Saturday, September 17, 2011

Pottering.

Well another weekend has come around already.  Saturday so far has been one of pottering, perusing blogs and sorting some drawers.  (The smaller people in my house being quite happy amusing themselves - hurrah!)  That is when you realise actually I do have rather a lot of clothes...how many long sleeved stripey t-shirts and short sleeved ones?!  So why is it that we all get days where we feel and say "I have nothing to wear!".  I'm thinking to purge my guilt of recent spend-athons that I should ebay or charity shop some stuff.  But that means having to make some hard-hitting choices of what might never really be worn/used in the foreseeable future.  I have to say that I'm usually of the school of thought that if it hasn't been worn or used in the last 12 to 18 months then it should go.  My short-sleeved t-shirts (well a lot of them) fall into that category.  Yet that may be because our summers haven't really been that marvellous for the last few years.  The handbag basket trunk...quite a few there haven't had an airing for some time but I do find it hard to apart with my handbags-they're one of my guilty pleasures!  Like shoes for some women!  Think this will need to be mulled over before I take or not take the plunge of being ruthless. 

The quilt in reds has all been completely stitched together (thanks to my mum who was staying for a few days) and a kins size red flat sheet has been bought to be the backing layer (much cheaper than buying fabric by the metre).  So now I have to purchase the wadding and quilting thread.  This I'm going to do by hand....could be a long, long time as a WIP.  It does look lovely and comforting and looks very nice on my bed and in the bedroom.

Later on from above....

....I came down from a lovely lie-in this morning to find my lounge like this...LOL...


....did some baking...cupcakes which I've not made in ages.  The photo was taken after about 6 were quickly devoured!  Planning to make chocolate brownies later to be a dessert for sunday lunch tomorrow with friends.  Baking does make you feel good, doesn't it?



And some shots of THE Granny Stripe as a nearly finished work in progress-yippee!  I have enjoyed making it and have certainly speeded up my crochet doing those stripes.  Having just taken the photo of it laid out on my bed, I think that one more complete section of all the colours will be the size needed.  Then it will be what colours to edge in and what kind of scalloped border I'd like on it.  Need to make that my focus now in the evenings if I'm not too whacked from the school day and marking work!

Now, can you see the next WIP that I started once I'd finished my Japanese flower motif wrap...I like to have something small that I can crochet if I'm a tad weary of the stripe-athon of the Granny Stripe blamket.  It is going to be another blanket!!  I can see that my house may become a haven for snuggly, colourful crochet works of art! LOL!


Happy weekend to you all!
xxx

Monday, September 5, 2011

Woo-hoo!

Yikes...I am terrible at this blogging myself but far too good at reading those of others. 

Well the summer holidays have passed again and it is back to school for me.  Feeling fairly organised for this starting academic year but the pressure will be on.  I need to be disciplined at getting the marking done in school time (or as much as is possible) and be super organised with the teaching resources I need for lessons!  Diary and new diary/notebook by my side with lists to draw up and then gleefully tick off!  Oh such aspirations.

Finished my Japanese flower motif wrap this summer...I'm rather pleased with it although haven't yet worn it out for any type of occasion.  Am just over half way through the Granny Stripe blanket and it is looking G-O-O-D!  However, I couldn't resist starting another crochet project...the flowers in the snow blanket albeit in the cream for me...white although lovely...maybe a little stark for my colour scheme.  Pictures to follow.

I also (with oodles of sewing help from my talented Mum) have made great leaps forward with my quilt of reds.  The squares sewn in 4s adorn my little spare room/crafting space ready to be sewn together to make the quilt topping...I am L-I-K-I-N-G it very much.



The quilt in reds laid out for sewing together