Overwhelmed by WIP’s Wednesday…
I had to take a blood test at the Dr this morning, and took some quilty books to look at while waiting for the hour to pass… As I did so, I reminded myself that I have several unfinished projects… I made a list… this is stuff that’s already been cut/started (but just fabric/yarn purchased/saved doesn’t count) it’s a little overwhelming, and on top of the fact that I failed my glucose test, (and therefore have to go back sometime soon for the 4 hour test, which is HORRIBLE), I’m feeling a little overwhelmed (or maybe just whelmed, since it means the...
Read Morea little school jumper…
So, obviously yesterday was 9/11, and I totally couldn’t handle it. I hugged D so hard at one point he complained (he normally loves hugs)… It’s a crazy day for me, because we could see the smoke (and we were covered in ash by evening) from across the bay (we, my best friends and I, were all in New Haven, CT at school), so it was pretty tangible, but not tangible like the people who lived IN the city, (although we did go there a good deal). And I found out afterward that my high-school-job-at-the-Gap boss, Ron Gamboa, and his partner Dan, and their 3 year old son, (all of...
Read More30-minute pants…
I did my workout tonight (yoga, which I like, but it’s 2 hours long! plus a shower, leaving me not much time to play!), and then C said he was coming home from work early (sad that midnight-ish is early, huh?), so I knew better than to start cranking on the western shirt for him… instead, I did a little more hooky stuff: and then I churned out 4 pairs of summer pants for D. Dana, from MADE, has her now famous 90-minute shirt… therefore, these pants must be called the 30-minute pants… seriously, cutting and sewing, all in under half an hour (of course, at this point,...
Read MoreFinally asleep, time to craft!
First I got the Bean to fall asleep… Then D… now it’s time to get busy! I have this crazy plan to work out (I’m doing P90X), and then whip up an entire western shirt, TONIGHT, before C leaves on his work trip… We’ll see how it goes… but first, look how pretty! I used the yarn bits I dyed on Saturday with the left over easter egg dye, and I’m LOOOOOOVING them! I used up all my natural color, cause that’s what I dyed, so I can’t finish the squares till I get more of that, but LOOOOK! aren’t all the blues and greens and...
Read Morenightly update!
Here’s my crocheted blanket so far…. 3 down, 7 in progress, 134 to go! but hey, I’m ahead of my goal of 1/week! And I’m loving the colors/pattern. I can’t wait to use up what I’ve dyed so far so I can dye more! And I bordered the baby quilt… It’s a solid red, then a print, white with teeny orange petals, and red, green, brown dots, then a slightly wider orange border… I’m in LOVE with this quilt…. here’s a close up of the print/border… I’ll take better pics tomorrow, but it’s 11pm right now, and I...
Read MoreRainy day #6…
First the baby took her morning nap, so I was able to start a granny square with one of the green yarns I dyed last night… isn’t it purdy?!?!?!? Then I managed to get the boy-o to nap (unfortunately after his sister had already woken up), so I backpacked her, and cut out the envelopes to make this. My envelopes will be of light blue linen (left over from a pair of boy-o pants), and the linings will be different for the kiddos. (I’m making one for each.) The cards will be linen/cotton, again, depending on the child… right now they’re just boring linen squares,...
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