A Good Read and 2 WIPs Complete

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The December issue of Country Living is a good one.  There are some great ideas for crafting your own Christmas and baking your own, too.  I'm loving those yellow walls in the photo. 
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Here are some etsy features.  I'd love to turn a page in a magazine and see an item of mine randomly listed there! 
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This is for Stephanie!  I have found the perfect iron for us in this CL issue -- An Amish flame-heated iron!  You're more likely to find one than me, as you live closer to the farming villages up there. 
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I finished up two WIPs for the "Joy In The New Year Challange."  Custom fabric storage buckets for a friend were delivered this morning! 
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My goal is to have five WIPs complete for the challenge.  The backing is finished for the Turning 20 quilt top I am sending out for long-arming, so that is #2 done.  The strips are cut and one set of blocks ready to hopefully quilt the first throw for my husband and son's gifts.  Those will be #3 and #4 on my challenge list and are one-third of the way done, #5 is the binding for my daughter's quilt.  I've got 14 nights to complete those three items .... maybe just the quilt tops will be done then, and I can just send them to the long-arm gal and get it done right!  We'll see how frenzied I am at that point.  AND, I've volunteered to send in a couple of prizes for the challenge.  The embroidery is done with just the sewing up to do, so I guess those can be considered #6 and #7.