I've been home for two weeks now, busy preparing the music for Christmas Eve and Sunday services and the house for Liz and Sean's visit. While I unpacked my suitcases as soon as we arrived home from the airport, some non-clothing items were just placed on convenient surfaces, not put away. Last night I spent an hour or more sorting through those things, filing some and recycling others. There is more to be done but I feel I've made a start. Randy is taking some time off this week to take care of things on his to-do list.
We saw the new Star Wars movie on Christmas night, along with a nearly-full theater of other fans. It was indeed exciting! I enjoyed the music by John Williams. Harrison Ford has aged, certainly, but he still looks pretty good as Han Solo, even if he moves a little slower now. And the attitude is still there. Liz and Sean left on a red-eye flight Saturday night, bound for Raleigh-Durham and a visit with friends near Asheville on Sunday. Monday they met Sarah and Erik, who had driven over from Knoxville, TN, for lunch and time together in Asheville, before driving home to Raeford.
Yesterday I finished hand sewing the binding on the Narragansett Blues quilt I made this summer. I didn't buy any new fabric for it. Remember the scraps I cut into various size squares last spring? About 1700 of those 2 1/2 inch patches went into this quilt. It feels good to use up little pieces of left-over fabric to make something pretty. Several more quilts are on my want-to-make list. And I need to make labels for some finished quilts.
Our last Christmas activity of the season is a carol sing this Saturday. We used to do this at the beginning of Advent, but several years ago we moved it to the end of the holidays, close to Epiphany. Then the decorations will be packed away till next year.
I like your scrappy quilt!
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To answer your question I label my quilts many different ways depending on the quilt. Some I just sign on the back, some I print labels for, some I don't bother labeling, like baby quilts. That just gives the kid something to pick off.