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Monday already?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Terri | 1 comment

Monday’s Musings – Do you have a bucket list? What’s the 5th item on it?

Mister and I were talking last night about how fast last week flew by. I think it’s because he’s back in school and we’re both keeping busy. Time needs to slow down a bit though because I have a lot I want to do 😉

I thought I made a “Goals for January” post but I can’t find it. Hmmm. One of the things I wanted to accomplish this month was ticked off my list this weekend. I signed up for a monthly mini quilt “class.” How sad is it that I didn’t find the Temecula Quilt Co., until after I moved away from Oceanside! It would have been less than an hour drive for me to go to that shop. I found a post early last year of someone who was stitching their monthly minis and made a note to sign up for this year. I love that it’s an automatic but that you’re not locked in for any length of time. If it becomes too much, I can just contact them and they’ll cancel my “subscription.”

I’m also on a Yahoo group with a miniature quilt designer who gave out some great advice this past week on how to keep on track to make our mini quilts.

Week 1 – Plan your quilt, pick out your fabrics and cut the pieces.
Week 2 – Sew the cut pieces into blocks.
Week 3 – Put the blocks together and add the borders.
Week 4 – Finish the quilting and add binding.

Looks fairly doable to me. I just need to figure out how to fit in 2 mini quilts 😉

I’m still being a bad “rotator.” I just can’t put And They Sinned down. I’m into it about 29 hours now over 10 days.

I’m starting my packing today for my Vegas trip. Yay!

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Gratitude

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Terri | 1 comment

Since I switched from full crosses to Continental stitch I am really loving Scarlet Letter’s Gratitude.

Here is my first progress photo. I have completely stitched the little lady on the right, but I obviously took this photo prior to that. I can only work on her for a short period of time due to the stitch count so I have been saving her for stitch-in at Attic. I have yet to decide whether or not she’ll be coming to Las Vegas with me next week (squeeeee! Vegas!!!! Sorry 😉 )

Scarlet Letter “Gratitude”
Over 1 on 40 count

I bought the majority of required DMC for Berlin Woolwork Sampler yesterday. The store was out of a couple of colors. Hoping to cut and serge my fabric today/tomorrow and start organizing all that floss.

If any stitching happens today, before I head to Attic for tonight’s open stitch, it will be on Fairy Moon. It’s very hard to not keep stitching on And They Sinned. I am really loving that piece.

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Minutiae

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Terri | 10 comments

Don’t you hate it when you go to bed and your brain won’t shut off!?!?! Sometimes, hitting “publish” on my blog has the same effect. This post could probably be a result of both of those events.

While the title of this post is “Minutiae” the post is very long and tedious to probably everyone but me 😉

Goals

I’ve been trying to figure out a “theme” for myself this year. For some reason in my mind I think if I have a theme it would be easier for me to stick to some goals I want to meet or improve on what I’m already doing. The word “control” keeps popping in my mind. I need to better control my weight-loss. I need to better control my finances. I need to better control my housekeeping. I need to better control my hobby stash. Okay, maybe my theme should be “better” since that keeps preceding “control.”

Health

I never discuss my weight-loss efforts here. I don’t know why. I know there are other people out there trying to fight the battle of the bulge. I use the online Weight Watchers plan so I can use the eTools. I do not attend meetings since you have to pay for each one and there are no monthly passes here which automatically give you access to eTools.

My hobbies are very sedentary and I know they don’t help but I refuse to give them up. I’m going ~~to try~~ to focus more on my weight-loss efforts in 2013. I weighed less for my first 2013 weigh-in than I did for my first 2012 weigh-in but I’m not happy with that. My 2 large hurdles are activity and Mister.

Right now it’s too cold to me to walk in the mornings and when the warmer afternoons get here I get too lazy because I’m enjoying snuggling with the puppies and a cup of tea while stitching. Then the evening arrives and the cold comes back. I do not have clothing (bottoms) to walk in cold. I’ve been searching for sweatpants but am surprised at how hard it is to find any right now! 😆

Mister and I have one day over the weekend where we eat out. In the past it was usually Friday since her didn’t have class and we’d go to the movies and out to eat. Last year on that day I’d ask first thing in the morning where we would be eating so I could plan my points for the day. It became quite evident very early on that the answer from him would be very unreliable as he’d quite frequently change his mind and it would be somewhere that was very hard for me to track points on. I gave in and gave up too easily. I don’t think he’s doing it intentionally because I know he’s concerned about potential health problems from my weight so this year I plan on being more assertive and in control. Of course right now he has class 5 days a week 😉

Money

I know. It’s not polite to talk about money. Nothing too lower-class here, though.

