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!

corona-cation, episode 15

i think i've got this pandemic thing down pat now...didn't get it done today?  no problem...tomorrow is another totally free day....this has been advantageous in tackling spring cleaning bit by bit, when i'm not sewing or cooking, that is...and just what have i been sewing?

this is yet another UFO, scrappy plaid triangles, and now the first row is all done, 20 of 'em!  only 11 more rows to go.  the first few triangles were kinda blah, but as more get done, it's beginning to 'wow' me...this will probably be a donation quilt.    ***  even in a small apartment, there are fix-it jobs...bought this inexpensive window fan last year and in short order the fan came off the spindle.  super glued it twice but unsuccessful.  so, put it away until sturdier stuff was on board.  today was the day and have applied a heavy-duty epoxy to see if it can be restored.  back in the 1970s my mother bought 2 metal box fans from W.T. Grant...remember them?  those fans worked fine for well over 35 years despite getting moved a few times.  cheap imports can't even last 35 days....i'll stop there but you get the message i'm sure....

after 2 lovely summer days, it's back to rain today even tho temps hover around 70....spent saturday with my daughter and son-in-law celebrating their wedding anniversary.  i am so blessed to live near where we can visit--and hug--often.  in fact, my list of blessings is long....loved ones are healthy, freedom from want (except for that big screen TV...lol), shelter and entertainment, shorts and sandals weather, plenty of fabric and ideas to last another century i believe...God is indeed good all the time!

PS...whoops, it was the 1960s when my mum got her fans at W.T. Grant....