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Current US COVID related deaths: 834,455

US COVID deaths as of yesterday: 833,029

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It was frosty cold when we got up on Thursday (12/23), but although I am sad that Scrap Happy is not meeting, I decided to try to make the most of my day at home. I’ve been procrastinating (read fear) about using my embroidery machine, so that was the first thing I did…set up a design and kick off the stitching:

I'm not sure I'm going to continue with these designs. I have this fabric that looks like blue bubbles, so when I saw a set of embroideries called ''bath time cuties'', I thought they would go perfectly....but this is the 3rd design I have stitched out and I'm just not crazy about any of them.

Afterwards, I worked on the outer border on the QoV:

Same simple pattern, but I think it looks different enough from the last one I did, just by changing the focus fabric:

I also got the binding cut and sewn together:

but not pressed.

I had leftover Chinese for dinner, while Michael had pierogis and we both worked on our Christmas cards while we watched TV.

And I just have to share this with a wider audience:

Twas the night before Christmas as I sat by the tree,

Wondering what Santa would bring just for me.

Fabric, patterns, scissors and lace

"Or, a new sewing machine" I thought with a grin on my face.

Suddenly I saw him, "Hi Santa" I said

He snickered, "Good little girls should be in their bed."

"Oh, Santa forgive me, I know I've been caught,

But I was just so excited to see what you've brought."

"Well, lets take a look around this room where you work."

He shook his head quickly and turned with a jerk,

I heard him exclaim as he put it in gear,

You've got enough crap, I'll see you next year!"

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

*** Apparently this dude at the mall was just tying his shoe, and did NOT want to play leap frong….my bad dude….my bad. ***