Tuesday, May 19, 2020

corona-cation, episode 16

excitement is building here while watching hospital admits decrease every day....closer to getting back to my fitness regime...no doubt will require a few afternoon naps while i get back up to speed....and since time is of the essence, pulled out another UFO to work on while getting paper foundation triangles printed....it's a traditional and uber scrappy...blue background fabric has been on board for 6-7 years now...last year finally cut all the strips and units for now when the sewing has commenced...
i'll be working on the triangles primarily, but good to see this one started...got to use up lots of small 1.5" strips so far....today mr. mailman brought this package of beauties...half yards of 'nancy's needles' from designer betsy chutchian....every fabric in this collection is gorgeous and it was hard to limit myself to just these--all small prints except two....


and while spring cleaning continues, another fix-it job was tackled...

a tiny book table that sits next to the bed....needed regluing and tightening up and some TLC to cover the well used areas....i think this was hand made by somebody...pretty rudimentary but i like it...and copying mrs. goodneedle, forgot to post my mother's day gift..some ooh-la-la tres chic french hand creams arrived ......
and i, too, garnered some native strawberries at the farmer's market opening today....these are called 'seconds' aka misshapen, but tasty and ripe nonetheless...

saturday and sunday are predicted to be perfect early summer days begging for outside time. mostly, tho, eagerly anticipating some return to usual activities...and as always, hugely thankful for my health, my family's health, our freedom from fear and worry over basic needs and all this enjoyable sewing time!

6 comments:

  1. I can't help thinking that I will miss these long stretches of "free" time once we get back in business....but like everyone else I want us to be back in business! Your Irish chain project is off to a good start....and, oh, fresh strawberries! Yum!

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  2. How can strawberries be "seconds"? God's bounty is just that!! I love what you're working on (I adore scrappy 25-patches), these days are so glorious to spend stitching on whatever we can find and drag out, although I am trying to stay organized. Wink. Your hand creams are very fancy, enjoy! .

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  3. Your scrap quilt calls to me!
    And I just drooled over some of that Betsy fabric--sorry.

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    1. if you drooled over these, then absolutely don't check out the whole line...lol

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  4. I liked the look of your new triangle project but this latest one with squares really sings to me! Looking forward to seeing your pics as these two grow.

    Megan
    Sydney, Australia

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