Month: April 2018

Bettering, Not About Quilting or Sewing, Uncategorized

Marchenings

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Yesterday, I posted about some crafty sewing progress in March. Today is a very brief look at some other March happenings.  Marchenings, if you will.

BLOND! (and it is ok that I wrote “blond” instead of “blonde”, per this.)

Most of my teens and 20s I spent with blond hair.  And suddenly one night I wanted it back and I found a stylist to play along.  I LOVE it!!  And I still am learning how to apply lipstick, obviously.

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Fixed bathrooms!

We no longer have  adorable, horrible, evil pedestal sinks in either of our bathrooms.  We found this little darling cabinetthat fits the tight space of our upstairs bathroom.  AND we got the shower fixed in the downstairs bathroom so we totally have one shower with first-world(ish) water pressure.  We have painted since this picture was taken, so imagine a better color of paint.

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Exercise train.  CHOO CHOO!  I exercised a lot more – not enough – but a lot more.  And I have been feeling the benefit.  There is nothing better than the sore feeling from working out.  These bad boy Mary Lou Retton calves still are kickin’ and looking forward to turning 44 in a couple of weeks. Oh, and HAI! one gold toe that really accentuates the Mortonish of it all.

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embroidery, In Progress, Ta Da Done

March ta-da done

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I had a lot of aspiration for March – stuff to get done.  LOTS.  12 projects – 3 per week.  That may have been a TAD unrealistic.

I did make progress on some things…

  • I made the first row of my ombre tessellation quilt.  Here is Toby really inspecting my work.  His tail is a little, um, missing parts.  But he isn’t self-conscious about it at all – I don’t think anyone ever told him.

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  • I got the batting cut for 2 of my project linus quilts, along with finding space in my studio to store a GIANT roll of batting.  And I am pleased as punch that I saved so much money by buying in BULK!

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  • I got the quilting almost done for another project linus quilt.
  • I got the big succulent done on this embroidery.  In love with it.

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And I got four things on my list done done done…

  • My wool Easter eggs.  I made 10 instead of 20.  But 10 is enough.

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  • The never-again scarf.  I need to mend because one of the tassels has already fallen off.  I’ll do that this week so that it still feels like a finish.

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  • And I bound the 2 giantish quilts I needed to bind.  This one feels like a HUGE win – it has been on my to-do list every week for many weeks in a row.  I am just so happy to have the quilts in use.  One of them – pictured below – is a queen size quilt on our bed.  Love sleeping under a quilt I made every night.  And I don’t at all obsess about what I would have done differently while making it.  Not at all. #sane

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There were 3 projects that I didn’t even touch that I had planned to finish.  BUT, I did finish one thing that I didn’t even plan to start – this adorable doll house quilt for my aunt who makes the most amazing doll house / tiny stuff.  Well jeal of her talent, and happy to add to her little amazing universe.  Those little pillows are maybe the most happiest thing I have made all year.

And I did pretty darn good about not starting new projects  – that is my biggest issue with making progress on my backlog.  I started a little English paper piecing (EPP) project that will be the center of a fourth of July / summer wall hanging I am imagining I want to hang in my dining room.  I can’t decide if I love or hate EPP.  But I think I can stay committed to it long enough to finish this sort-of lone star.

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At the end of March, my backlog went from 26 to 23.  Uh, woot!!!  That is progress in the right direction.  I do need to catch up on my scrap blocks for sure, and I need to set my goals for April… and…