More makes and finishes

This week I worked on some projects and made a few blocks for one of the quilts. This snowman is now ready for quilting. I finished the wool applique on Wednesday evening. Yea for me!! Now to get it sandwiched.

I tried a new pattern, the "Snap Purse". I started to make it, and miss read the pattern so had to improvise, resulting in a mini tote and the snap tote. I had two fat quarters, of the black, white and chartreuse fabric. I got the two small purses, and a cash and carry purse out of it. I had the kit for the travel pillowcase, now it is done. I had bought a kit in Atlanta for a cash and carry purse, it is done, and I finished a wool bookmark with lilies of the valley on it.

Am I really obsessive compulsive or focused when I sew? I started to go though a pretty big box of pictures I had brought home from my Mom and Dad's house when we moved Dad to be near me two years ago. My Mother was a saver. There are newspaper articles, and lots of pictures that friends and relatives had sent Mom. She saved them all. It has been 5 years since she passed away, and am just starting to go though a lot of these things. What to do with it all?? I have sent some of it back to those friends and relatives, hopefully to bring back good memories of my parents. I think I am going to make a scrapbook for my son using some of the pictures. He has not met many of these relatives, as they mostly lived on the east coast. He has heard me talk about a lot of them. He has met a few, when they and us were visiting my folks in Florida. I wanted to start all this last night! But, today I am putting it away for now. I don't need another project to start. This one will take a long time to work on. The dilemma is what do you do with all the pictures and souvenirs you collect through the years. Do you take care of them yourself, or let your relatives do it. The sewing part is easy, it goes to all my quilter friends!!