Not perfect, but done

Wednesday, I decided that I had better get to work on the fleece blanket for the son in law.  It went better/easier than I expected.  The only problem I had was that I wasn't paying as close attention to what I was as I should have been and the second set of corners that should have been cut 5" on each of the two sides - ended up being cut 5" x 6"... oh well, in the grand scheme of things, I don't think anyone will notice.  I also cut two strips ( the fleece was folded in half so it was easier to cut/slice) a bit wider than the rest and ended up cutting up the middle to make two narrower strips instead of the wider one - also not all that noticeable.

Here's Mr. Prissy checking out the strips I'd cut... I had a feeling that if I had left him alone  he would have started chewing on one of the strips, so I grabbed a piece of fleece out of the trash and lured him away from the temptation.

I guess  I should have taken a pic of the finished blanket, but there's not a lot to see.  Once I cut all the strips ( 5" deep on the ends and 6" on the sides), I folded each strip over and cut a very small slit at the top and brought the end of the strip through the hole and gave a little tug to make sure it was secure.  That's all there was to it.  I was able to get two sides completed while talking on the phone with my friend in New Hampshire.

No sewing/quilting yesterday as it was pedicure day ... AND we had tickets to attend the Gaither Vocal Band Christmas Homecoming in Grand Rapids (Mi) last night, which, by the way, was WONDERFUL!... We left home about 5 pm, planning on getting to the venue about 6 pm... well, our GPS took us on the back roads between here and there and it was about 6:15 when we finally got there.  The parking lot was pretty full but we managed to find a spot right behind most of the buses that brought the show ( every group has to have their own bus, you know ).  Once inside, we had to take an elevator to the second floor to find seating.  We did see some on the first floor that we could have gone to, but it would have required climbing down a LOT of steps that I just wasn't able to do.
We got lucky and found a pew in the first row of the balcony... had to kind of peek through the rails but there were three big screens over the stage that we could watch, too. 

After the program, my husband asked an usher just what the seating capacity is for this church... the usher guesstimated 3500-4000... can you imagine?!!?  Neither my husband nor myself have ever been in a church this big. 

What we thought was going to be an hour and a half to two hour show ended up actually lasting about 3 1/2 hours with a 20 minute intermission before the final hour.  We didn't get home until just after midnight - the latest the two of us have been up in quite awhile.  So So worth it!  And what really surprised me is when I went back and looked to see what we paid for our tickets ( less than $60 for the two of us) - we've paid more for shows that didn't last as long.

I had a video I wanted to share from last night where some of the audience members held up mini flash lights ( handed out before the show) in the darkened room while we sang Silent Night.  Blogger says that the video is too long... sorry :(.

Ok, today I hope to get back to working on the bowl cozies for the neighbors - still have at least 7 to make. 

Oh! and the package with the quilted hug made it to the p.o. in Tn.... ( and wouldn't you know the group is here in Michigan today, in the Detroit area)  They have a show in Ohio tomorrow night and then the group is off for the holidays.  I'm just hoping that Paul ( the husband of the woman I made the quilted hug for) goes to Tn. before returning home to Ohio.  Otherwise, she may not get the package until after the holidays - unless someone from Tn. forwards it to her.  So many 'ifs'.  sigh....

Ok, I've got to get busy doing SOMETHING....

take care....
ttyl....