May went fast. Hard to believe that at the end of this month we'll be half way through 2026. Looking back, May was a pretty productive month, even though my PHD report didn't change.
I didn't get much done during the week, but once we got to the weekend, there was a lot of progress in the sewing room. A fully checked off to do list was the result.
Hard to believe it is June already. I'm hoping this month has much fewer health issues, May was rough on that front. I've been reading more than I've been sewing the last couple of weeks, but I'm still making slow, but consistent progress on several projects. My priority project has been Lupine and Laughter (Bonnie Hunter).
My reading time encroached into my sewing time this last week. I'm sure part of the reason is that the stairs up to the sewing room haven't been fun to navigate with my knee giving me fits. So it takes a bit more motivation to head that direction. Thankfully, I was in the sewing room enough to make good progress on last week's to do list.
Saturday was rainy, but the rest of the holiday weekend has been gorgeous. My Guy and I went for a walk last night after dinner. My back seems to have recovered, but my right knee is still giving me fits, so it wasn't a long walk.
The sewing room hasn't been as attractive the last couple of weekends. I've been reading more than I typically do. That's OK, sometimes you need to mix it up a bit. There was enough sewing time to finish up the "A" blocks.
What looks black is actually a very, very ...
read moreThe to do list post is a bit late this week. I had an early morning appointment yesterday, followed by our gym workout, then a trip to Wally World as we call it. It was time for lunch by the time we got home. When I did get back to the computer in the afternoon, I needed to make sure the guild block of the month instructions were ready to go as yesterday was meeting day. I just didn't get around to writing a blog post.
My sewing room mojo was a bit sparse this last weekend. I ended up reading most of Sunday afternoon. But I did finally make it up to the sewing room for a couple of hours before dinner.
Other than the 2025 Guild BOM, the Bonnie Hunter Lupine and Laughter Mystery is the only quilt started last year or for that matter this year, that's not a finished quilt top. I've been working on what Bonnie calls the alternate blocks.
Six blocks finished over the last couple of weeks. What looks like black is actually a very dark purple ...
read moreHard to believe it is already May. I completely missed that yesterday was "May the 4th Be With You" day. Today is Cinco de Mayo, so happy holiday if you are of Mexican heritage. Mother's Day is this weekend (I have no idea what to get my mother).
I'm playing along with Ms. P Designs' PHD in 2026 again this year. It's my sixth year and I've yet to earn my PHD. Maybe I can make it work this year? We'll see.
Only one month into the program and I've started 2 new projects already. One was planned, the other unplanned. I'm hoping to finish both quilts this year. Fingers crossed on that plan. No finishes yet, but there has been good progress on moving several projects closer to that point.
My big goal for January was to restart the quilt as ...
read moreI'm in the coasting portion of the Christmas holiday. The shopping is done, the presents wrapped, groceries bought (mostly). Now I can hang out with family and just chill out. There won't be any sewing room time between now and Christmas, but I'll have lots of time next weekend to decompress from the holiday with my machine. Before getting to my probably bigger than realistic plans for next week, here is how this week went.
To Do List for 12/16/2025
1. My Girl Trivets: Quilt the kitty trivets ✔
2. 2026 Guild BOM: Start February block ...
read moreIt's been a busy week. I've made some progress on Christmas preparations, but still have a bit to do on that front. It's definitely meant less time in the sewing room. Consequently, there hasn't been much progress on my to do list from last week.
We pulled into the driveway at 7 PM last night after leaving My Girl's apartment at 7:30 AM yesterday morning. That's one long day of driving. Thankfully My Guy was able to take yesterday off so we didn't have to drive home on Sunday. Driving through Dallas, TX the Sunday after Thanksgiving isn't for the faint of heart. We've done that a couple of times and avoid it if at all possible. There was still a lot of traffic most of the way, but nothing like we've seen on those after the holiday ...
read moreHow are you dealing with the week days post time change (for those that live in the US where you fall back this time of year)? I was awake at 4 this morning, I've been getting up a bit after 5 the last week to mesh with Grad Girl's schedule. So I was right on time.
