I came back from a wonderful mini vacation to a surprise in my mailbox…
Thanks once again to Stampington & Company for choosing to publish more of my cards. Now that explains why I hadn’t gotten all of them back in the previous package. :)
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Good morning all! Welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday.
I’ve got my beverage…how about you? How is it that you never notice a dirty window or dusty surface until it’s displayed for anyone to see in a photo?? Early morning shots are the worst!! Ok…moving on.
I think a lot of you will recognize this view out our patio door…but something’s missing?!!
Shall I refresh your memory?
The playset is no more. That era is over. Mr. G took it down yesterday.
We still need to dig out the sand box and remove the remaining wood. We’ll need to do some fill of dirt and of course some grass seed for the bare patches. The plan is to put a fire pit in that area.
I just can’t believe how much bigger the yard looks!
I once again have a long to do list today although I don’t plan to go anywhere today. I’ve been avoiding a ton of paperwork but I’m going to have to tackle it today.
I did check one thing off my list already this morning though…
Patching my favorite shorts. They are getting so worn out. I don’t dare wear them any place but at home for fear they will split open or simply fall apart. I keep stitching together the rips but this spot needed a patch. Why not something cute!?! It was a scrap of embroidered linen I had trimmed off for another project.
What are you doing today??
Several weeks ago I mentioned an upcoming article but wasn’t at liberty to discuss until now…
It’s here! My complementary copy of the Summer 2015 edition of Sew Somerset.
Last September I was approached by an editor of Sew Somerset about my fabric collage cards I had listed on etsy. She asked if I’d send some to her for possible publication. You betcha! (sorry my Minnesota is showing) So I sent off a dozen cards and didn’t hear anything more until February when I get an email requesting that I write an article to go along with the cards they planned on publishing. YES!!
I am in absolute awe of how lovely they made the layout.
The closeups and color combinations…wow! And that is why those people are pros!!
All in all I have 5 pages! Amazing….I’m thrilled! Seriously thrilled!!
I want to thank Sew Somerset for publishing my words and art. It’s very uplifting to have asked to be a part of this wonderful publication.
I popped on the Stampington website this morning and look what I found.
Do you see it?
Here’s a closer view…
My article listed in the table of contents for the summer issue of Sew Somerset!!
I’ll tell you all about how the article came to be after I get my hands on a copy June 1st.
I can hardly wait!!
Since it is April and we’ll be honoring Earth Day as well as Elizabeth’s birthday on the 22nd, I thought it was fitting to take a second look at one of my favorite recycling projects.
The original post was from September 18, 2008. Incidentally, this quilt is still in use on the boy’s bed even though all 5’10” of him no longer fits underneath it.
Lets take a second look at the post…
I finished sewing the quilt yesterday morning. I would have been done on Tuesday night but first I put the bobbin in wrong then broke a needle and then put the new needle in backwards so it kept breaking the thread. It was very frustrating. I knew then that it was just time to be done for the day.
After the sewing, I had to clip each seam allowance every half inch then wash it so it would fray after washing. The nylon stocking that serves as my filter on my washing machine outlet had a large fist size ball of frayed denim and flannel in it. Then the dryer lint trap was even more full of fluff. I would have taken it to a laundry mat but we don’t have any around here anymore. It’s a 20 min drive to the closest one.
There are several things I love about this quilt:
- All the flannel is from my maternity tops and my boy’s flannels from when he was very small.
- The denim is from both mine and my hubby’s old jeans. Together we’ve lost about 50lbs!!
- The “batting” I used was scraps of polar fleece that I got for free from someone’s “project gone wrong”
- This blanket is fairly heavy! This provides good sensory comfort for my boy. He needs/loves heavy blankets to help him sleep through the night.
I totally missed T stands for Tuesday last week. 
I can’t even remember what I was doing other than not being on my computer.
I do know what I was obsessively making on Thursday though…
I turned on some music, grabbed my scraps and began piecing together collages. I think I was inspired to make more after writing an article about my process. I’ll give you more of a heads up on that when it’s about to be published. :) Honestly I’m not sure how much I’m allowed to say about it until it comes out so that’s all I’m saying for now.
I’m such a tease…I know.
Today we are expecting a snow storm but we haven’t seen a flake so far. If it’s as bad as they say, Little J’s concert may be postponed tonight. In the mean time I’ll be working around the house. Exciting, huh?!?
So…what are you doing today?
Don’t you hate it when your favorite pair of socks gets a hole!
I decided to do something about it. I searched through my old sewing box filled with goodies from the past and found exactly what I was looking for.
A darning tool. Keeping old skills part of the present is a passion of mine. Yes I embrace technology and all that goes with it but there is just something about handwork that really makes me feel accomplished. Or perhaps, closer to my roots.
I set to work stitching and weaving as I have seen in pictures with the darning tool holding the sock firm and providing a surface to drag the needle across…ie: not my fingers.
Given the fact that I was pretty much winging it…I don’t think I did too bad. I learned some things for next time which will likely be soon since the other sock is getting very thin.