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Well, compared to last month I have at least something to report. Whether my sew-jo is back, the question remains open...

Next on my list was to unpick and redo the hem of my Aquarius dress, still not perfect but much better now. I still haven't taken pictures with the dress and now winter has come I'm not sure when I'll do it!

 So September is over or nearly... and what have I got to report? well nothing... zero... no sewing for me for weeks now. I haven't turned up my machine at all, I haven't stitched anything by hand either. Nothing, just a big blank page...

Partly it was like of time, partly lack of energy and partly no motivation really. The month has for sure been very busy with school starting back. And as we thought might happened, it has been far from straightforward so of course that's taken quite a lot of time and energy. 

I had ...

 As I mentioned in my previous post, a good chin of the month has been spent travelling abroad so there has been some hand sewing time while I was far from home. Sadly I haven't really turned on my sewing machine much since we came back, apart to hem my daughter's curtain (and I'm glad I did it straight away rather than pushing it for later!!)

July has been quite productive in the sewing room, which I'm really happy about. Maybe I made up for the lack of sun and summery weather by being creative? 

Night dresses for the girls and I, using only my stash

 June has for sure been a busy month with our youngest daughter Communion a few week-ends ago. I had set to make myself a dress, which I managed - just! I haven't blogged about the dress because although it was finished and worn on the day, there were a few things that needed fixing, and that I have completely fixed yet. I unpicked the hem this week as I didn't quite like how it looked... I don't want to put it away before it is all fixed otherwise I'll never do it and never wear it again ...

 Well we had lots of bank holidays that's for sure, which makes for longer weekend and shorter weeks. That's really nice in a way but it also means that the work needs to be crammed into much less time! We've also been out and about quite a bit this month so in the end there's been very little time in the sewing room...

One boring thing I finally did was to shorten my daughter's curtains (overdue by nearly a year!!)

I also made myself a new dress the Pléiades 2.

And I spent quite some ...

 April went in a flash really with not much sewing. 

I stated the month with some paper craft for Easter on my Maker. I started by making some carrots to fill with chocolates for the kids and some little rabbits for the adults!

I also made a birthday card for my niece on my Cricut. 

Very little progress on my Harry Potter quilt but the central portion and it's already so large that I'm really wondering whether I should quilt it in sections. I could add the other 2 rows after. 

One project that I managed from start ...

 Already one third through April and I haven't even posted my March recap yet... It was a very busy month once again with a lot of work that has sometimes eaten up in my evenings. Week-ends have been quite busy too and that means that I don't have much to show for it really.

I managed a few more Harry Potter blocks, so I have the middle 3 rows together now and "Harry"

I made very little progress on my Town bag, should't take long to finish as long as I can pick it up.

 I had anticipated that I would not have much sewing time and I probably had even less than I hoped. With 2 business trips and one week of holidays, there wasn't much time left to spend in the sewing room. I took some portable projects for my travels but didn't touch any of them in the end. 

I managed to make a little handbag for my youngest, just before we went away so I was very happy with that and she loved it (she picked the fabrics).

 Wow, this has been a productive month on the sewing front (for a change!) 

2 (very) long standing UFOs finished (admittedly, they didn't take very long and could/should have been finished years ago...)

1 cushion repaired (how long for??

 Well once again I didn't qualify to a full PhD... but at least I have some finish to report! Looking back at my list for last year,  I completed 5 projects and progressed 4, 3 projects did not get touched at all. I

2. Flabellum (started 2021) - finished September 2022

3. Impromptu (started 2013) - no progress

 Despite a flu-like illness taking most of us down for a good week, December has been a little productive/creative.

One long-standing UFO now finished just before Christmas

One party dress finished but not worn because the flu got the better of me

Some Christmas sewing for a more sustainable festive period with some gift bags and some napkins

And a few hours spent on the Cricut to work out how to use it and create some papercraft for Christmas presents.

Linking to December Furtle.

Céline

 It has been quite a chaotic year really. We had quite a lot of renovation work done on the house, which has seen a lot of disruption. We have had all the ceilings down (yes there has been a lot of dust for a long time) and have had to move furniture around from one room to the other as the work was going on. 95% of the work is completed, most of the stuff is back to where it belongs (but not quite all of it yet). I have also acquired a permanent sewing space in a corner of ...

Christmas is coming; the goose is getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man’s hat… Yes. This is the song I am listing to as I sit down to write this post. I am in dismay thinking that Christmas is only a few weeks away. I started planning what I was going to do for Christmas months ago. Still, after being away on a quilting cruise, put on by Stitching Heaven, for a week, then Thanksgiving and trying to catch up with work, I scaled back what I would be doing to a 12 Days of Christmas ...

Another late review again... the month has been very difficult for our family sadly, we've been trying to get over the traumatic experience but it will take time. With that most of our "free" time and all our energy has been sapped up to be honest so there has been very little sewing. 

I caught up with mini sew along blocks, I made 20 in total

Another late review, I guess I might have an excuse since we were away until Monday afternoon and quite jet-lagged on our return. We were lucky enough to spend 5 days in New York City. We all had a fabulous time, busy sightseeing and walking around this most vibrant town. I even managed to visit a few fabrics and trimmings stores, after all our hotel was conveninently located in the Garment District (that wasn't on purpose, honest!)

 I was planning to write this post over the weekend but we've had such a busy time trying to get wall paper off the walls of my youngest's bedroom that there was no time or energy left... September has been such a busy month really and very little time for sewing actually. First of all, school started back... We had friends visiting from the UK for a week, it was so good to finally see them as this was the third attempt, 2 previous times were canceled because of covid.  I went to London for a few days ...

 August has been a busy month but a different busy with 2 weeks away from home on a relaxing holiday. Lots of time by the pool, a little going out and about (when the heat was bearable)... holidays are over and school starts again tomorrow, back to reality!

Before we went away I managed to finish not one but 2 garnments, one top (started in June...) and one dress completed in 3 days!

Another month that has flown by really! First there were all the activities linked to the end of the school year and then the start of the school holidays. We also took a week off to spend some time in the Alps.

And covid struck during that time... so I spent quite some time stitching away from the balcony. 

There was lot of car travel where I stitched some Dear Jane blocks. 

Before school broke off I managed 2 Open Wide pouches for my youngest's teacher

I also worked a little on my top but still didn't finish ...