Once I stopped working and started getting an “allowance” I quit balancing my checkbook. I am trying to get back into writing checks for two reasons. First, it helps retailers (who still accept them) save money since they don’t have to pay a fee if I write a check. I used to offer to use my debit card but these days so many banks charge fees for debit purchases too. Second, I balance my checkbook religiously when I write checks and I keep a better handle on how I’m spending my money.

I got into a really bad habit this past year of charging things on my credit card and then transferring to cover. There’s no need for me to be doing this when I don’t get any type of reward for charging on my CC. I’m also going to increase the amount I’m putting on that CC and get it gone!

I’m also going to start putting some of my “allowance” into savings for “stitchy travel.”

It’s been a bit of a blow to my psyche to become “dependent” on Mister’s retirement pay. I think doing the above things will help me feel a little more independent and in control.

Homekeeping

I can remember in the not so distant past that every time someone would ask me what I wanted to be when I grow up I would answer a stay-at-home-wife. I did get to be that for a very short time while we were stationed in Okinawa and I loved it. Such a shocker since I was raised to be an independent woman (by my father). This past year has been such a learning experience for me and I can’t wait to see what I learn in 2013.

One thing that I absolutely swear by is FlyLady. I don’t follow her routines or zones exactly the same as she publishes but I have taken what she’s given me and modified it to work in my home, which is what I believe she wants all of us to do.

Our new home — I guess I should stop calling it that now that I’ve lived here for a year — Our home is twice the size of any house I have ever lived in. I knew immediately that I would have to change my housekeeping ways if I was to stay on top of utter CHAOS (can’t have anyone over syndrome) in such a huge place. My home is not perfectly clean or perfectly decorated but I am not ashamed to invite anyone into it nor do I freak out if my doorbell rings.

When I lived in California my house was small enough that I could follow FlyLady’s zones fairly closely as to how they’re published. This gave me the anchor I needed and the time I needed to learn the mindset. In this house I’ve changed it. I have a different “zone” every day, instead of changing zones each week. Every Monday – Friday I do my daily routines and I “do” one room of my house. Saturday and Sunday I do my daily routines but I don’t “do” a zone, and I rarely do laundry on Sunday.

For example: Monday – Friday I do my daily routines (make my bed; shower and dress; swish and swipe master bath; take dirty clothes downstairs; start laundry; swish and swipe downstairs powder room (next to laundry room); eat breakfast while watching the news). It takes me less than 20 minutes to make my bed, swish and swipe both bathrooms, carry the laundry down and start it, and make my breakfast and start unloading the dishwasher — I usually have oatmeal for breakfast so while that’s nuking I’m unloading the dishwasher. It all sounds and looks like a lot when I write it and read it back but I’ve been doing it so long now that I don’t even think about it anymore. If I’m going out of the house it’ll take me longer since I’ll be doing more than slapping on some moisturizer.

Then I spend approximately 30-60 minutes each morning on my zone; rebooting the laundry; plan/start prep for our evening meal; and, spend 2 15-minute sessions decluttering. These days the decluttering is strictly in my stitching room. The length of time in a room depends on that room. If it’s my living room then I dust my furniture and shutters and vacuum. This might take me 30 minutes if the dogs are in there helping by bringing me toys. Same goes for my dining room. If it’s my kitchen it can take me an hour since I have to also damp mop the floor, wipe out some of the shelves in the refrigerator, etc. while I’m purging leftovers. Plus, it’s a much larger room than my dining room or my living room. It only takes me more than an hour if I don’t stick to my routines. This is how I get so much stitching done. I feel guilty if I sit down to stitch and I haven’t done anything in my house.

Where I can improve is starting myself a control journal as suggested on FlyLady’s site. She publishes missions (chores) to do in each zone and I think I’m going to start printing them out and putting them in a control journal so when I get to that room in my house I can do them. There are some things she talks about doing that slips my mind (like dusting the ceiling fans and baseboards). The nice thing about these missions is they never take very long to do and make a huge difference.

