Monday Morning Sewing

 It's actually not raining! 

I hadn't done anything in the sewing room for a few weeks, I've been obsessed with the cross stitch. I woke up this morning early-ish and said, I have to sew today!

 I got this one put together, and laid out the next one!

Each one is made from a charm pack. Ralph nicely made med cardboard templates, 5 inches wide, and 10, 20 and 25 inches long- putting those amazon boxes to good use!

It saves a lot of up and down, as I can stack the templates beside my machine instead of having to get up and get each row. I did all the rows, then did all the pressing at once, then sewed the rows together. 

Since I don't have a planned home for these, I figure to make a bunch, then pick backings and finish them.

 

My cute little tool boxes from Sam's Club came! Each even has a set of tools! We left the pink tools in the cardboard packing, and put them in the car. I just love how cute they are, and will figure out what I'm going to do with them.

April Showers

 We had another day with rain yesterday. Suddenly all the trees are green, the dogwood is blooming, and the pollen is up! 

 I hit 50%! I started around New Years, so 4 months to do 50%!

 First, these cuties were all over the cross stitch boards. Ralph checked, and they are not available at our Lowe's yet, they're being saved for a promotion.

 Then, someone posted this one from Sam's Club! Same price, but has a handle and includes  tools. Comes in 4 colors- teal, pink, black and cream. Only available online. No problem, Ralph buys online from them a lot! I ordered teal and pink. I got free shipping because we have the upgraded membership. They should come by Saturday. 

Nope, no idea what I'm going to do with them, but they are so cute! 

Maybe spring?

 The weather is gorgeous, 70's and sunny. We watched the eclipse out the window and on TV. 

I defrosted my Thanksgiving free turkey breast, and it's in the crockpot. turkey sandwiches on the way! 

 I've only taken one picture this week, and it was a few minutes ago. Work in Progress! 45% done!

Hello April

 April came in with showers, more like torrential rain! Several inches of it, but still better than snow.

We had a lovely Easter with Heather, Ed and the kids. I made a trifle that I invented. Pound cake, lemon pie filling, peaches, blueberries and cool whip. I did the pie filling instead of pudding because girlfriend Steph (as opposed to daughter Steph, girlfriend Steph is Eddie's girlfriend of about 2 years) has a lactose issue. It went over very well! Even Ralph liked it. Heather made ziti, salad, brussels sprouts, and an eggplant dish (which I passed on.)

I only read 6 books in March, one on the kindle.

It was time to move the qsnap! Lots of stitching meant less reading. I'm now 42% done! 

I have another table runner laid out, but haven't had the urge to sew.

Cloudy midweek

 As long as it isn't snowing, I'm happy! Clouds are good!

It's the 4th Wednesday, so lunch with the teachers- finally! It got cancelled for various reasons for 3 months now, so we're looking forward to seeing old friends.

 I've been getting in over 600 stitches a day, because I'm working on an area with large amounts of color, and little confetti. I'm 37% done!

 Two more photos for inspiration! I love the color combo of the top one, and the design of the bottom one.

The sun came back

 Yesterday it rained all day, teemed. The rain gauge said 6 inches! Yikes! Better rain than snow! And the wind howled last night!

Today it's sunny, with a blue sky.

Yesterday Ralph braved the rain and went to the local American Legion post for their breakfast fundraiser, and got takeout. We each got two servings from our breakfast.

 Time to move the q snap! 35% done as of last night! That's 35% after 3 months of working on it almost every day, so I'm projecting 8-9 months total for it.

 Another photo for inspiration, I love it. I go on Facebook every day, to see what my kids post, and to see recipes, quilt patterns, cross stitch patterns and gadgets, and crochet patterns. For some reason FB wants to show me sports teams and soap operas, even tho I mark to block every time. So much for their algorhythim!

Midweek

 It's Wednesday again! Yesterday was the first day of spring, but it was chilly. We went to breakfast with Heather, which is always fun. 

 Not the best pic, taken by my nephew. Joseph's stone finally arrived, and it looks great. I still can't believe he's gone.

34% done! 

 

Picture for inspiration for the color combo. It would look great as a turning 20!

Today the house cleaner is here, yay! Then we go to lunch with the nurses, for the first time this year. We used to be a big group, it's down to us, one retired nurse, and one nurse (who is in a nursing home) husband.