Even though I haven’t been blogging, I am alive, and life goes on around here. My free time lately has been taken up by a little (?) sewing project: another quilt. I got it in my head to make a quilt for my MIL for Mother’s Day (shhh!), and I found a quilt I liked that was different from my last one, but still easy enough, and even better, a class that was running to keep me on track for an on time delivery. This past Tuesday was the last class, and we had to be ready to add the borders that night. After a semi-busy weekend with Cassandra (more on that in another post), Monday night was homework night – sew, press, rip out because it’s on point, I’m confused, and I sewed backwards, repeat.

At the end of the night, we had success!

It’s another lap sized one, and I was able to get the borders on Tuesday night and send it on its merry way to be quilted by someone who actually knows what they’re doing. Once it’s back in a couple of weeks, time to add the binding and we’ll be ready to surprise Mom #2 with it. These are totally her colors, and I’m hoping, her style.

J was a big help again with this one, helping me assemble the blocks and keep them in order. We’ve been talking about making a quilt for our bed for awhile, and he mentioned that he really liked this pattern. It’s a good thing, because if I’m making a king-sized version of it, he will be helping. A LOT.

In the back of that picture, you can faintly see some little shoots of something – that would be the beginnings of our garden, growing happily along. The squash and cucumbers have really made a run for it. J sneaks in almost every day to look at them – I think he’s excited, and I am, too.

Happy Friday!

It’s still , but the weather is trying. The backyard postage stamp is cleaned up, thanks to J, and Lucy likes to spend as much time out there as she can.
The weekend was spent in a whirlwind of a Pilates workshop, knitting and margaritas with friends, a fantastic cooking class at Sur la Table, and accidental shopping. My free time over the past few weeks has gone to either working on a quilt for my MIL, spending time with my mom while was here for my birthday, and worrying about my mom, who spent the night in the hospital last week.
Blogging…since the Blogger snafu, I have felt less in the mood. This place just doesn’t feel like “home.”

I’ve had a rough week health-wise, so food and deep thoughts haven’t been high on my list. I haven’t been a total sloth, however, so I thought this would be a good time to get to cataloging some of what I HAVE been up to.

Awhile back, I finished this sweater for Alex. It took awhile to make its way to Canada, but it is now keeping this lil’ munchkin warm…at least until his next growth spurt.

Awwwww…..

I’ve also sewn a couple of Amy Butler Laptop Covers (if anyone wants to attempt this one, let me know and I’ll pass on my substantial lessons learned – what a nightmare), and spent two Saturdays making this:

Truly, the most fantabulous, perfect work bag ever. It fits my heels, my lunch, assorted purse necessities, a water bottle – all with room to spare, and organized into neat little compartments. I think I may have finally found something to get me over my 1154 Lill “problem.” I will definitely be making another one of these when this wears out.

Or, to go with everything I own.

And, finally, after much ado, we spent the majority of last weekend preparing and executing the compete gutting and reorganizing of our closet. It was worth every penny. And I got to merrily organize J’s shirt collection (he has FIFTY) into color groups, which made me so happy. We’ll see how long that lasts. Curious about the end result? Have a look.

Now, I’m going to go see about having my gut ripped out and replaced. Can they do that? Ug.