Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

 I managed to trim and bind quilt #4 for the homeless today:

 And, I managed to trim and iron the next quilt for the homeless.  It is now ready to be quilted:

 I've been piecing this one for a couple of months!  I take it to my sewing days at my favorite quilt store and finally managed to finish it on Saturday.  Yesterday I started another one that I will work on at my sewing days there.  At home I'm still working on prepping more quilts and using up stash and scraps - I really want to make a lot of homeless quilts this year to be given away in October.

I also have some hand applique to catch up on!  Seems like there's not enough time in the day or days in the year!

Until next time....blessings.

Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025

 Today was cranking Wednesday!  So, I cranked a pair of socks:

And then I played with the ribber for awhile and cranked half a sock with the ribber on the machine.

I finished book number 3 for the month/year last night.  Probably start another book tonight.

Until next time...blessings.

Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025

 
The fourth homeless quilt is now quilted:

 This was the mystery quilt during our guild retreat in November.  I put the borders on after I got home, because I was too lazy to do them separately!  Three borders was enough!

Still needs trimming and binding - to be done another day.

Until next time....blessings.

 I've managed to pull some more fabrics from stash to put together for making half square triangles:

I found rolls of triangle papers when cleaning out in the studio, so now I'm prepping them to make a homeless quilt eventually.  Pulling the stack of red fabrics from the stash cabinet is a first!  I've mostly just been using scraps, so it feels good to finally pull a small amount from stash!

I finished my second book for January the other night and have started on my third.  And I'm spending an hour every evening cross stitching -- just the border around the picture so far -- it is slow going!

And I'm still shredding papers in the office - feels like a never ending job!

Until next time....blessings.

Still working

 I finished another quilt today - another homeless quilt, so I now have 3 finished this year:

I also finished the first book of this year last evening.  My friend gave me a tote bag full of Richard Paul Evans books last month.  The one I finished last night was the 4th one I've read so far.  They are quick reads and I do plan on reading them all.  I also have a book on my kindle that is almost finished - hopefully I'll finish it tonight.

 

I've  also started cross stitching again, so I hope to spend at least an hour cross stitching in the evenings before I spend an hour or more reading!  That's the plan anyway!

 

And I've been shredding papers in the office every time I come in here -- hoping to finish the job by the end of the month - including cleaning out the year end files.

 

Until next time...blessings.

 

More progress

I finished cleaning out the office closet this morning:

 Found a bankers box full of papers that needed shredded (from a few years ago even), so I started shredding them.

This will be an ongoing project til it is completely empty.  I think I need to empty the shredder already!

Also found a bunch of empty binders (apparently I can't remember where I put things, so I buy more and put them with the ones I was looking for to begin with!  So, starting another box to go to the thrift shops - I just emptied the back of the car yesterday!

And finally, I quilted another homeless quilt this afternoon:

 

Still need to trim and bind, but that will wait til tomorrow.  I have a couple of books to finish reading, and more to start!

Until next time...blessings.

Cleaning Out

 I gave myself 30 minutes today to start the cleanout of the office closet.

Here's the before picture:

Seriously, it was so bad I couldn't walk into it or find anything.

Still can't walk in there, but the left side is cleaned out (I threw out a lot of stuff like cords to who knows what phone/computer/whatever).

Left side after (not including the floor under the shelves!

And now I'm off to wind yarn onto cones so I can crank some socks this afternoon.

Til next time....blessings.