Christmas / New Year break

Usually I take a break from work over the Christmas / New Year period.  We are forced to take about 5 - 7 days each year and I usually take an extra week.  I ended up with 3 weeks off work.
Last year, in particular, I used a lot of that time to prepare sewing projects for the coming year.  I planned to do the same for last Christmas.  And I must have done that - I didn't do a lot of other things, just sewing "stuff"....but it's hard to see what I actually achieved.  Last year I ended up with at least 8 little projects ready to sew during the year (for the Stitch-a-Long blog).

Whatever I did this year is not as visible....oh well thats how it is.

So - what did I get done??

• I traced  the vliesofix for all but one block of "Welcome to the North Pole". 
• I pieced and traced the stitchery for block 1 of Mrs Beasleys sampler (and although I am very keen to get my hands on the next issue which has been delayed MANY months, at least I still have a chance of finishing block 1 before Block 2 is available)
• I sorted through all my drawers of fabrics, so they are all neat and tidy (for now) and each "colour" fits in the drawer....LOL....BUT I need more drawers....
• I just about finished all the machine stitching for the "My Town" blocks that I plan to finish this year
• I re-made some angels for a friend who has misplaced her collection
• I made a list of what I want to work on this year
• I started my McKenna Ryan group blog and got a few recruits
• I made two small wall hangings for some young girls I know who have each bought a unit

There were at least 7 other things I wanted to do....as usual my plans far exceed the time available.

Not to worry there is almost a full year ahead... plenty of time to finish all those projects.......NOT!!!