Tuesday progress

I do not know how it is with you, but with me it often is as if a to do list has to be sabotaged by my inner brat ;-)
This morning I did not feel like doing anything on my to do list, so this Christmas quilt got a few threads instead.

In the comments yesterday, someone suggested that it is good to be bored, as a sign of improving health.
Is it really ?
It might be that it is ok to be bored if you have choices to do whatever you like ?

I am bored being housebound - not being able to sew much with my sewing machine, not being able to drive a car, not being able to visit friends by myself, not being able to go anywhere outside my house without assistance, bored of being dependant on others all the time.
Bored is a better word than dislike to me in this matter, as I am so happy and grateful for my helpers - without them it would have been worse, and I do like their company, when things are as they are :-)

Luckily being housebound is a temporary state, even if I do not know yet when the cast can come off.
Eventually it will :-)

My Garden has moved forward by a jump today!

Last night I had to knit a little again, and a Blueberry Loveberry preemie hat is done :-)

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails. ~Author Unknown

Hanne

On my design wall

All the stitcheries for My Garden are done and now it is applique which is in focus this week.

By a quick glance it looks like nothing has changed on my design wall since 2 weeks back - nothing much anyway.
I am not a doll person - I Need to get this one done before the summer is over!
Nothing much reminding of summer here today - it is grey and wet today (too).
The makeup pouch is still here too.......

DD2 made us the very best skimmed milk lattes for lunch - thank you :-)

New shoes are nice, even if I only can wear one :-)
If you think I am bored with not being able to move around as I am used to, I can only say yes!

Hanne

Not so much going on

A summer flu took most of my week, but now I am back at it again :-)
I lack 2 blocks stitchery wise, quite a lot of applique and a lot of machine piecing.
I love the look of this project though, so I will keep on keeping on!

A strawberry preemie hat, for Amandaprosjektet.
I did the cast on in a waiting room in the beginning of the week. These hats are nice carry around projects.
I have named these berry hats Loveberries :-)
May they warm both the wee owners and their parents where they come!
Now I am out of started knitting projects, but I am still well stocked on yarn - I will make more Loveberries.

Hanne

Much better :-)

It was something with the green fabric in the framing of these blocks that was not "me" at all. Changing the green with more brown / beige, light blue / grey and Japanese pink - yes! - I like it :-)

I have been spending to much time in waiting rooms lately.
Knitting is good waiting room work, and lace knitting is lovely.
This pattern comes from Ellen's shop. It is fun to do :-)

Hanne

Small steps forward

Not much going on in my corner of the woods, except a thread of stitchery or a thread of knitting, here and there.
The sixth stitchery block for My Garden is done - 3 more to go.

Inspired by May Britt I have started to frame my blocks too, plus adding the applique :-)

 

I might take off some of the green fabric - did not succeed to well with the placement - I can see it now. I think I will leave it on for now, and sleep on it.

I have been knitting a little too, and I love this pattern. I got it as a surprise gift from Ellen, together with lovely white wool. Thank you Ellen!

I did buy this brown bamboo yarn in Canada last year.
As much as I love this colour, I do not love bamboo yarn though - it feels dead, if you know what I mean ?
I have been told it is nice to wear, so I will give it a chance, but I will most likely not buy more of it.

I hope you have had a good Sunday too :-)

Hanne

A surprise and a treasure :-)

Yesterday my DBIL called and said he had spools for me.
He is helping a friend cleaning out his house, and the friend has had an auction business for years - now he is in a care facility.
59 different colours - some a dozen spools, some only 1 or 2, most colours, something in between - all in all a big happy surprise :-)

The mailman brought the treasure today - Anni Downs' last book + wonderful fabrics, all bought from Quiltegården :-)
Thanks Siw - your service is so good!
The book is great - I want to make every single thing in this book - does not happen often :-)

Hanne

Monday evening

One more block done :-)

I even moved the stuffed doll in the right direction today, by an hour's work.

Hanne

A small finish - Christmas in June

If you think you have seen this mouse before, you are so right - I posted about it in December 2010 - here - and you can also find a link to a downloadable stitchery pattern there, designed by yours truly.
I just had to stuff the heart with fibre fill and close the opening by hand - all done in minutes.
When I first finished this heart, I stuffed it with lavender, but the smell got to strong for me.
I had to take all the lavender out, and since then the heart has just been lying here on my desk. Now it is done done :-)

If you start now, you can get an early start on your Christmas gifts :-)

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Please keep in mind that this is my pattern and I enjoy sharing it with you.