By this time are you (if anyone is reading this) thinking I’m anal or OCD? I’m not, but I do have ADD and this helps me from being overwhelmed. If you’re not familiar with ADD, sometimes tasks get so overwhelming that we don’t know where to start, so we don’t start, then the task gets even more overwhelming and it’s a vicious circle that will cause a melt-down. When I start on a room I start at the left and work clockwise around a room. Every single time!

Hobby Stash

We sold a commercial grade ladder on a local Facebook group on Saturday. It was like winning the lottery! Our first piece of “clutter” gone in 2013. Mister has started gathering the bike parts he no longer needs/wants to sell on eBay. I have been decluttering my own hobby stash for over a year, but haven’t put any of it up for sale. That’s about to change.

I have been stitching for 35 years and rarely got rid of any of the designs that I’ve already stitched. I currently have 3 copy-paper boxes full of patterns, kits, etc., stuff to sell. I’ll be listing it on my blog first, then on a couple of Facebook groups (and my own page), then I’ll go the eBay route. I did think of opening an Etsy shop so I’ll have to look into fees, etc., for that. I have blogged this before, but I also have very few of my stitched pieces hanging on my walls. I’m going to first use whatever funds we generate to finish buying the framing supplies I need and get a lot of those pieces framed.

Getting rid of excess stash and having my beautiful crafts on display will help me control the clutter in my stitching room and not be so overwhelmed by how much stuff I have that I don’t use.

Blogging

This last bit is hard. I want to blog more and share more photos of what I’ve been doing. My computer is upstairs in my stitching room. My stitching is done downstairs, but all my other “crafting” is done upstairs in my stitching room. I’m trying to figure out a way to get myself in front of the computer more. I actually miss blogging!

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2012 Year End Review

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Terri | 3 comments

My 2012 Goals were:

■Get back to blogging more frequently. I think I did blog more frequently, but still feel guilty that I didn’t blog more than I did.

■Get back to rotating my stitching and tracking my time. I started out really strong on my rotation then lost my watch 🙁 I did continue to track my time, but more in the number of days it took me to stitch something than the actual length of time.

■Stick to my WIPocalypse goals and keep my page updated. Not 100% success.

■Post to the Theme-a-licious challenge as often as my rotation works into it. I was doing rather well in this, too, until I hit a “snag” then just couldn’t get myself back in it.

■Post my monthly TUSAL. I don’t think I ever did this. It was laziness on my part because I certainly kept up with it at home!

■Participate in at least 6 3 Fair and Square exchanges. (changed 1/8/12) 1 finished 2/12 I had every intention in participating in the 3 exchanges. Once I finished the first one I never saw notification of any others. I’ve since figured out what I did wrong so I can see when the new exchanges come up.

■Finish out all 6 3 received Fair and Square exchanges. My received item is sitting on my finishing table waiting on me to finish it. I’ve already decided what I want to do, I’m just having trouble finding a suitable finishing item for it.

■Stitch a Santa ornament for my Santa display. I stitched 3 Prairie Schooler Santas for my display…but they never got ornamentified 🙁

■Take at least 1 stitching related class. Oh, joy, oh, yes! I attended the Attic’s Summer Soiree and had a blast! The projects we received in class are at the very top of my finish list for 2013.

■Finish logging my charts into my spreadsheet. I am 90% finished with this!!!!

■Start organizing my freebies. Didn’t get to them or the magazines since I didn’t finish with the charts.

■Organize my magazine designs.

The first half of 2012 found Mister and I holding our breath and living a wait and see life. His retirement on February 1 scared us both a little. It was such a huge change for us going first from two incomes, down to his, then down to 75% of his. I was so thankful that I remembered how frugal I had to be when we first married. Of course back then there was no internet to peruse to find hints and secrets of how everyone else was doing it 😉 It took awhile for his disability pay to kick in, but once that happened we both felt the relief those funds could bring.

I traveled in January to Las Vegas and had a blast with Melissa, Annette and Annette’s mother, Pat. There was a lot of stitching, and laughing, and a good bit of gambling that occurred and I actually came home richer than I arrived.

I enjoyed as many open stitching nights as I could at Attic Needlework. There were several Bag Ladies stitchins, and I loved, loved, loved the Sampler Sundays I attended. I feel so blessed to be living near Attic, getting to know so many designers that live nearby, and stitching with some wonderful women.

