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Another GREAT day! I don't care what the rules are - having people to talk to is important! Whether that talking is via Zoom, on the phone, or in person. If you're NOT getting out or connecting with people, you NEED to do that. It's important for your mental health. And it's going to be even more important as winter arrives and people tend to cocoon inside their homes. 

I've found a good way to multi-task. I plug my headphones in, and I make calls while I'm on my afternoon walk. I have to laugh ...

 There's a lot going on in the 

Thread Shed

My sewing table in the Thread Shed

has looked like this since last March... 

Daddy and Child size

I am closing in on 300 masks since March.

I think we will all be wearing these

for a good long while.

I share these with family and friends.

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 Weekend's have been busy lately with yard work and family stuff, consequently my sewing room time has been pretty curtailed.  I made up for it this weekend.  Saturday was a nothing but sewing day and Sunday afternoon was reserved for more of the same. 

First thing on the list was to finish off the Halloween face masks requested by the Scientist in Training.

Mask pattern from Laundry Basket Quilts

The SIT requested one more chemistry themed mask and the butterfly mask is for me. The spider web masks are for me and the SIT, while the skeleton is for ...

Now that the hay field has been seeded and

bedded down for the winter,

I have time to spend at my sewing machine:

I found this FUN candy corn fabric

and turned it into face masks... 

 It was a long weekend for us. We took Friday off so we could get some things done around the house. We had an appointment with a locksmith in the morning to fix two doors with broken locks. In the afternoon it was the heating and air guy to check the furnaces for any CO leaks or other issues to ensure we can safely run the furnaces when it finally gets that cold.  There was some house cleaning and other necessary activities going on as well. Then the Scientist in Training made an appearance.  She's just finished her first ...

On the weekend, I share a song and sometimes the story behind the song.  Today, I want to start with Danny Gokey's testimony, which some of you may remember from previous posts.

And now, the song, Rise.

Slow Stitching:  Another Prayer Shawl In The Works & Christmas Mittens ...

What do you do when you decide the morning of your workshop that you NEED new samples? 

You get your butt in gear! That's what!!!

I'm teaching a workshop on basic quilt building blocks this morning at 9:30 AM. I dug out my old samples and thought I could just use those. Then I thought I could kill two birds with one stone. Make new samples that I can use as a step out plan live. But hey - why not take pictures, and then they can be used in a PowerPoint presentation, and if I write them ...

Fabric Face Masks

It ...

Hay season is behind us...

the winter's hay supply is safely tucked away

in the barns.

 It's been a nice weekend. On the warmer end of the spectrum, but the sewing room was cool.  The Scientist in Training heads back to college today. School doesn't start till next Monday, but she's got some things to do before classes kick off.  She kept me company in the sewing room Sunday as I finished off the set of masks she requested.  

Mask pattern from Laundry Basket Quilts

The red one is for the SIT, the newspaper print for one of her friends from the school paper and the rest are for her roommate.  

The rest ...

It was a pretty typical weekend. Other than the grocery store and trips out to pick up take out for dinner, we didn't go any where.  You'd think I'd get more sewing done, but it's been harder for me to get myself moving towards the sewing room some afternoons.  We do more hanging out after lunch these days.

Unity, 2020 Bonnie Hunter Sew-In-Place ...

I know that some of you are missing in-person visits with family and friends - the sit and sew days, the laughter, the camaraderie, the sharing of stories. Well, I can't say that I'm missing that at all. While the Virtual Retreat isn't the same as seeing people in person, it comes pretty darn close.

To be honest, I kind of like the whole virtual thing. Why? Loads of reasons - where else would we be able to visit with people all the way from Germany to Vancouver Island and loads of places in between? Nowhere else. Where else ...

That's a bizarre statement because what is normal these days? For the most part, our household didn't get too out of whack with the pandemic, unlike others which have been turned upside down. 

But at least, I'm back home, and the girls are happy with their walk. And it's back to deadlines.

I got a great idea from Linda about what to do with leftover pieces of quilted fabric. And I've got some more quilted fabric. I'm digging it out -well, it's already out and - well watch for what I'm going to ...