Quilt Trend #2, Beauty Products, Colour Love

How are you all? My day is going well. I've brought in wood for the day long fire, vacuumed the main area here, tidied my kindling I keep out on the veranda too and put away a couple more Christmas small odds and ends. Time to have a sit, sip a coffee, and talk to you. 

I was just looking at the Pantone colour of the year for 2025.  It's a shade they call Mocha Mousse which I think would be an easy on the eyes background colour in quilts. What do you think?

I especially like what they are saying it symbolizes- Connection, Comfort and Harmony. The world is in need of all of that. And I love mousse. 

I checked out what are the quilting trends for this year. This list had a couple of things I like. Quilting Trend #2 found Here at Like Sew is Sustainability.  I don't know much about the actual pollution fabric is causing but this article says fabric dying is responsible for 20% of water pollution world wide. Whenever I'm in a thrift store and see the aisles upon aisles of fabric items like clothes, sheets, etc., and know this is the same in thousands of thrift stores around North America, I definitely feel we need to recycle more.

And I was happy to see that Quilt Trend # 3 is Vintage Inspired Quilts with the older blocks that we love providing inspiration still.  

 I have Redwork Noel finished. I changed a couple of the motifs, added more hearts, etc. What an enjoyable little project it was! Such a nice change from the larger designs I usually tackle. 

My next cross stitch is another small one, Cozy Into Winter, by Jeannette Douglas Designs which is exactly what is happening in my neck of the woods right now-staying cozy I mean. I've made a small start there on the bottom and on this linen, it is going to be small. I'm having more of a think about that. Maybe it could be a pin cushion or one of those little items in a display bowl. 

 

I've also pieced more of the Everglade blocks and began joining them in this formation. This is hand sewing as well. 

I don't think I've shared these before. Just pinning them. The fabrics are pretty and some of the colours together are pleasing. Most of these are from the same line so should match.

Below are some products I like including the salon purchase Fast Food conditioner. 

I do like the Bert's Bees lip conditioner with peppermint oil. I also tried this tinted one; the shade is Rhubarb, a colour I like. What I don't like is it doesn't last that long and leaves a line around the lips like you've outlined them- really don't like that look- so you have to keep applying it.

 I've watched videos on Instagram of folks using the Elf Satin foundation so gave it a try...Walmart carries it. I use a bit under my eyes and on my cheeks only and it is very light textured, yes, satiny even. With my skin basically ashen these days, I have to use the lightest shade of any of these products so this one is Fair Neutral.  

 I made a ground beef with macaroni casserole on Monday. I always add a can of tomatoes to this, do you? That lasted two nights with a salad one night and bread the next. I've taken out a large piece of salmon for tonight which cost about the same as my first paycheck back in 1970. Sometimes I'll do a roasted potato with this and I have broccoli to use too. I wish my rice maker hadn't died and I should look for a new one. It was so convenient but then how lazy am I not to want to boil rice. Yikes

Happy to share this post with Jennifer's linky party at Inquiring Quilter and Judy's at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts.