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Good morning, my friends. There was a pretty sunrise this morning. And, you know...red sky at morning...and all that. On the other hand, we're always expecting rain this time of year, and so the warning doesn't really surprise us.

From there, I got busy with the last of the quilting for the Whimsical Garden. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, this was the motif I was attempting. I'd traced over it with a pencil several times, and it seemed simple ...

Good morning, my friends. There was a pretty sunrise this morning. And, you know...red sky at morning...and all that. On the other hand, we're always expecting rain this time of year, and so the warning doesn't really surprise us.

From there, I got busy with the last of the quilting for the Whimsical Garden. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, this was the motif I was attempting. I'd traced over it with a pencil several times, and it seemed simple ...

Good afternoon, my friends. Technically, it's still morning as I'm writing this, but it'll be afternoon by the time I finish. We were up and out early this morning. We stopped off for a gourmet breakfast of Egg McMuffins, and then we picked up a long list of grocery items. We were home before 10:00 a.m. Heck, I considered getting back into my pajamas, and then it would almost be like it never happened. 

The only good thing I can say about grocery shopping that early in the morning is that the store was mostly ...

Good afternoon, my friends. Technically, it's still morning as I'm writing this, but it'll be afternoon by the time I finish. We were up and out early this morning. We stopped off for a gourmet breakfast of Egg McMuffins, and then we picked up a long list of grocery items. We were home before 10:00 a.m. Heck, I considered getting back into my pajamas, and then it would almost be like it never happened. 

The only good thing I can say about grocery shopping that early in the morning is that the store was mostly ...

Good morning, my friends. More than expected was accomplished in the sewing room yesterday. I was home from my pedicure just after noon, and that left me with the remainder of the day for sewing. Of course, I couldn't leave in the morning without spending some time with my slow-stitching. This is Tiny Treasure #15.

Good morning, my friends. More than expected was accomplished in the sewing room yesterday. I was home from my pedicure just after noon, and that left me with the remainder of the day for sewing. Of course, I couldn't leave in the morning without spending some time with my slow-stitching. This is Tiny Treasure #15.

Good morning, my friends. Our good sewing weather continues. Read that: It's raining. It means plenty of time in the sewing room, for sure. We had our usual bout of Sunday evening cabin fever, and so we went out for dinner last night. If it weren't for grocery shopping and Sunday evenings out, we might become complete shut-ins.

Yesterday's morning stitching had me finishing up the first of twelve Tiny Treasures. This one has stem stitch, lazy daisy, and French knots.

Good morning, my friends. Our good sewing weather continues. Read that: It's raining. It means plenty of time in the sewing room, for sure. We had our usual bout of Sunday evening cabin fever, and so we went out for dinner last night. If it weren't for grocery shopping and Sunday evenings out, we might become complete shut-ins.

Yesterday's morning stitching had me finishing up the first of twelve Tiny Treasures. This one has stem stitch, lazy daisy, and French knots.

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. During the presidential campaign, I was amused when Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania said, "My team is guided by three letters every single day: G-S-D." And, if you missed that, he spelled it out..."Getting sh*t done." When I can cross everything off a day's to-do list, I announce it to Mike: "I got sh*t done today." Admittedly, I didn't start sewing together the Merry, Merry Snowmen yesterday, but I got a lot of other stuff done.

First, I finished off My Embroidered Garden.

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. During the presidential campaign, I was amused when Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania said, "My team is guided by three letters every single day: G-S-D." And, if you missed that, he spelled it out..."Getting sh*t done." When I can cross everything off a day's to-do list, I announce it to Mike: "I got sh*t done today." Admittedly, I didn't start sewing together the Merry, Merry Snowmen yesterday, but I got a lot of other stuff done.

First, I finished off My Embroidered Garden.

Good morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. In addition to my progress on the Whimsical Garden quilt, My Embroidered Garden is nearly complete, and I finished up the little gift I'm making for a friend. Let's start with the embroidery, shall we?

Possibly I could have finished this yesterday, but it would have meant spending more time than I had to spare. I expect I'll finish this this morning.

Good morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. In addition to my progress on the Whimsical Garden quilt, My Embroidered Garden is nearly complete, and I finished up the little gift I'm making for a friend. Let's start with the embroidery, shall we?

Possibly I could have finished this yesterday, but it would have meant spending more time than I had to spare. I expect I'll finish this this morning.

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy sewing day yesterday. I managed to finish off my "Motion" challenge, and then I had time to quilt the first row of the Whimsical Garden quilt.

My sewing started with embroidery, as always. But then I moved to hand-stitching the binding for the "Motion" project. It was a small quilt, but I'm sure it was easier to stitch with the help of my trusty stitching cat.

In short order, my quilt was finished. Here's your final peek ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy sewing day yesterday. I managed to finish off my "Motion" challenge, and then I had time to quilt the first row of the Whimsical Garden quilt.

My sewing started with embroidery, as always. But then I moved to hand-stitching the binding for the "Motion" project. It was a small quilt, but I'm sure it was easier to stitch with the help of my trusty stitching cat.

In short order, my quilt was finished. Here's your final peek ...

Good morning, my friends. The day has come to reveal my newest art quilt for The Endeavourers art quilt group. Our prompt this time around was "Sashiko." If you're unfamiliar with sashiko, the word is Japanese for "little stabs." Wikipedia defines it in this way:

[A] type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relatively cheap nature of white cotton thread and the abundant nature of cheap, indigo-dyed blue cloth in historical Japan, sashiko has a distinctive appearance of white-on-blue embroidery, though some decorative pieces ...

Good morning, my friends. The day has come to reveal my newest art quilt for The Endeavourers art quilt group. Our prompt this time around was "Sashiko." If you're unfamiliar with sashiko, the word is Japanese for "little stabs." Wikipedia defines it in this way:

[A] type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relatively cheap nature of white cotton thread and the abundant nature of cheap, indigo-dyed blue cloth in historical Japan, sashiko has a distinctive appearance of white-on-blue embroidery, though some decorative pieces ...

Good morning, my friends. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, it was going to be a bad day for Smitty. He had an appointment with the vet. The kitties are pretty amazing in their ability to detect even the slightest of changes to our morning routine. When I went downstairs from writing yesterday's post, I found them like this:

They're up to something, Smitty. I just know it.

Happily, it was a quick visit. I'd forgotten that both kitties got health check-ups last spring because we needed documentation to ...

Good morning, my friends. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, it was going to be a bad day for Smitty. He had an appointment with the vet. The kitties are pretty amazing in their ability to detect even the slightest of changes to our morning routine. When I went downstairs from writing yesterday's post, I found them like this:

They're up to something, Smitty. I just know it.

Happily, it was a quick visit. I'd forgotten that both kitties got health check-ups last spring because we needed documentation to ...

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast again this morning. Poor Smitty has to go to the vet. It's his annual check-up, and he's due for some vaccines. We'll load him up in a little while. He won't be a happy camper. I've also noticed he's kind of lethargic on a day when he has his vaccines. Poor guy. Except for being alive, he did nothing to deserve such harsh treatment.

Before heading out to the grocery store yesterday, I took the first stitches on July's block for A Year in the ...

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast again this morning. Poor Smitty has to go to the vet. It's his annual check-up, and he's due for some vaccines. We'll load him up in a little while. He won't be a happy camper. I've also noticed he's kind of lethargic on a day when he has his vaccines. Poor guy. Except for being alive, he did nothing to deserve such harsh treatment.

Before heading out to the grocery store yesterday, I took the first stitches on July's block for A Year in the ...