Seriously though, I have been busy with reorganizing and trying to figure out what I want to do. I'm in a rut with my projects. The good news is that I am making progress on each project but the bad news is that, without thinking about it, most of the projects I'm working on are using the same colors. I have been stuck working with Black, Green, and Red DMC Floss. Good thing that I have big cones of the Black and Red so I don't have to worry about getting more.
Ready for some updated pictures? Here I go...
First up is a block that I am doing from one of my Facebook groups. This is just the first one. Not sure how many of the blocks I will do but it is pieced which is outside of my comfort zone. You know that I love applique more but sometimes I have to work on pieced projects also.
These next two pictures are from the Covid house exchange project from one of my groups. We exchanged house blocks and this is how I'm putting mine together. I was feeling pretty good about getting two rows done and then I noticed it....
(insert big sigh here). Somehow I cut into one of the blocks. Se that metal sticking out of a slit in this next picture? Yep, up towards the top. Now I have to think on how I will repair/cover it up. Of course I could just redo the block but that is a last resort option.
I will probably cut out a cloud to put there or maybe a bird. Then I will have to balance it out in another block in the next row. At least I think I will need to do that to balance it out. It would probably bug me if I didn't.
I don't have any updates on my Christmas in Jacksonville embroidered blocks nor in my Simple Yet Elegant blocks. That is because I am picking back up my Fleur blocks. Progress pictures will be posted down the road.
I *did* get my rocking chair put together. Thank you Dan! This was my service award for 30 years at NIU. I actually worked for around 32 years but they only do awards in 5 years increments. I was lucky to get it and, knowing that I was going to retire, I kept it in the box until the moved occurred. Now it is time to get/make some cushions for it. The back certainly needs it since it hurts my back when I sit in it. The bars/spokes on the back hit my spine so I need some cushion to put a barrier there.
As I was looking through one of my totes to see if it had more hidden fabric in it, I discovered my HIGH SCHOOL graduation present from my dad's only sister, Aunt Rachel. She would crochet an afghan for everybody in the family and give it to them when they graduated high school. This was given to me in 1974 when I graduated from high school. I'll let you do the math on how long ago that was. :)
I think it is holding up pretty good for all those years.
That's all to report this time. Next time you might see some pie pictures. That is if I ever make up my mind if I want to make an apple pie or a pumpkin pie. If I don't make an apple pie, I will probably use my apples and make applesauce. Hmmm.
Anyway, I hope you all have a great day/night and even better weekend. See you next time.
1 comment:
Good to hear from you Bonni. You will learn to LOVE retirement.
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