Hugs & a Kiss Quilted

Hugs & a Kiss quilted
Hugs & a Kiss quilted

I received Hugs & a Kiss back from Colleen the other day. I am now working hard on binding it.

I want to get it in the mail soon so as to relieve my house of two quilts. This one and the one for the recipient’s brother, the Green & Grey Diagonal 9 Patch.

The quilting looks really nice. The quilt is covered in different sized circles.

It is also really nice to have something to bind.

Thinking about Christmas Pillowcases Again

7 Christmas Pillowcases
7 Christmas Pillowcases

I revisited my Christmas pillowcase gifts after seeing some on SIL#4’s bed on Christmas Eve. It occurred to me that there are a few new spouses/SOs for whom I had not made pillowcases. Nobody will know that they don’t have them, but it is only fair, especially if they see their spouse has one.

My tally was in a post from 2015 and there are a lot of new additions to the family, mostly spouses, but a few kids as well. The original tally was confusing, so I have rewritten it.

  • SIL#1: Total: 4 kids, 4 spouses/SOs, 4 grandchildren
    • Oldest son (3rd oldest nephew) + SO – DONE
      • 2 kids/grandchildren – need 2
      • grandkids Mom – need 1
    • Oldest daughter (Oldest niece + SO) – DONE
        • 2 kids/grandchildren – need 2
    • 2d son (not sure where he falls in the overall family order) + spouse – DONE
    • Youngest niece + SO – 1 DONE, need 1

TOTAL needed for oldest SIL’s family: 6

  • SIL#2: 3 kids, 2 spouses/SO, 2 great niece-phews
    • Oldest son (Oldest nephew) + spouse + 2 kids – DONE
    • 2d oldest son (2d oldest nephew)- DONE
    • 3rd son (middle of the pack nephew) + SO – 1 DONE, need 1

TOTAL needed for 2d oldest SIL’s family: 1

  • BIL #1: Spouse, 1 kid
    • Oldest son (3rd youngest nephew) – DONE

TOTAL needed for oldest BIL’s family: 0

  • SIL#3: 2 kids
    • Oldest daughter (Middle niece) + spouse – 1 DONE, need 1
    • Youngest son (middle of the pack nephew) – DONE

TOTAL needed for youngest SIL’s family: 1

  • BIL #2: 2 kids
    • 2d youngest nephew – DONE
    • Youngest nephew- DONE

TOTAL needed for youngest BIL’s family: 0

Overall total needed: 8

Well, that’s at least 8 yards of fabric I can use up right away in 2025. I need to check to see what Christmas fabric I have in case I need to get some on sale. I hope I have enough.