing!

Lots of Sewing,  but really sewing is not that time consuming, it's the cutting that takes the time, and the nipping of every seem edge that sucks up the time.  But after all that, and a throw in the washer to fringe everything up, it is all worth it.  Here is my little boy/big bad Marine all cozy and warm, back home in NC! 

Now add in 7 pairs of mittens, 7 dog toys, a bench pad, and another quilt for our other daughters family (which I am still waiting for phtos of!!!) and it's no wonder I couldn't get on here and blog!!!

Since Christmas I have still been crocheting, but for me!!!  So a hat, tablet cover, lip balm carrier on my keychain, and a pair of Grammie Crazy socks for Brockers!!  I have one more curtain valance to make.  Then I will figure something else to whip up!!

So this is the end of the year wrap up.  Thank You for being part of my year, and I certainly hope you will join me next year to help me SIMPLIFY and downsize for our new life in 18mths!!!    Dilly