Springtime musings

  Here we are in the last week of April.  Time flies by! 

  Like everyone else I have been attempting to get some spring cleaning done.  Made it through the house and working on the garage. Seems to be a bigger job than I thought but I am determined to get it done this year.

 I have a few quilting/ sewing projects I want to accomplish. Also going to work on some new quilts.  

I am learning a new craft in wool applique. A friend from MJF introduced me to it. Now to figure it out.  Fortunately, I went with a small project to start.  

With Spring also comes pollen and allergies.   The last two days have been rough with watery eyes and such.   Benadryl has been my close friend these days.  It is always expected at the change of the seasons so I am prepared.  

Also with this time of year come the critters and ticks. So far, we've had a snake in the basement and I've found a few ticks trying to have a meal of me.  Glad to have avoided that.   I have a shirt that says "life is better in the country", at this time I am not sure I agree with that.  

I hope everyone is enjoying some great weather this beautiful time of year.  Enjoying my lilacs!

Until next time....

  

Cleanup

  I decided today with there being too much snow and wet to go out and about, that I would tackle my craft/ sewing room.  It was a mess in there. I don't know how or why I let things get this way, but it happens.   It is where I store my crafts but also where I keep gifts, Christmas and birthday, so I think it just got away from me.   So today was the day for it.
 My daughter called and with the handy bluetooth and someone to keep me on track I accomplished more than I thought I would.   I cleaned out the things I knew I wasn't going to use and the projects I am no longer interested in starting or finishing.  I have a few of those ufo's. More than I care to admit actually.   I chose which I still wanted to work on and I am purposing to get them done this year. I still have some tweaking to do as I only went through the surface stuff. I will continue to dig deeper to see if I can downsize more and really get this area in shape.  I am an organizer but not so good at de-cluttering so I still plan to go through everything and decide on a specific purpose for it or get rid of it. 
 
I love to make quilts so there are a couple of those on my list to do this year.   I machine stitch my pieces but quilt the whole thing by hand and that takes me a long time.   Not sure how many I will actually get done.  My plan is to put together the pattern with the fabrics I will be using to make them and store it that way. Then I will decide what fabric I will keep in my stash and what I will part with.

The paper crafting is another area I need to work on but I need to have order so one thing at a time. 

I think this is a good plan and a good start to getting these projects done. 

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Until next time!

A woefully long time away

I am ashamed to see how long it has been since I have posted here.  I guess with the popularity of Facebook I have been lax in blogging. 
I will try better this year though I make no guarantees. 

  We just finished redoing our bathroom. When I get the new curtains hung maybe I will get my camera out to get some photos to share. It is a very small bathroom and to some the color may be dull, but we like it. 

 There are so many other things on our to do list. It has gotten incredibly long over time. I do hope that we will conquer some of the projects though.  Always seems to be something else to take up our time.

I do wish all of you a very happy, healthy new year!  Praying each of us will experience God's blessing throughout the year.

Until next time!