Projects to Start the New Year

Hello Friends and Happy New Year

I’ve seen other bloggers post their goals for 2026.  I tend to work on what I’m in the mood for at the time.  Right now I’m working on Christmas projects that I’ve started over the years and never finished.  I usually get them out each year, look at them, and after Christmas is over they go back into hiding until the next year.  I have 4 that I’ve started.  I’d like to finish at least 2 of them before I move on to something else.  

If you’ve followed me for awhile, you know that I love anything with hexagons.  The center of this one was the start of a Millefiori block if I remember right.  Then I had Christmas fabric that I could fussy cut, so I started making hexagons.  

I even freshened my Christmas fabric stash this fall with more fabric I could fussy cut and a nice striped binding.  I'm not sure where I'm going with this project which is probably why it keeps going back in the bag and stored away every year.  Any ideas? 

I started this Granny Stripe Afghan several years ago.  I’ve decided this is the year to finish it.  The first photo is where it was when I found it in the closet where all my yarn projects live.  

This photo is where I’m at now.  I’m really enjoying yarn projects so I expect a finish on this one.  

I started Merry Mistletoe earlier this year.  I was sure I’d have it done by Christmas. 

 I think my mistake was doing the hexagon part first because that’s my favorite part.  I should have saved those as my reward for finishing the embroidery.

I don’t think I’ve touched the embroidery since my original post about the project.

All I know about this Santa is that he’s from a McCall’s magazine.  At least that’s what I wrote when I posted a photo of him in a post in 2014.  So he’s been around for a long time.  I started hand quilting him.  I think this one falls on the What Was I Thinking list.  I don’t know if you can see how much is hand quilted, but I’ve been tempted to pick it out and just do some machine quilting on him so he will be finished.  

I spent a lot of time making different Christmas cookies the week before Christmas.  I think I made 5 different types, and my daughter came and made 2 other different recipes.  Plus I always make  of spiced pecans for my husband and son.  You can find the recipe on my Recipe Page under my blog header.  

Even though we had munched on cookies all Christmas Day, my grandsons like it when dessert time happens.  I made this toffee brownie trifle.  It was something I found on line, and was a hit.  

My Grandsons also came over the weekend before Christmas to bake cookies and decorate them.  Here’s some of their handy work.  

I  hope your holidays were happy ones.  We had a great time as usual with lots of family time which we really love.  I love Christmas decorating.  I put up 4 full sized trees plus other decorations, and it felt like it took forever to pack it all away.  I can do most of what I used to do, but I feel like it takes me twice as long to accomplish things  I don’t know if it’s the knee replacement or my age……or maybe both.  Can you relate?

                                                   

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

I hope you are finding some time to stitch today!!!