Mom’s quilt is finished.
It feels kinda crazy to actually say that, but it’s true – the quilt is finished, and it even survived washing and drying.
It’s good to be done, and done on time. I’ll arrange delivery to her sometime this week, and then I will let go of this quilt. I may never see [...]
Christmas is breathing down our necks, and I feel it stalking me with an intensity – so much to do in the next two weeks, holy smokes! Last night, I decided to get Mom’s quilt’s panels tied where they needed tying, and then perhaps start on the binding. While tying went quickly, it doesn’t flow [...]
Blargh – So I haven’t gotten much sleep the last several nights, and as such, I have once again forgotten to pick up the giveaway stuff to put into the mail today. I’m so sorry, I’ll put it someplace I absolutely can’t miss it for tomorrow!
The “yay” part is the reason I was up late [...]
There was very little stash activity this week, very little sewing going on at all, actually. However, yesterday, I spent basically the entire day yesterday in bed, hand-quilting Mom’s quilt. It was a gloriously relaxing day – I let Hulu tell me stories, and I think I’m getting much better with the hand-quilting (after a [...]
Only one real thing of note arrived this week: A layer cake of Snippets, by American Jane. Please forgive the absolute crap light here – I snapped it very quickly and didn’t check it until I’d put everything away again. Bad, Bad Erin!
These are adorable. So retro, I can’t even contain myself. I’m not wild [...]