Slowdown Sunday with a bit of Applique

It is amazing how much of summer vacation so far has been full of hurry up and rush around!  All those projects I save up during the school year could easily fill more than one summer vacation.  So on Sunday I am trying to remember that it is OK to slow down and enjoy for at least a little bit.  I've pulled out my Christmas Poinsettia applique blocks again to keep them moving along in the right direction.  I'm only planning a small wall hanging size.  surely that could be done before Christmas?  We've been settling down in the evenings lately with a Harry Potter marathon.  Part of a movie each evening before bed should give me plenty of time to stitch a petal or two along the way.

We've been out and about this morning.  The girls wanted to see Maleficent.  That was followed up by a quick trip to Joann's to get a few accessories that Anna needed to finish her Music Man costume.  Wanting to get good use out of the weekly coupon, I searched out this little fat quarter bundle of light blues and greens.  I find that I don't have a lot of light fabrics to use as backgrounds in my sampler blocks.  These should fit work nicely I think.  They are in the wash now and so I do believe I'll settle in with some applique while I wait.  If you are ready for some slowdown on Sunday time, head over to Kathy's Quilts to see what other slowpokes are stitching today.  

X-mas Quilt Kit to GO

The Christmas Applique quilt is all kitted and ready for the road!  Two blocks are completely ready to stitch and the other 15 have rough but fabrics on freezer paper templates grouped into bags with background fabric.  I think a 16 block quilt will hang quite nicely in the foyer.  I might enlarge the pattern for larger blocks and make a bed sized quilt someday, maybe.  For now though, it is nice to have seasonal quilts to change out.  Not getting four seasons is one of the things I miss about living in Florida, so it is nice to pretend.
Mostly today I did laundry and started packing.  Sydney finished a book she has been struggling with for a book report so we went out to celebrate with manicures.  Anna got lots of Thanksgiving baking done while I cooked a few things to carry along.
It is going to be a calm and quiet two days at school and I hope to catch up on some grading while the kids are quietly coloring the male and female reproductive systems.  They laughed uncontrollably every time I said egg or sperm while discussing meiosis last week, so I'm thinking I should avoid talking and just let them snicker quietly until vacation.