Time!

Yeah, I made some time for myself today so I really need to put it to good use. One thing is to put a couple pictures on the blog. One of Patora trying to look Christmasy. Another of the muffler maybe made for Takumi (I found the darning needle in the bottom of the yarn basket). Another picture of a "muffler" I made from scraps of batik material. I had bought a very nice Japanese version for Bessie and though I debated about whether I could make it from memory I decided that Bessie would want Japanese fabric anyway (of which I have none) and so bought it for her. Then I proceeded to measure and cut and made my own version. I had put batting in which makes it stiffer than the original. I'll try again and maybe make it a bit narrower too. I love the batik prints though. OK. Off to do something constructive!

No needle

What do I have to say today? Not too much. I couldn't find my darning needle yesterday so I never finished the edge to the muffler. That is only a 5 minute conclusion to that project but no needle anywhere. I never got to the name quilt either though I've been carrying it around for the past few days.

I spent the evening "helping" Takumi with an essay question by chat and computer but I doubt that I gave him any ideas. We got to the point that we weren't even sure what the question meant. It seems he had written it down from some friend but it seemed like a strange question to me and suggested that the real question might be... That threw him for a loop and we never did figure it out.

Off to the kindergarten today for a last (hopefully) rehersal for the Christmas program on Saturday.

The cats are still playing with my pin cushions. I found two needles on the floor this morning. Maybe that's why my darning needle is missing. It might have gotten taken on one of their play times.

Plans

I'm not doing well with blogging. I guess I figure my life is pretty boring if I don't post pictures and I only get pictures taken of my minimal quilting or knitting. Well, December is a busy month. I'll have to settle down one of these days but maybe not until after the weekend. Oh no. I've got children's ornaments to craft and teach so it will be close to Christmas before I can just quilt again. Maybe I'll get some of the kids so inspired that they'll make some great ornaments this year. (We're making woven hearts and sewing some beads. Can they do it?) Back later.

Finally sewing

Well, I finally had a sewing day yesterday and got one of my goals done. I finished prayer quilt number 5 but it is going in the closet until a time when it can be given. When I say finished, I mean the top. I haven't put it together with backing and batting and of course it hasn't been tied or the binding put on. It can not quite be called into service instantaneously but I don't think I want to have it at that stage in my closet. It is done for now..!

In the evening I pulled out the name quilt for Takumi but there is no way it will get to the States before Christmas so it's been relegated to low on the priority list. Same for the muffler. Same for whatever I was planning to make for Kiana and Colin. I'll have to use the internet for them.

Here is one of my pincushions that I rescued again from the cats. I liked some of the bloggers' chicken pincushion and made myself one for the sewing machine.

Sewing again

Ok. I'm back. I had a terrible week and have had trouble getting back to normal. The major difficulty has been resolved and I guess I'd better not even mention the cause. Surfice to say I didn't do any hand work at all and wasn't even here for a lot of the time!

Yesterday I got back to the sewing machine and started another prayer quilt, this time in green. I wasn't working very fast so I only got a quarter of it done. I'll try to finish up today. I haven't worked on Takumi's name quilt or the muffler. I haven't got any pictures. I have a hundred things to do today, one of which is clean the car and rid it of dog fur. That will take a couple of hours I'm sure so who knows if I'll ever get back to my sewing chair...

In a funk

Nothing to show and I'm in a bad mood anyway today. (The whole weekend!) I will not go into details. Anyway, I briefly sewed on Saturday and decided to do Takumi's name quilt. That isn't finished yet but I've started the quilting. I also started the muffler and that isn't anywhere done yet either. Ah, well. Maybe if I get some sewing time in today my mood will change (but the problem is no where near being resolved.)

Missing pin cushions

No pictures today. I muddled around in the evening not inspired to work on the Autumn Blossom quilt, not willing to go upstairs to the cold (and messy) sewing room. I only had about an hour anyway (it was after 8:00) so.... I pulled out the knitting needles and started a muffler! I don't know if I plan well or not. I have the materials at my fingertips but after all my contemplation about goals I hadn't really planned to do the scarf. I was just something to keep my hands busy for an hour. Now I have to finish it.

My cats (who know which one) are giving me a headache that could be dangerous. I wake up in the mornings and either find that my pin cushion is not where I'd put it the night before (usually next to my chair) or there is a pin cushion (the chair one or the one from the sewing room) which is lying in the middle of some room. Some cat has been using it as a toy! That is annoying in itself, but I suspect that I'm missing some pins and needles too. I'm almost positive that I'd had a threaded needle in it the night before but there isn't one there now... I may have to figure out a way to tack these things down...