Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
15 Minute Challenge - November 20th
My Thanksgiving holiday starts a little early since I'm on vacation today and tomorrow. I hope that translates to a bit of sewing, but I have a lot of errands and other things that also need to get done today.
The last week was a pretty dismal one in terms of finding 15 minutes to sew. Actually that's not quite accurate, it was finding the time and the energy at that same time. Last week was really busy with the start of club volleyball and getting stuff prepped for the Lean Team weigh in. Monday was spent printing off the T-shirt transfers and ironing them on the shirts.
The team liked them, so I guess they turned out OK. (Keep in mind that I work in an R&D organization with a lot of PhDs. We are a skewed crew to say the least).
I'm stalling. Here's this week's report.
Only 3 days with any quilt related sewing going on. I debated on counting the T-shirt work, but I set the 15 minute challenge up to help me focus on making progress on my quilts, so that activity just didn't fit.
We'll be spending a lot of time with family next week. But I hope to get a lot of hand work done during that time. It's easy to talk and stitch.
How did you do this week? What are your plans for next week? Link up and share how things are going.
For those in the US, have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Be safe, enjoy your family time and hopefully some extra time to make a few stitches here and there.
The last week was a pretty dismal one in terms of finding 15 minutes to sew. Actually that's not quite accurate, it was finding the time and the energy at that same time. Last week was really busy with the start of club volleyball and getting stuff prepped for the Lean Team weigh in. Monday was spent printing off the T-shirt transfers and ironing them on the shirts.
The team liked them, so I guess they turned out OK. (Keep in mind that I work in an R&D organization with a lot of PhDs. We are a skewed crew to say the least).
I'm stalling. Here's this week's report.
Only 3 days with any quilt related sewing going on. I debated on counting the T-shirt work, but I set the 15 minute challenge up to help me focus on making progress on my quilts, so that activity just didn't fit.
We'll be spending a lot of time with family next week. But I hope to get a lot of hand work done during that time. It's easy to talk and stitch.
How did you do this week? What are your plans for next week? Link up and share how things are going.
For those in the US, have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Be safe, enjoy your family time and hopefully some extra time to make a few stitches here and there.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Design Wall Monday - November 19th
It was a quiet weekend around our place. My Guy is off in Wyoming until Wednesday, so Drama Teen and I were on our own all weekend. She's fully recovered from her round with the stomach bug, so it will be back to school for her today. This is the only day I'll work this week as I'm taking a couple of vacation days in advance of the holiday, mainly because if I don't take them I'll loose them. I'm sure I'll find lots to do around the house between baking, starting prep for the next holiday and hopefully a bit of sewing.
The sewing room got some much needed attention on Saturday. I reorganized a few areas and put away a few things. Some sewing happened too. The center section of Evening Star is now about three quarters of the way done.
The right most section is now up on the wall waiting to be sewn together. It should go together fairly quickly.
I picked out the fabric for the last 6 cups for the Scrappy Coffee Cups project, but didn't think to take a picture of them. I hope to work on some of those while I'm off work this week.
That's it for my design wall this week. Check out Patchwork Times to see what's up on design walls everywhere.
Safe travels to those in the US who are traveling to see family this week and have a happy Thanksgiving.
The sewing room got some much needed attention on Saturday. I reorganized a few areas and put away a few things. Some sewing happened too. The center section of Evening Star is now about three quarters of the way done.
The right most section is now up on the wall waiting to be sewn together. It should go together fairly quickly.
I picked out the fabric for the last 6 cups for the Scrappy Coffee Cups project, but didn't think to take a picture of them. I hope to work on some of those while I'm off work this week.
That's it for my design wall this week. Check out Patchwork Times to see what's up on design walls everywhere.
Safe travels to those in the US who are traveling to see family this week and have a happy Thanksgiving.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Stash Report - November 18th
Yesterday was a day of rest around this house. Drama Teen's stomach is still a bit tender, but she felt much better than she did on Friday. She spent most of her day on the couch in the living room watching The Food Channel. I ended up with a monster headache for the better part of the day. A bit of zoning out in the recliner and a few naps had it receding by evening, so I was able to get into the sewing room for a while.