I found a really nice quilt shop and started the first of 3 quilt classes in January. I still haven’t finished the two quilts (one needs binding, one needs quilting and binding) but I did manage to finish what I think is a beautiful quilted bag that I tote all over the place with my stitching.

I read more books than I can remember and feel bad that I didn’t keep track of just how much I read.

And stitching! Lordy, did I stitch this year! I have been having so much fun with it! I had 11 stitching pieces on my WIPacolypse list. I finished 3. I also started 7 more, and finished 5 of those. Not bad 😉

Petite Mexican Sampler – The Samplar Workes – finished
Peacock Tapestry – Teresa Wentzler – (started 9/99) stitched on for 10 hours
Harmony – Serendipity Designs – started 11/23/97 — this had about 10 stitches in it. I took it with me to Vegas and unstitched it, then gridded the bottom of the fabric. Fortunately, I measured before I started stitching again and discovered there would have only been a one inch margin all the way around my fabric. I have put it aside, and taken it off my WIP/UFO list for now since there’s nothing but a gridded piece of fabric.
Haiku – Dimples Designs – started January 2004 – finished
Fairy Moon – Mirabilia – started October 27, 2004 – this saw a lot of stitching. I am almost finished with the stitching and will keep her in my 2013 rotation until she’s finished.
QS Letting Go – HAED – November 19, 2005
Red Desert Scissor Pocket – The Cat’s Whiskers – started October 11, 2006 – needs finishing out
Quaker Needlework Treasures – With My Needle – originally started October 2006; picked back up January 11, 2010
Le Marquoir de Justine – started January 4, 2007
Hannah Beeby – finished 4/15/12
Houses of Hawk Run Hollow – Carriage House Samplings – started January 18, 2010
New Start – Rose Quaker Sampler – Wiehenburg – (Started 4/25/12 stitchalong on Wednesdays)
New Start — Hannah Gilpin 1800 – Needleprint
Mary Wigham – Needleprint – New Start 4/26/12 – finished 9/1/12 I fell so in love with this piece I couldn’t put it down!
Americana – Carriage House Samplings – New Start finished 6/9/12
America – Little House Needleworks – New Start finished 6/17/12
Betsy – Sheepish Designs – New Start finished 6/25/12
America – Blackbird Designs – New Start finished 7/8/12

I also conquered my fear of finishing ornaments!

I got a new car! I got to travel to California and see Son and Melissa. Son and Girlfriend came here for Christmas. My parents came here for New Year (haven’t visited me in over 12 years).

All in all I feel I had a really good year. Mister and I stayed healthy. Harley Quinn had a rough year-end, but it looks like she’s completely healed and we’re very thankful to be starting 2013 with her and Jasper healthy.

Mister starts back to school on Monday. I’m looking forward to the routine it helps keep me in and the uninterrupted stitching time it gives me.

Last but not least, I managed to finally start And They Sinned yesterday. I have a 25% off everything coupon for Jo-Ann so I’ll be buying DMC for Berlin Woolwork Sampler and starting on that on the 15th.

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More Gratitude

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Terri | 2 comments

I ended up restitching what I frogged, plus more, on Gratitude yesterday. The magnifier did help, however, I frogged it out again. It just looks like awful knots because the fiber is so thick. I was ready to “frisbee” that project across the room after frogging it a second time! I immediately started working on Fairy Moon while we caught up on Arrow on the DVR and made great progress on it.

I had a nail appointment this morning and drove over to Attic afterward to get some new silks for Gratitude but Jean talked me into doing tent stitch with the silks I have instead of full crosses with new silks. Now I’m trying to decide if I want to stitch on Gratitude or Fairy Moon tonight.

I don’t know how much I’ll be blogging for the next week or so. My parents are leaving from Louisiana tomorrow morning and heading this way for a week. I have no idea what we’ll be doing while they’re here! 😆

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Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Terri | 1 comment

A belated Merry Christmas to all those who believe in, and celebrate, Christmas. Actually Merry Christmas to everyone 😉 My Christmas celebration was a day early as Son and Girlfriend flew in on Sunday morning and had to fly out again Christmas night. I cooked and we opened gifts on Monday and spent Christmas day sitting around talking and being as lazy as we could be with the thought of “we have a plane to catch” in the back of our mind. Needless to say it went by way too fast.

