Wrapping Up 2022

Hubby, my sister-in-law, and I celebrated our Christmas on Christmas day; and my kids and their kids were here to celebrate with us on the 26th. It was hectic, but we did have a good time. The four-year old who received the Construction Zone quilt was not impressed, lol, and I rather expected that. A four-year old is much more interested in Toys. He might appreciate it later though when the house is cold and he needs a snuggle. His sister did like her Wiggle Time quilt, so I was happy about that. 

I did finish all eight of the bowl cozies for my son and his wife, and those were a hit. Plus I made two for my sister-in-law to take home with her. My other son, who initially declined an offer for bowl cozies, changed his mind and decided maybe he needed some too, lol. So eight for me, eight for him, sixteen more to make. It'll be a little while though, as I am bowl cozie'd out for now.

I hate to leave things unfinished, so to wrap up the Advent Calendar from Missouri Star, there were a few more notions and doodads, if you will. There was also this pattern for another small quilt, which I like and will make at some point. That day's giftie also included a package of laser cut letters and sewing machine for the quilt; and they're fusible too, which will make sewing the quilt a little faster. The Kona rainbow pack from earlier is also meant to be used for this little quilt. 

The other notion I liked towards the end of the month was these acrylic bolts. These are meant for fabric storage, like a mini bolt. Now I would need about 5000 of these to accommodate my stash, so these are not practical for me. 

They are, however, perfect to wrap binding around until I get ready to sew it onto a quilt. There were three in the package, which is plenty; and they come with labels and clips to hold the fabric in place. 

After the holidays, we took a ride up to camp to check on things. It was colder and a little snowier an hour and a half north, and the house was very cold. There was still open water on the lake, but closer to shore the waves crested and froze. 

We haven't had much snow this year at all, so the skiers, snow mobilers, and snowboarders are not happy about that.

On the way home from camp, we swung by Big G's in Winslow for a late lunch. Big G's has more different kinds of sandwiches than any place I've ever seen, and their claim to fame is "generous portions". And they're not kidding. This sandwich was nearly as big as a dinner plate. My sister-in-law and I each ate a quarter of it, and it was plenty for us. Hubby ate the other half. 

On the way out of the deli, I noticed a metal cart with a sign advertising "bread ends", so I asked about it. Big G's bakes all their own breads and pastries on site, and I suppose they don't want to serve a sandwich with a bread end or a slice of bread that isn't consistent in size, so they bag those and sell them. Which is way better than throwing them out.

They were selling bags of actual bread ends (or heels as we call them), but we found one bag that was full of slices close to the end of the loaf that were not uniform in size. Once we got home, we split up the big bag into smaller bags to freeze. Then I weighed all the bags. For $4.25, I got 9 pounds of bread. Yes, pounds. Such a deal. I had half a slice toasted for breakfast this morning, and it was fabulous.