A Baker's Dozen

 I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving! DD#2 hosted Thanksgiving. I only had to make pies and homemade gluten-free rolls. Unfortunately, while making the rolls, my Kitchen-Aid mixer died. I knew the motor was going out, it had been getting louder and louder, and running hot. This is the second Kitchen-Aid stand mixer I've worn out. I'd been doing research on stand mixers, and today I ordered a Bosch mixer, which was not cheap, even on a Black Friday sale, but since I make most foods from scratch, I need a good quality mixer. 

I made three pricy purchases today, but the others were planned, and even the mixer was expected. I bought a split king adjustable bed. DH and I have had a queen sized bed for most of our marriage, but out mattress is totally shot, and rather than buy a new queen set. I decided to get the king sized adjustable bed I've been wanting for years. I'm hoping I'll like the mattress I chose, but I'm virtually positive I'll enjoy the adjustable bed options. I did so much online research, I went through a period of analysis paralysis, but I chose as wisely as I could, and I can return it if we hate it. Either way, we are long overdue for a new mattress! I think we've only had four mattresses in our 42 year marriage, so waiting a long time to replace them is par for the course with us. 

The other purchase of the day was a new laptop for DH. His is no longer being supported, and when we travel he has to have a laptop so he can do business on it. I think I'm on my second laptop since he got one. Of course, at home he prefers a desktop, and I only use a laptop. 

Since we are getting a new larger bed, I need to rearrange the bedroom a bit. That's what I've been busy doing today. Well, rearranging things and doing laundry. 

I did finish a quilt this week! It's finish #13, so I've finished a Baker's Dozen now. 

This quilt is king-sized, and I'm glad it's off my to do list. I have one more big quilt to finish this year, preferably before Christmas, but then I've got a break from deadline quilts. I do have 8 quilts requested right now, but no firm deadlines. 

I assembled five UFO quilt tops in the last week! Four of them are boy quilts destined for Project Linus. The other is a quilt I cut sashing for last week. 

I cut the borders wider for the top and bottom. The quilt is set 8x9 blocks, simply because that's how many blocks I had. I thought it was a little weird shape, not a square, but not very rectangular, so I compensated on the borders. Those blocks are just 5", so it's not a huge quilt.  It was a good use of bonus HST's from another project though! 

With all the big purchases, I opted to not get anything quilt related on the big sales, I have enough quilt supplies, and the purchases I made were necessary. 

I'm not sure what I'll be able to show next week, it's all about Christmas sewing for a bit!