The Sewing Room Stay-Cation

Last week, after a four day sojourn in North Carolina I took a stay-cation day on Friday.  I had big plans to spend the day in my sewing room.  It was pretty much a disaster after about six or seven weeks of benign neglect. 

That and the fact that stuff got moved back and forth by the Hubster when the delivery guy came with water for the softener.  He has to walk through the kitchen, down the stairs and through my resource center with 80 pound bags slung over his shoulder, so DH kindly removes all obstacles from his path.

not my delivery guy... but close!

I decided to start straightening up so I could find my sewing machine and do something constructive.  Ha. That is an endless task!  And if I wasn't distracted by the 'squirrels' (have you seen the dog in the movie "UP"?) -- well, not squirrels exactly, more like fat quarters and yardage, I was pulled down the rabbit hole of stacks of quilt magazines and patterns.  So on Friday I only cleared the ironing board and the top of the drier.  But I did actually uncover the sewing machine!

I discovered some fabric I'd forgotten I had; that never happens to anyone else, right?  And I came across a big box of small scraps that were intended for a major trimming session.  Ummm, did I say A box?  Crazy, what I save!  But these scraps will come in handy the next time our group does string blocks.  I'll consolidate and eventually I'm sure I'll have a bushel  uh, couple of five gallon buckets full.

I did manage to sew after a bit.  I needed a break from cleaning.  I dug around enough in the cleaning process to locate a fabric that was an adequate match for something in a kit I had started, and finished up a quilt called Tam's Patch.  It's small, a crib sized at most, but I really liked the color combination.  The small print is cherries with green leaves on tan and white.  It's much cuter up close!

 

 

I was this close to the end of the seam on the final piece of border when I had the brilliant idea to check the amount of the thread I had left on the spool... 

 

Fumes!!  Luckily, it was enough to finish the seam, with THIS MUCH left over!

 

After I clipped all the threads and finished pressing, I decided to quit while I was ahead.  It was late anyway, and I don't do my best work after 10 p.m.  In fact, I was amazed that I had stayed up that late.

 

More sewing occurred over the weekend, but that's a story for another day.

 

Sew on...