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No fabric in this week. There were opportunities but no interest.

The binding is sewn to Remember Me, but I need to stitch it down. The label is in process. I’m counting the fabric for this project out. I didn’t make most of the blocks and never counted them as fabric in, making the usage lower.

The socks are also very close to finished, with just the heel and the top edge left.

I expect to wrap up both projects this week. I can’t wait to have something different to talk about, like this project.

I may ...

 It was a busy week with lots of activities happening, but not a lot of time for sewing.  I managed to make some progress on my cross stitch project, adding more trees, border stitches and starting the snow at the bottom of this section. I'm hoping to finish the mushrooms in the forest this coming week and move on to the next part. 

The church bazaar was yesterday.  Here are the three pillows that I made for the sewing table.  We had a family wedding to attend out of town yesterday so I only had time to stop briefly ...

We had a good weekend visit with our daughter in her new apartment, she is settling in and getting all her quilts out to decorate, she said there is more to do.  I will take you on a mini tour of her quilts.  She and the kids have been getting them for many years.  Now […]

 I had a very productive weekend at the guild retreat last weekend.  It was glorious to have three full days to sew--meals provided and no dishes to do!  I added binding to two quilts that are gifts so I can't show those yet, but they are both hand stitched now and ready to gift.  I quilted the table runner I showed last week that will be for sale at our church bazaar next weekend and added the binding this week when I got home. I hope someone will like it enough to purchase it! I also worked on three ...

Back to work at the sewing machine yesterday and the two day headache was finally gone.  So glad that doesn’t happen often.  I got one more row sewed onto Flying Pansies – 6 rows done and 3 hanging the side – I got tired of having to move the bottom row when I needed to […]

October was another challenging month, with work the guilty party. Not much you can do about it when it involves other people.

I framed Peace on Earth last month and started nothing. It wasn’t on the October list, but I’m good with that. November will result in finishes, which means different projects on the Short List.

I began the Short List many years ago to create short-term goals and a way to focus. I change things up as my interests change.

Project 1 (Crochet): I finished the first sock and started the second. This project will likely finish ...

My headache continued all day yesterday finally giving me a sinus headache as well which was not totally unexpected – as it seems like I always have a two day headache after major dental appointments. So again not a lot to blog about.  I did go outside for a little and sat in the cool […]

No change in the numbers.

I finished crocheting the first sock this week. It still needs blocked.

Overall I’m happy with it. I might make some minor changes in the second sock, especially in the heel. Otherwise, the fit is good.

Fabric In: 16.5 yards

Fabric out: 22.125 yards

Net Fabric Used: 5.625 yards

How did you do this week?

Finally got back to the sewing machine.   I have one more row of Y seams done and one more row ready to sew today.  These rows of Flying Pansies are now back up on the wall so I could quilt last night. The last row is pieced but not attached. Some thread basting done on […]

Very little got done in the house.  I was outside most of the afternoon working on one strawberry bed.  It was so packed and over crowded it too forever to clean it out and separate plants. I really do not know how many strawberry plants I dug out – here is the pile, hundreds? a […]

Yesterday I had a bad sinus headache and did no machine work.  I took numerous naps, read, knitted and a little EPP.  I got to thinking that I thought I had bought a layer cake of Kaffe fabric at a quilt show a couple years ago and looked for it and found it – would […]

Yes close to the end of October and we put the A/C back on yesterday  – it got up to 92 degrees and was hot and dry – got hot in the house – two more days of near 90 – I went to Wal-Mart to pick up a prescription and seeing as I was […]

Not long after I posted the picture of the crochet sock, I realized it was not going to fit. It was way too big. Rather than try to size it down, I started the second sock using the pattern for the next smaller size. Here they are together, new one on the right.

The smaller one is a much better fit. Now that I have that figured out I will frog the first sock. This was the purpose behind the trial pair, and I’m so glad I did it.

I’m ready to turn the heel on the new ...

I did get some hand work done and two Flying Pansies blocks by machine (I hand applique the circles)  three more rows need and all the side pieces to square up.  Linking to  Monday Musings and Design Wall Monday Quilting on English Ivy from Saturday night – I missed one half circle that I needed […]

No change in the numbers.

We had such beautiful weather here yesterday I just had to go out and work in the yard. There is always something that needs done, usually involving sticks or weeds.

I’m still working on the same projects. One of these days I will surprise everyone and post a finish. I knew quilting Remember Me would take some time, but I had no idea it took so long to make socks. I have a whole new respect for all you knitters. The fine yarn combined with the small hook makes for a long term project ...

September was quite the month. A lot of life happened, which never equates to a lot of creative time. We do what we can with what we have.

I finished stitching Peace on Earth last month and started crocheting a pair of socks. I have a lot of projects going, more than suits me. This month, the Short List is everything in active rotation.

I began the Short List many years ago to create short-term goals and a way to focus. I change things up as my interests change.

Project 1 (Crochet): I started a pair of socks as a ...

I really jumped back into sewing today – after I took the machine somewhat apart cleaning it and getting it to go smoothly a little thread had gotten caught up in the feed dog area and wasn’t flowing smoothly – glad I found the problem. First I appliqued the circles on to the three Flying […]