What??? Thanksgiving already???

I didn't realize Thanksgiving was this week until last week.  Kind of snuck up on me.  That means year-end is just around the corner and I have a huge to do list between now and then.  (And I'm not even including holiday shopping and preparations!  Okay, so I usually don't do any holiday preparations.)

The Martha Stewart show featuring Anna Maria finally aired here on Friday.  (Apparently our cable provider delays the broadcast by a day.)  She did a great job and here is the project she demonstrated on the show.

Tina Givens fabric from Free Spirit arrived last week.  It is a really interesting collection.  A lot of corals, greens and turquoise.  A very different look than I've seen in a while on fabric.

Jessica Jones of How About Orange has put together an aesthetic update of my website and blog.  She has come up with a great design, which I hope to implement by January.  She is working on some other things for me.  I'll tell you about that as it gets closer to being finished.  (That's called a teaser.)

Check out her post on DIY v. Craft.  It generated a lot of debate on when things are art and when they are junk and how they can all get thrown under the same umbrella of "craft".  Once commenter pointed out that quilting can have the same problem:  "It [quilting] can mean a beautiful work of fabric art or it can be a combination of harvest gold, avocado and orange polyester fabric scraps that even disgusts the fabrics that participate."  Now, that's profound and well written.  Okay, that was my comment.

If I don't get anything else written this week, have a great Thanksgiving weekend.  It is by far my favorite fall/winter holiday because so little is expected of everyone.   Just get together with family and eat a big meal.  Now that's a holiday!

Comments

[Charli]

Oh thank goodness! I thought I was crazy! I DVR Martha so that I can watch later in the day when I have a pile of laundry to fold or some crocheting to do (while the daughter is occupied as well). I thought it was my DVR! I was so excited to see Anna Maria on the show, then bummed when I had to wait an extra day. It REALLY ticked me off that I had to watch the Halloween show a day late =(

Should we call in to the station and complain? I live just north of Houston, so we are speaking of the same station...