thursday musings

another week nearly gone and the boredom of the status quo is firmly entrenched....i love to sew and have lots i want to sew, but there are times when it just gets too much, you know?  despite the mundane am keeping up to get this to a flimsy...

ten rows done, the 2 outside just need to be sewn on....4 more to go....thinking about how to quilt as it gets constructed...lots of seams but do-able....saw this in an old fons & porter magazine and set it aside for future sewing fun...when the sewing gets blah (only infrequently), have a stack of mysteries to read now that our bookmobile is making regular stops.  first i read this...not a mystery...but being a fan of the movie, curiosity piqued my interest...

this is about mary, the plain jane, part of the woodwork sister....the first 150 pages are a synopsis of the movie, so i whizzed thru to get the rest of the story....it's an okay book, lacks the jane austen undertone of dissatisfaction with the cultural confinements, but interesting and brings closure to the family of sisters.   was happy to get back to my mysteries.....

two of 3 volumes written by adrian mckinty....this trilogy only part of the books he has written about his detective sean duffy....backdrop is the irish troubles and written in the style of raymond chandler...witty, even funny in places, but full of trials and challenges of solving murders while dodging bombs, terrorists and divisiveness of that era.  these are fine whodunits, no chainsaw-type gore or paranormal stuff that holds no interest for me.  

the weather here is just picture perfect....am thinking it's time for another road trip to nowhere special, just for a change of scenery and escape the institution.  it's either that or housework, so a no brainer!  am avoiding baking as well.  today a zoom quilt guild meeting much anticipated...so better get dressed!

special request

while visiting with my mum, she noticed my summer bag of red/white/blue that i had made to take away.....and she requested one as well...a bit smaller, longer strap, to wear while shopping....

it looks small but it's about 7x10...just big enough for her wallet, glasses, keys and cellphone....has a velcro closure.  doesn't bust much stash but all materials were on hand.  this will give her hands free ease without worrying whether she'll leave her purse somewhere...which we've all done at some point.  recall a few times when my dad had to go and retrieve it from some store....

late start this morning...no rush at all so some tidying up has been done...you know, putting this and that away, getting rid of trash/recycling and a bag of clothing to the thrift.   we're back to late summer after a brief cold snap.  a large batch of veggie soup is now in the freezer for when the cold returns.  some housework needed but not today....saving for rainy weekend....

october's gift

yes i have started a new project...it's a month-long sew along called "autumn jubilee" over at this blog...what can i say...autumn fabrics always tempt me!  this is the first step of this mystery...

these got assembled lickety split thanks to my shoebox full of 2.5" squares (thank you bonnie!)....the tan background works perfectly but had only a scant 3/4 yard so went hunting in the stash for something else to use as sashing....tried a couple of tan prints that were blah, but the batik....oh my!  course, i only have about 1/3 yard of that too so not sure how this will play out, but the stash has an ample amount of equally beautiful autumn prints.  next week, step 2!