4 a.m.

Stress is a real bummer.  It's made me eat too much, sleep too little, and neglect both home and garden.  Anyway, what to do at 4 a.m. when you can't sleep?  Make presents for the kids.  The halloween bag I made for my son Peter and his gal Jess to hold their halloween care package and the Christmas totes I just love how they turned out. 

I 've been stopping by the dollar store on my way back from different excursions and have a nice collection of fairly nice cotton towels from there.  I added some of my favorite little pieces of leftover fabric to give them a festive look this holiday.  I love the ice skating fabric which is my favorite because it can be used after Christmas:

It's all Sandra's fault...........

Sandra and I are in a couple of groups together and I mentioned that I was thinking of selling some of my panels on Ebay.  I have way too much of them, went through a panel phase a while ago and then got sidetracked by life.  Anyway she challenged me to do something with them and now I am making gift totes for the holidays.  It's a relaxing sewing project and uses up a good amount of stash when you line the bags.......So THANKS Sandra! :)