"Make what you want to make, and make it the way you want to make it." Gwen Marston

Saturday, December 31, 2016

2016 is a Wrap!

Your might want to grab a cuppa and  get comfortable.  2016 was a pretty good year.  Our family added another adorable baby girl, and there was another engagement, with a wedding to follow in 2017.  I don't have children, so I focus my attention on my five nephews.  And yes, I made the little afghan that she's snuggled with.
We had many adventures in 2016, starting with Florida in January.  When we left home there was nearly 30" of snow on the ground, and we were happy to put that in our rear view mirror!

Mid April found us in our beloved Smoky Mountains, hiking and photographing wildflowers.  I'm sure we'll go back in 2017, but the landscape will be greatly changed, following the devastating wildfires in November.
In June, we went waterfall hunting in the Finger Lakes area, another of our favorite places.  We found several waterfalls that we had not visited before, and paid a visit to the Ithaca Farmer's Market

Our Really Big Adventure of the year took us to the Canadian Rockies in September.  The scenery was breathtaking.  We took hundreds of pictures!

I also took my first train trip, and visited Oregon, my 48th state.
And somehow, I managed to do a lot of sewing and quilting.  I participated in two UFO challenges, and checked off many items from my list, in addition to starting a few new projects.

Projects for December included four sets of coasters for gifts, and I finished a jelly roll quilt that was started at retreat in November.
Two wall hangings were completed, one of which was also started at the same retreat.


The other incorporated the use of crayons.  I don't think I did a great job, but it was a learning experience, and I will definitely try the technique again.

Sorry some of these pictures are so dark, but I took them at around 5 am.  If I wait for the sun to come up, I won't have time to post later.

And let's not forget Christmas!  I exchanged gifts with a couple of my blogging buddies, and received an ornament and a beautiful calendar from Maria.  The calendar was made by her quilting group in Australia, and contains so many beautiful quilts in beautiful settings.  Thanks Maria!

My package from Di including an cute little reindeer, along with a pattern to make more, a cross stitch kit, and a 'cool finger' to protect my finger from my hot iron.  Too bad I didn't have it a couple of weeks earlier when I did burn myself!  It will be put to good use.  Thanks Di!
Is anyone still here?  If so, thanks for reminiscing with me.  I hope to be back tomorrow with a couple more items to share.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!      Sunny


20 comments:

  1. Love all your photos.... what beautiful scenery
    Maria's gift is lovely. HAPPY NEW YEAR. I will be following in 2017

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  2. Hi Sunny such a wonderful post,lots of lovely pics and finishes.
    Happy New Year my friend xx

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  3. It looks like it was a great year. I wish you all the best in the upcoming year. I'll look forward to following your new adventures.

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  4. Lovely post Sunny, it does look like you have had a wonderful year :-) Here's to a great new one with many more adventures and lots more sewing!

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  5. Love all the photos of your trips and projects that you got done--hope you have many more trips this year and lots of quilting time--
    Happy New Year--love and laughter, di

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  6. It's been a busy year for you..... lovely trips and lovely sewing ....
    Hugz

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  7. What a memorable year you have had, lovely places you visited and lots of wonderful sewing . Happy New Year and all the best in 2017

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  8. Lovely post. Some gorgeous spots you visited Sunny. Beautiful stitching and gifties. Happy 2017 xxx

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  9. looks like you had a great year. Happy 2017

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  10. It's been a great year for you Sunny... such stunning photos from your adventures... The new bub does look so snug in the afgan you made... xx

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  11. Such wonderful pictures to capture the highlights of a wonderfully adventurous year! Wishing you a fabulous 2017 as well!

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  12. What a lovely review of 2016 and some beautiful quilting projects too! Wishing you a very Happy New Year Sunny! Christine x

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  13. A delightful year, Sunny! Hope 2017 is even better! XO

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  14. I'd have to say that 2016 was a good year for you and I wish you more of the same for this year.

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  15. It looks like you had a great year! I hope you have more wonderful adventures in the coming year.

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  16. It's fun to look back over the year. Such pretty pictures. (And quilts! Can't forget the quilts!)

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  17. It is lovely to look back over the year and see what has been achieved. You manged to be quite busy!!

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  18. Sounds like a lovely year to look back on. Amazing photos of the places you visited!
    Lots of creative projects too
    Happy new year

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  19. What a fantastic AND productive year you had. I see we have LOTS of similar likes. Here is to another year of fun travels, time with family and SEW much more. XXX

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  20. By, by, by . . . what a lovely post and a fun packed year. Thanks for sharing. What two states are left for you to complete your 50?

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