We’re sick. 

While normally our supply of hankies is more than enough to get us through a week, once this cold set in I realized I was going to have to be washing the whole lot of them every day to keep up with our noses. I decided to make more.
 
I cut a whole bunch of squares out of every pretty cotton I came across in my stash. I think I’ve sewn up about half of them (I keep having to stop and nap). I threw them all in the washer when I was done sewing so they are nice and soft (and will get softer with every wash). Somehow being sick is slightly more fun when you have a stack of pretty hankies to see you through.
 
There are a few more waiting for me to make them up. Maybe I’ll get to some of them today (ironing with steam is remarkably pleasant when your sinuses are congested).

I put our advent calendar up today. It should have gone up Friday night but I was a little behind on things (like finding the calendar). I made this calendar in a quilting class a few years ago. It takes advantage of a panel print to make all the little pockets. I love it every time I get it out; the colours are so bright and jewel like and in the class we used gold thread for all of the top stitching.
 
I was having trouble deciding what to put in all the pockets this year. I’ve used chocolate coins and mini candy canes before but I wanted something a little less sweet this year. I eventually came up with the idea of putting a slip of paper in each pocket. Each paper has a number at the top (which sticks out of the pocket) and directions on the bottom. The directions are all holiday or winter activities like “Drink hot cocoa” or “Watch White Christmas”. I hope it will be a fun way to count the days until Christmas.
 

I took this picture while we were waiting for our flight out of Victoria in October. Our flight was bright and early and we were treated to a lovely sunrise as we waited. When I got out my camera to take a picture of it I realized that I could see us in the reflections on the window. Rob is playing something on his GameBoy and I’m playing with my camera because I’d finished my book and didn’t want to get out any knitting right before we got on the plane. It made for an interesting self portrait.
 
Here’s a larger version.