solemn occasion

it's Friday...but Sunday's coming!

corona-cation, episode 7

going out on a limb to predict all my UFOs won't be done by the time you-know-what has moved on....not that i'm not trying mind you....got backing and batting ready and now the mod black stripe is ready to baste...

this will get hand quilted and shouldn't take too long...simple straight lines in each block....next up will be the joseph's coat, top now done and batting and backing on hand...

it needs ironing still, which might be one thing my corona stimulus check will provide....mine just isn't doing the job anymore...so happy to have all those little circles done....and yes, there ARE 2 different fabrics....my habit of not making sure there's enough fabric is still in play....my own personal design style!   *** the guild's show got postponed to autumn so more time to sew up things for sale....these are NOT funky masks, rather will be needlecases once wool felt sewn in....

saw an idea for a purse in a magazine and gave it my own spin.....nice lightweight crossbody style for summer weather with both crabs and lobsters represented....possibly a little large for me so might need further tweaking....

nice to see something different on the design wall for a change as the aqua/black/white is a flimsy and will get tied and bound to donate....maybe then the folding table can get put away for some serious apartment cleaning by monday?....keeping up with bare facts of the present situation without being glued to newscasts...it's just tooo toooo much to listen to all day long.  feel completely blessed that me and my family are healthy, we have food and shelter and all needs met...bored yes but needy, no....God has truly provided and keeps us safe with His sheltering arms...now if He could just make my apartment safe from light-fingered intruders....the management are just vile...

corona-cation, episode 6

as the unplanned retreat rolls on, doing my best to avoid the news most of the time.  it's always grim and makes me feel more helpless, so i just don't watch period.  this gives me more time to putter around the apartment and work on my sewing projects and cook those ever-tantalizing low sodium meals!  like many others, have made some masks...

my daughter requested leftover downton abbey fabric for hers and grays to match my son-in-law's work scrubs.....i lined them with a kona white cotton, a tightly woven fabric.  ***  then the black/aqua/white got to the flimsy stage at the same time more batting arrived, so this week's goal is to get that tied and finished for donation....

then, circles around the edge of the joseph's coat got sewn on....have to say these finish much quicker than the circles on the interior of the top...one side was done in short order and another all pinned.  this will get basted this week i'm thinking....

happy now that i finished this as i do like it, altho my mom has claimed it when it's finished....last but not least, got tired of seeing piles of fabric on the sewing table and the floor in various places, so took an hour or so to do this....

the browns go on the top (not seen), so essentially at the same level i have been since moving here 4 years ago....the reds/greens/tans are in those shoeboxes on the right and pieces 2 yards and over--backgrounds and backings--are in the canvas bag on the left.  no surprise that the biggest collection is blue fabrics, light to dark and everything inbetween.   taking stock just about cures me from adding more, altho did cave and purchased half yard of lobster fabric and half yard of blue crab fabric in homage to my "dual citizenship"...    ****  when this began, i had toilet paper so didn't rush to get any and, of course, it's been out of stock everywhere since.  my kiddos came to my rescue with 4 precious rolls which should last until the hoarders think they have enough.