Rather than sew, I ended up doing some cleaning up and reorganizing. Things had just been stuck on the shelves and tossed into corners, it was time to put some things up and clear up some space. It will be time to wrap Christmas presents once we get done with Thanksgiving and the sewing room doubles as gift wrap central in this house, hence a bit of extra space to store the gift wrap and ribbons is needed.
I did sew a bit. Which is a good thing for the stash report. As small as it was, without it there would have been nothing going out this week.
Used last week: 0.1 yards
Added last week: 0 yards
Used for 2012: 36.65 yards
Added for 2012: 325.38 yards
Net stashed for 2012: 288.73 yards
It's a good week, nothing came in.
As the year winds down, I've been trying to decide what I want to do about stash management for 2013. I'd like to focus more on how much I use rather than what I buy. Retirement is a few years in the future, but with it will come a definite need to cut back on expenses, so maybe adding to the stash now is not such a bad thing. Anyone have any prespective on that observation?
Check out Patchwork Times for more stash status reports.
Rather than sew, I ended up doing some cleaning up and reorganizing. Things had just been stuck on the shelves and tossed into corners, it was time to put some things up and clear up some space. It will be time to wrap Christmas presents once we get done with Thanksgiving and the sewing room doubles as gift wrap central in this house, hence a bit of extra space to store the gift wrap and ribbons is needed.
I did sew a bit. Which is a good thing for the stash report. As small as it was, without it there would have been nothing going out this week.
Used last week: 0.1 yards
Added last week: 0 yards
Used for 2012: 36.65 yards
Added for 2012: 325.38 yards
Net stashed for 2012: 288.73 yards
It's a good week, nothing came in.
As the year winds down, I've been trying to decide what I want to do about stash management for 2013. I'd like to focus more on how much I use rather than what I buy. Retirement is a few years in the future, but with it will come a definite need to cut back on expenses, so maybe adding to the stash now is not such a bad thing. Anyone have any prespective on that observation?
Check out Patchwork Times for more stash status reports.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Foto Finish - Look Down
What a week! I've been away from the computer most of the week, so my apologies to those who I owe emails and for not being up to date on what's going on with you. It's always a mad house when My Guy is on the road and I'm left to hold down the fort. Monday was a zoo and my hopes for a slower paced Tuesday didn't happen. Wednesday was the only night we didn't have something going on and I was asleep in the recliner by 7:00 PM that night. Thankfully Drama Teen and I have nothing on the schedule this weekend. That's doubly good as poor DT caught the stomach bug making the rounds at school and spent her Friday morning either in the bathroom throwing up or in bed asleep. She managed a little dinner last night, so I'm hopeful she's over the worst.
It was nice to just sit back this morning and search the photo files for something that fit Barbara's theme of "look down". Some Saturdays I know just what I want to post, others I have to really do some searching. I remembered that we had taken some walks at Easter this year and thought there might be something in that set of photographs.
I'd completely forgotten about this photo. This little guy was taking advantage of some of the early spring wildflowers. The shot was taken at My Guy's family farm. Things were just starting to green up. We all spent a lot of time looking down that weekend as the snakes were also starting to wake up. Copperheads are common in the area and my brother-in-law had found one by the tree not far from where this was taken just the week before. I've never seen one close to the house, but many in the family have.
Check out Cat Patches to see what else is down with the world this week.
It was nice to just sit back this morning and search the photo files for something that fit Barbara's theme of "look down". Some Saturdays I know just what I want to post, others I have to really do some searching. I remembered that we had taken some walks at Easter this year and thought there might be something in that set of photographs.
I'd completely forgotten about this photo. This little guy was taking advantage of some of the early spring wildflowers. The shot was taken at My Guy's family farm. Things were just starting to green up. We all spent a lot of time looking down that weekend as the snakes were also starting to wake up. Copperheads are common in the area and my brother-in-law had found one by the tree not far from where this was taken just the week before. I've never seen one close to the house, but many in the family have.
Check out Cat Patches to see what else is down with the world this week.
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