I arranged a date in The Palace (aka my sewing room) this afternoon and had absolutely no idea where to start. No it's not the messiness that slowed me down but a total lack of direction.
I looked through my blog to see what I've been working on this year that I can easily pick up and play with - it seems most things have become tops - which I guess is a good thing but they need quilting, and that's not what I feel like doing just now.
I have no current Leader-Ender project which is often a good pick-me-up.
I have a quilt for the shop I need to start but that needs more thinking before I can sew.
I guess it's post-Christmas holiday mode!
The Chookshed Chatterers are doing a wee challenge this year to help us work through our UFOs (etc). We make a list of 10 projects to work on and each month one is randomly chosen to work on. So I got thinking and started my list, then went and joined Mum upstairs. She's been doing some cross stitch. A Loon design she bought as a souvenir when she was in Canada. There are lots of different shades of grey and it's going to be quite stunning when done —
I attempted some stitching but Miss Tammy wasn't having a bar of it. I had to shut her out of the room!!
Tonight she snuggled down and let me stitch and I finished another design on my new Christmas project —
(Haha Mum's is definitely the more sophisticated stitching!)
ED and family came out again today to get some calf shed shavings for their garden. Vinnie the Greyhound came for a drive too - we kept him outside. Here are he and Tammy meeting each other.
I'm pleased there is a pane of glass between them; he was a little too alert at times.
'til next time,
happy stitches,
Raewyn
I'm impressed you've kept up posting each day! That's not an easy challenge in December. Happy stitching in 2024!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the posts in December--it is a slow month--so was so nice to see and read about you and yours each day--I seem to only post on Sundays for the past week this past year--I know I used to post more often--so am trying to decide what I want to do this next year for posting--now quilting--I got a big list--!?????????????
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year--hugs, di
Yes, getting some direction is definitely a good place to start. Staring into my sewing room without a plan in mind often is overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether Tammy or Vinnie are more startled to find the other on the other side of the glass.
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to post each day. I know it was a big commitment during this busy month. I'm a new reader and look forward to your farm life and quilting posts.
No wonder you are do tired, it's been a very busy month for you. And each night before you go to bed you have to make sure you have done the daily December blog post!
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed your daily posts and appreciate in the month of December is takes lots of work and discipline! Great stitching, both your Mums and yours - hope the sewing becomes clear for you! Hope Vinnie and Tammy get on ok.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you "have made the right choice" as Chooky was telling us, and are making a list. The simple Christmas stitcheries are the perfect project when the brain doesn't want to think too much. Your Mum's cross stitch will be lovely. It's always interesting when pets meet for the first time. It looks like all went well.
ReplyDelete"Chookshed Chatterers"--Ha ha! I like that. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I have been in that sewing funk for some time, and finally got enthused about something while "chattering" with the Chookshed Stitchers over the past couple of days. And apparently I have made the wrong choice, as I am not joining the challenge, but Chooky has assigned me (and Gail--another holdout) the job of cheerleaders. So, "Go, Raewyn!" How was that? LOL
That loon your Mum is stitching looks so real I thought at first it was a photo! If I shut my kitties out of my room, they try to rip paint off the door with their claws. Tammy looks like a sweetie. Have a very Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteYour Mums work is lovely and your Christmas stitchery is cute.
ReplyDeleteHope by joining in the challenge we all get motivated…
Hmm sure is good to have the glass between the pets.
Maria lifeontheblock