I was blessed though! Mister bought me a beautiful bracelet with charms that represent my Bandit (beautiful blue and white swirls), Harley Quinn (black spotted bling), and stitching (a frog prince 😉 ). He couldn’t find one that represented Jasper at the time he purchased the other two so he’ll be looking for that one next. In addition to their presence, DS and Girlfriend gave me a delicious box of chocolates and a gift card to help enable my hobbies. DS and Girlfriend also talked the whole weekend about getting married. She bought him a Klingon dictionary and they were also joking around about memorizing wedding vows in Klingon. All the marriage talk made my heart go pitter patter. They’ve been a couple for 6 years.

As planned, I started Scarlet Letter’s Gratitude yesterday and worked on it while listening to A Christmas Carol and DS and GF talking. I absolutely adore the 1938 black and white version and recorded it while we were sleeping Christmas Eve. I really need to get a copy for my collection as I could watch it more than just during Christmas. I saved what I recorded and will be stitching to it again this afternoon while the house is quiet.

Anyway, after about an hour I had to put Gratitude aside. It’s full crosses over 1 on 40 count and I’m definitely going to be stitching this one under a magnifier. Wearing my readers didn’t help much! LOL Looks like I’ll be doing some stitching space rearranging later today to see if I can get my stitching table close enough for my small magnifier. If not I’ll have to figure out where to stitch on it, or maybe just keep it as my Attic stitching piece.

I got so caught up in decorating the house and getting ready for Son and GF to get here that I slacked off on updating my blog and working on more of my 2013 crafting plans. They are many, but small, if that makes sense 😉 I’ll finish them up and get them posted by the weekend as my parents are driving in and due to arrive on Saturday. This will be the first time they’ve visited me in more than 11 years.

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2013 Crafting Plans – Part 1

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Terri | 2 comments

I have become interested in so many things this past year that I can’t make just stitching plans anymore! While stitching is my predominant obsession, there is also quilting, reading, chain maille, beading, and what I call “general craftiness.” (And, yes, I know reading is not a craft.) I have decided to make a permanent note of some things I’d like to accomplish in 2013. Nothing is set in stone. I know my tastes might change, or I may not like something after I’ve tried it, so I won’t have any guilt about altering or deleting something from my list. The main thing will be to shop my own stuff.

I’ve decided to break up my plans since the stitching portion is so large! LOL

Stitching

1. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks organizing my craft room and entering my stitching into a spreadsheet. I pulled a whole bunch of stuff out that I know I will never, ever stitch so number 1. on my list is de-stash.

2. Since I got to look at every single design I now own, I was reminded of so many of the things I bought and have put away that I truly love and want to complete. Many of them purchased as kits, or kitted up by me, most of them very small stitching accessories, or tiny samplers, that I want to stitch. I’ve put them in a basket and want to stitch from that basket first before I pull something new out of my vast selection.

Here’s a list:

Blackbird Designs – Feast of Friendship
Dessins – Deers Among Wood
Examplar Dames – And They Sinned
Needlemade Designs – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Needle’s Prayse – Berlin Woolwork Sampler
NeedleWorkPress – Commemorating a Centennial
Plum Street Samplers – Beans, Beans
Plum Street Samplers – Eliza Scattergood
Scarlet Letter – Gratitude
Scarlett House – Christmastide at Holly House
Blackbird Designs – Waiting for the Harvest
Cherry Wood Designs – Acorn Pincushion
Chessie & Me – Pumpkin Stack
Erica Michaels – Mending
Ewe & I & Friends – Queen of Hearts
Ink Circles – Treble, Bass, and Alto designs
Just Nan – Needle Tweets
Just Nan – Feathered Fashion
Little House Needleworks – Home of a Needleworker
Little House Needleworks – A Stitcher’s Prayer
Little House Needleworks – Scissors Bed
Little House Needleworks – Schoolgirl Lessons
Little House Needleworks – Jessie Bell – Arizona Territory
Lizzie Kate – Life’s a Stitch
Lizzie Kate – A Good Marriage
Lizzie Kate – Less is More
Milady’s Needle – Faithful Friends
Scarlett House – Emma Mills 1839
Sweetheart Tree – Teeny Wedding Announcement
Threads of Gold – Barbara Schlater
Twisted Oaks Design – Roses and Rooster
Prairie Schooler – 1987-2012 annual Santas

A bit scary, huh. These are things that have not been started! Will they all get started? Most definitely not, and even if they do I don’t promise that they’ll get finished in 2013 either. They’re just what I’m hoping to choose from when I ~~need~~ want a new start.

