is the mother of invention...this week's sewing took a wee detour. the ott lite shade fell off....adhesive apparently dried up and down it came. light is perfectly good and a tight budget meant a fix...but how? i tried masking tape--same deal, dried out and didn't work...but eureka! needle and thread to the rescue...the shade is linen on paper and some running stitches near the top and thru the frame did the trick...honestly, i surprise myself now and then...
household sewing project #2 also got done....double windows in kitchen, but this part of my apartment juts out from the building, as do the units below me...when it's windy it can be cold despite a heater unit under the window. the kitchen floor is nearly always cold. a lined drape was a must. at the senior center was a box for scraps and somebody tossed a linen shower curtain exactly the right size....a quilty friend passed along some flannel, just exactly enough to fit...and the daughter of my late neighbor gave a curtain rod just exactly right size...and her husband put it up for me even!
the flannel is the very palest blue and a quick tieback allows window light. hoping this will keep out summer heat as well as winter chill...am i blessed or what?
i did finish my doll quilt swap, just needs a label and then can be sent. lori said it should look like it was old so put this revolutionary war print on the back...one of those things in the stash that is tough to use on many projects....it's hand quilted of course.
more rows got sewn on the chookshed challenge top....it'll measure approx 63x70" when finished...enjoying working with these repros after so much kaffe fun....
if wishes were horses i'd have a much bigger design wall!
a late start this morning due to late night hours awake...started spring cleaning tasks a bit every day. weather is still see-sawing with cold and warm days. evenings in the recliner quilting on 'dreams' and a small UFO that needs to be done soon. may is a mere two weeks away. finished my 365 daily emails from griefshare with a repeat in progress, now in a much better place learning to keep on keeping on. i'll end with a chuckle here....
reading a book set in 1990 belfast...two young hooligans verbally sparring and one says to the other...."it used to be called a jumpoline until your mother got on it" i can just see them can't you? ...LOL! sun is finally out and the bike beckons....have a blessed day!