You can make as many Christmas mice as you like, to keep, to give away or to sell, adjusting the size if you so prefer
BUT
I will ask you kindly not to teach from my pattern and
not to copy it to your blog or website.
You are welcome to refer your friends to my blog to print their own pattern :-)

~ In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures ~ Kahlil Gibran

Hanne

Design wall Monday

Taking inventory on the week that has passed - nothing on my week goal list is done, but it does not bother me a bit, as I have got the My Garden BOM moving!

I am a simple girl in a complicated body - and I Need my sewing fixes, one way or the other :-)
Right now stitchery is the best, with my foot up.
Sewing machine work is not to comfortable yet.

Hanne

Sunday report

One more block :-)
These blocks are not really finished yet, as they lack applique and finishing touches, but stitchery is good when I sit with my right foot up.

Stitchery, a cup of good dark roasted coffee and a piece of chocolate (or two, three, four) - life is not that bad ;-)

If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up. -Norman Vincent Peale

Hanne

Saturday stitches

The stitchery on My Garden BOM block # 3 is done :-)

Yesterday I re-found a packet of DD2's handmade sweets among my things, and I filled them in this traditional jar - must admit I had a handful too :-)

I love DD2's handmade sweets and I love her handmade soaps, the pink ones!
They are fragrance free and they keep the skin very soft.
I have recently bought these big bars of neutral soap so I can just cut it into suitable pieces. I will not add colour, nor perfume.
Lately I have also found shampoo in bars, and both shampoo and soap bars are so great for travelling, and sort of " going green light" - no plastic bottles to carry or throw away.
You travel light with a small box of soap bars and the box can be used again and again - mine is a mini Tupperware (lunch?)box.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Hanne

My Garden block # 2

2 blocks down, 7 to go - both lacking applique, buttons and log cabin framing.
My plan is to work row by row, and I have already started the third block for this row :-)

It is better to take many small steps in the right direction
than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.
Old Chinese Proverb

Hanne

A change of mind and plans :-)

I just Needed a new project! Something without Santas, something fresh!

This BOM from Lynette Anderson is perfect - summery,stitchery, patchwork, lovely buttons!
I subscribed to this BOM from Quiltegården last year, but I must admit I neglected it badly.
Not so anymore :-)

It is a woman's prerogative to change her mind
with no notice nor any apparent logic.

Hanne

Left-foot work

I have been stitching, but I must admit I am not very inspired right now.

My furry friend, Miss Rusket, enjoys her rests, but I am just plain bored being housebound.

I had to try doing some left foot work this evening, and with frequent rests, I managed to finish a block. I like using the foot pedal more than using the manual start and stop on the sewing machine.
I am aiming for more machine work in the morning :-)

Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all. ~Emily Dickinson

Hanne

Goals are good, right ?

Rusket and I have spent time outdoors today - me on the top of the veranda stairs, on my bum, in the sun, and Rusket in the shady corner.
I can not get my wheelchair down the stairs, but a girl needs her sun and fresh air, right ?

Sitting outdoors is good for thinking too :-)
It came to mind that it is time to revive the Focus Projects again, as I am feeling I do not accomplish much at the moment. Make me kind of restless.

This Lynette Anderson Christmas BOM I want to be done with, stitching wise, through the week.

It would be more than cool if I could finish an average of 1 block a day through the week. It does depend on me (my body) cooperating with the sewing machine though. Today not so
much.

This little make up purse needs some decor before the last joining seams. I think it will be stitchery of some kind.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. ~ Les Brown

Hanne

Counting the smaller blessings :-)

I absolutely love boxes! I love them best when they are beautiful, and preferably made of metal, glass, cardboard or wood material.
I do not care to much about plastic boxes, but some of them have personality too.

There are so many nice vintage style boxes around these days, and this girlie box is so nice.
The Singer box is a true keepsake from days gone by.
I do not buy many boxes anymore, but I do enjoy the ones I have, on a daily basis.

DD2 spoiled us the other day, with Churros, recipe from this blog.
Strong black fresh grounded coffee and fresh from the kitchen baked goods - a moment to enjoy and remember :-)
These Churros reminded me a lot about the Pretzels from Shipshewana - my favourite is cinnamon & sugar.

The furball sends her greetings to other furballs in blogland - may your days be filled with happy bug hunting and lazy moments :-)

A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles.

Hanne