In addition to the above, I will also continue working on my WIPs. The first ones pulled are going to be Dimple Designs – Haiku, and Mirabilia – Fairy Moon. Both are very close to being finished. As mentioned in a previous post I am planning on starting Scarlet Letter “Gratitude” on Christmas day, and will start Examplar Dames “And They Sinned” on January 1, and Needle’s Prayse “Berlin Woolwork Sampler” on January 15. As of this writing I am planning on these last two being my only large starts for 2013 while I work on some of my other larger WIPs during the year.

I’ll update on the other craftiness in the next few days. Right now I have a third of my china cabinet spread out all over my kitchen (been moving furniture); boxes and boxes of holiday decorations piled up in the garage that Mister is patiently (for now) waiting on me to dig through for what I want to put up this year; 3 large boxes of things in my guest room that need to be sorted out so Son will have a place to sleep when he arrives; my cutting table set up in the upstairs hallway covered with beading, chain maille, wool, and quilting craft stuff I’ve been sorting; and a Coke Zero calling my name.

Oh, and for those following along. HarleyQuinn had a successful surgery. She is still recoverying to the point where she is still having to take pain pills. We were warned it was major and the recovery would be slow (about a month). She is still having some digestive problems but we think it’s due to the medicines and then change in diet she had to have due to surgery. She had lost about a pound and a half and for her that is a LOT. She started having her regular food worked back into her diet yesterday and we’re keeping our fingers crossed that it will help with her digestive problems and get some weight back on her. Right this second she’s taking a nap with Mister and Jasper.

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Yep, I did it!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Terri | 1 comment

I have obligated myself to a stitch-along 😀

Nicola’s Scarlet Letter Year

I have chosen Gratitude as my first SL piece. I have 3 other Scarlet Letter designs in my stash and will chose the next one once Gratitude is finished. If you’re interested in joining in click on the graphic above and it will take you to the rules. (Link repaired! Sorry about that.)

Mary Wigham is home from the framers and on the wall.

In non-stitchy news, smalls tweaks to the abode still occur. We are in the process of installing the stairwell pendant, and dining room chandelier. A longer ladder is required. The 17 foot one Mister bought is not long enough to keep me from having palpitations when he’s trying to do these things. Last night, he had a few palpitations, too. Thus the decision (naturally).

I’ve also started decorating for Christmas. For the first time in our 31 years of marriage I am “allowing” colored lights on our tree! LOL This means a new purchase. We’ve been twice and still don’t have enough! Once more trip should do it.

Pictures of the new lighting and decorations will be shared later, when all the sawdust and shredded paper has been finally dealt with.

😀

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Secrets

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Terri | 7 comments

How good are you at keeping them? It’s hard for me sometimes. Look at the secret I discovered tonight!

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Stitchin’ and a Quiltin’

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Terri | Comments Off

My house smells so good right now! I am baking banana bread. Yummy!

Yesterday was Bag Ladies at Attic Needlework. It’s starts at 10:00 a.m. and finishes when the last stitcher leaves, or they run us off so they can close the store. You bring a bag lunch, thus the name. I have not been able to attend as frequently as I’d like since it’s only once a month and so many times this past year I’ve had a schedule conflict, from either a quilt class or a doctor appointment.

Tonight is open stitch at Attic Needlework. This is a weekly event and I go as often as I can. Sometimes I don’t feel like packing up my stitching to drive the hour to get there because I’m already sitting cozy in my stitching chair and stitching up a storm. Most of the time I go because I love the company.

Progress is still moving along (although slowly yesterday) in the organization arena. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get a lot done. Harley has her surgery and I’m hoping I can get in my room and fret my troubles away in a productive manner instead of being a complete basket case sitting in my chair and borrowing trouble. I’ve very good at borrowing trouble when it comes to the puppies.

Edgar, over at Blacksheep’s bit of the Web, is having a beautiful gift-away if quiltin’s your thang 😉 Go give him some love. He does beautiful stitching and makes me want to move in with some of the baking he shares.