I'm Still Here!

Good morning!  I am still here.  I am reading blogs here and there.  But I know I am missing a lot of what is going on with all of you too.  I hope to be back in the saddle for real, after the holidays.
Here is a little bit of what I have been doing.  Mostly sewing.  Lots of sewing.  I made this cell phone and key holder for Chick Fil A, at the request of my son's girlfriend Christine, who is the events coordinator for Corona Chick Fil A.

This was hung in their break room.  The employees cannot carry their cell phones, so they go inside one of these pockets, and it is hung up next to a power strip so that they can charge them at the same time.  I also made a couple rows of smaller pockets to hold keys.  Mainly for the guys, who don't carry purses.  I made embroidered tags to identify the spaces.  I made it out of a black duck canvas.  It was a very fun project for me to do.  The bonus being I got paid in Chick Fil A money!!!  I will be eating there for a long time!

My nephew Don and his wife Kaylen, are expecting their first baby soon.  I have been working on her gifts for awhile.  It was such fun to make these baby items for them.
Here is a shot of the sofa in my sewing room, where I began to stack the finished items.

I made several receiving blankets, about a dozen flannel burp cloths, lots of bibs, baby washcloths, and my favorite, being this terry and flannel hooded bath towel set.  I called the Spa Set.

I also made a darling little pair of matching Spa Slippers.  I didn't have a pattern, so I drew a mock up, based on other patterns I saw online, and just made a few pairs, til I got the newborn size I wanted, and then modified it so that it could made in other sizes as well.
I did a couple of other pairs of the baby slippers too.  The pink pair is a bit bigger to grow into.

 And since she is due on December 05, I thought she needed a Christmas pair!

I found a cute grey and white stripe basket to match her baby room colors, and stacked it all up in the basket, snapping the bibs on the handles.

This was a pure joy for me to make and put together for them!

For Halloween, I made little zippered bags for my grandkids, and then filled them with goodies.

The two in front are pencil pouch size, for the girls . Noah's is made out of Skylander fabric, and is a little bigger so he can put some of his Skylander toys inside.
And now, I am heavy into holiday sewing and knitting!!!  I have been on a hat making kick.  I am knitting them, and improving my knitting skills and speed!

 The most popular being the slouchy style beanies, as seen on the styrofoam head model.  I made a really cute grey chunky one, that Erika swooped in on.  And a cozy creme tweed one that Greg snatched up.  I also made each of my two granddaughter's a matching hat and cowl for their recent birthdays.  I didn't have my camera, just my cell phone.  Those pictures are on my IG feed.  They turned out really cute!
That's it for now.  This computer is SO hard to work on.  If Santa doesn't bring me a new laptop for Christmas, my blogging will suffer, for sure!
Hope all of you are doing okay!!!!
XO  K