Hi everyone! How is your week going? I don't mind telling you that it's been fairly good here for the past little while. It has been unseasonably warm and mostly just lovely outside. I spent last weekend at an academic conference in Washington DC without a coat. In January. It was so nice that a couple of us skipped out on the afternoon session and went sightseeing-- and we walked. It was awesome. The conference might have been okay, too. At least my paper was!
So now I'm home and I have a ton of work to do, and the temperatures are about to plunge, just in time for the first day of class. I might even get to wear the new coat that I bought just because it reminded me of the coats I wore in Wisconsin. While I'm waiting for that, though, I've been working on a couple of things. First up are these:
These are half the 4-patches I need for the January blocks for the Color Challenge at Patterns by Jen. A friend and I decided to make these together, but I read the directions wrong so I only have half as many parts as I needed. Yeah, I know they wouldn't have taken long to finish, but in my defense, it was very, very nice outside.
The other thing I'm working on is this little stuffie:
This is a very cute little kit that I got from Bernie's shop that I've been wanting to make for my tiniest granddaughter. She turns one year old really soon and I thought this would be a cute little gift. The kit really does come with everything, including stuffing, a sewing needle, and straight pins. Because she's just a tiny girl, I'll have to embroider the eyes and nose instead of using the buttons that came in the kit, but I think I don't mind that.
The only other thing I'm doing is continuing to put all the new fabric I bought over the last couple of weeks on boards and put them away. I really should not have shopped quite as much, but it's just so easy, you know? I got these pretties from Shabby Fabrics:
I have a plan for the one on the right edge, but the others are just because I had no blues at all and these were a good price. And these lovely batik pieces came from Jinny Beyer's shop:
I'm planning to use these lovely batiks (plus plenty of others) to finally make a (gigantic) quilt for my own bed. Somehow I've forgotten to do that for all these years.
That's what's up around here for now, along with waaayyy too much computer time. When I became a professor it was all about the books. Now it's all about the course website. The world has changed and we must change with it, but I never thought it would involve this much typing!
Happy stitching, friends!
You have some beautiful fabric. Have fun using them..
ReplyDeleteI love the fabrics you got from Jinny Beyer's shop! We are to get a cold spell next week and I will be able to wear the winter jacket I go - maybe for more than one day. Where did you live in Wisconsin I grew up in that state and spent the first 20 years of my life there
ReplyDeleteThere's just something so wonderful about fabric cut fresh from the bolt! I love your blues. And that little hedgehog is just darling :)
ReplyDeleteIt is just so easy to shop, and I've been doing some too and have fabric I need to board. I haven't finished my January block for the Color Challenge yet; I need to get a wiggle on. I have a few too many projects going on this month; not sure how I managed that. Glad you had a few days of enjoying warm weather -- enjoy that coat, and I hope your classes go well!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about things changing and evolving. Julia is experiencing college in a very different fashion than I did. From co-ed flors and bathrooms in the dorms, to renting college texts on Amazon, to having EVERYTHING on line - it is a whole different experience. She doesn't even own a printer because everything is submitted electronically. It seems so foreign. But yep, everything changes and evolves.
ReplyDeleteGlad your conference went well. You should look for a conference on the west coast for next time. Hint, hint!
So glad you have been able to enjoy the weather. It is always such a treat to take a break from the cold. Those batiks are so tempting. I have been mulling a larger quilt for our bed as well and batiks would be just the right vibe. Happy sewing!
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