Friday, November 24, 2023

I can still get around in my sewing space but just barely. And I can get into the room across the hall but, again, barely.

My cutting table is littered with Christmas fabric. A lot of it has been sitting there since I cleared out my Christmas bin; I’m gradually using it for my cards. I still have another set of cards to make so I’m glad I didn’t get carried away and put everything back in the bin.

I have Christmas wrapping paper all over the floor in both rooms. This morning I wrapped up all but the last package for 12-Days. I was waiting for one more parcel to arrive and it came just after lunch today. I guess it is a good thing I didn’t put the paper away.

I also have mailing boxes all over both rooms. Some of them have been cut down and I have three set aside with the 12-Day packages. I thought (for a minute) I might break down the rest of the boxes because it is recycle day next week. I’m glad I didn’t move ahead with that plan as I remembered I still have several boxes of dishes and ornaments to send along to Elizabeth.

As if I didn’t already have enough of a mess I dug out a box of 2.5″ strips that came home with me when I took over the Program Committee at the Guild. I thought I had returned everything to the Guild after my diagnosis but I found this box hidden away. It is full of scraps, some width of fabric, some less, as well as some pre-cut squares. I’ll be using some of them in a quilt I’ll be working on over the weekend as the Guild gets together for our Community Quilt session. The ones I didn’t pick to use are loosely stuff back into the box they came from.

I got some of my cards bound yesterday at Gail’s but I still have three left. I also have some embroidery stitches to add to all of them. I wasn’t going to do that but Gail thinks it will look better if I do; it was only because it was more work that I decided not to do the extra step. Last night’s demo was fun and I learned how to do a proper blanket stitch. It is so much easier to learn from someone than it is to try to pick it up from youtube. It turns out to be another (small) project that isn’t finished!

I might continue with some hand stitching this afternoon or I may sit and read. Pat picked up a book at the library for me this morning and it is brand new so I only have it for a short time.

Whatever I decide to do it won’t be cleaning up this (glorious) mess!