What to do first..

do you ever have that feeling that you are putting off the things that are soon to become urgent?

I've made my skirt and i can't stop smiling!  It fits really well and I'm rather proud of my first 'no pattern' effort.

I've also finished my bunting, which will be hard to photograph.


I went to the gym today and since I got home I have absolutely no desire to stand up!!  This (standing up) is probably one of the things that will soon be very very urgent.


Photos pending again, sorry.  Photos done!
Kathie

No photos here please

I'm sitting down for the first time in 2 weeks.  It's been busy busy busy, with highs and lows.

Towards the end of last week i managed to sew a few more windows for the quilt...

... but I've also made a start on the confirmation dress.

I do take photos, but sometimes they just don't make it online when i post so i'm hoping you will understand when i add them later :-)

One thing i have noticed is that after awhile and before i finish the first, i move onto the next project and really i have to clear some of my projects before i start a new one.  For example, i made myself a lunch bag last Sunday and that was not on the list of things to do.

Well it's a long and quiet weekend for me, hope it's fun where you are.

Kathie

Quiet

it will be for awhile as I settle into a new weekly routine.  Which also means no sewing - gasp!


I've started my windows quilt and am 30 windows into the 168.  But I think the confirmation dress will push quilting out of the way.


Well, have to fly, got to make my lunch and go play outdoors!!


Kathie

Where did the days go?

The flowers were beautiful as always...



the day wasn't too bad either...



but for some reason all that walking wore me out. Add in a few days of work and here we are!

I have managed to do some more making - a shower cap, coin purses for the small people, prototyping a pouch for the large person - but no photos as yet. Maybe next week...

For now, I have to pretend to be a domestic goddess and not a person that wants to try out a new skirt pattern idea *sigh*

Kathie

Inconsistant

I am inconsistant in logging on to my computer. There is very little hope for me becoming a good blogger!

Never mind, there were several things to sort out at the start of the year and the most thought comsuming was Josh's operation earlier this week.

All went well and he is bouncing around as normal - it was one of the more common childhood ops - but when you see someone put a large quantity of drugs into your child and say "he's sleeping now" the fight or flight kicks in. Fortunately I did neither.

Because of the op no plans were made for during the holidays as we were not sure how long his recovery would be. Strangely, I am the one going stir crazy indoors! A trip out to look at flowers is in order, so here are a few makes from earlier this year...

From Sew Hip magazine, made for my new nephew.

A new waistcoat for Josh for his birthday party.

I hope the sun is shining where you are.

Kathie

My own woodpile

A married friend of mine and I have had conversations about our husbands woodpile. Not that our husbands chop or work with wood in any significant way, but when random sized pieces of wood are left over from D.I.Y. or distruction my DH will say "oh, that's a good bit, I might use that. I'll add it to the others in the garage". The pile is significant to say the least.

I have in the past commented on the amount of odd bits of wood we have and am always asked "do you know the price of wood these days?" Well no I don't, so the woodpile grows carefully as no piece of wood can be bought without first looking along each side of the length to check that they are straight.

Why am i blogging about wood? Well, for a few months I have been thinking about making myself a purse. Well, on Tuesday I decided to just do it. I stumbled across some lovely fabric in my fabric stash and decided to get on with it. I laid out some left overs from a dress I made for DD for my trial run.

Then i began to hesitate about cutting. For about 20 minutes. DH came into the room to see me sitting infront of uncut fabric. I mentioned my hesitation and he told me that is just how he feels when he cuts a new length of wood. It was only seconds before he said laughing "that's your woodpile" pointing to my fabric stash. Hmm, that was enough to get me to cut!

I started with a trial run...

Once i was satisfied with that i decided to go for it and followed a fab tutorial from Sew mama sew for a zipped pocket. Over all, i think it went well considering i made it up as i went along...

athough I forgot to think about the closure. That will be my weekend shopping task!

Icelandic wool

Where have i been? Thinking......

For a very long time.

Do i want to start an online business? Can i just blog for fun? Do i have to tell people to come and read? And am i organised enough to post regularly?

Well, as you can guess, i have had lots and lots to think about.

Then there had been the jobs to resign from, jobs to find (in a fabric shop - yay!) and things to make.

A lovely friend of mine brought me back Icelandic wool, so i made myself this years fashion must have - wrist warmers! I've also got started on the presents for Christmas. I'll have to photograph them and show you later.

Anyway i found this fantastic blog and came to the conclusion that i just have to get on with it.