1. I'll be starting physical therapy to see if I can get my left Achilles tendon back to normal. Apparently I messed it up sometime either late last summer or early in the fall. . . but when I went to the otho-surgeon in early November to see if some miraculous procedure has been developed to fix tarsal coalitions (no) he mentioned that it looked like there was long term damage to my AT. Crap.
I went for a little walk in the snow today, across from our house, feeling the need to test out my ankle again. Not a great snow, but at least it's snow. We got maybe an inch, with maybe 3 more expected over the weekend. We need to get some, so folks get excited about Whitehouse Winterfest on Feb. 11. We have several entries for the Snowy Night Light Parade, but no sleds yet. Drat. Maybe this bit 'o' snow will help.
3. Remember this mess? I made these strips from a batik jelly roll that I won at a retreat. I'm not much of a batik kinda girl, and I thought these were just so-so, but hey, they were free! I used the stash from the Three Bears Quilt to add enough material for a single size quilt. I took the strips to YNP with me, thinking that if I needed a break from Parkadise, I could just idly sew the strips together. I had interesting projects to sew, so I ended up bringing the strips back. Yesterday, I sewed them all up in no time flat (I mean really, really quickly!) and now it's ready for the long arm quilter (LAQ) over in town. I had planned on using a sheet for the backing, but have since found out that sheets are made quite differently from sewing fabric and it boogers up long arm machines. Okie dokie. Anywho, this might end up being a charity quilt, since the only cost I'll have in it are plain muslin backing, batting, and thread, and of course the quilting. I spend a ridiculous huge amount of time deciding which strip should go where last spring. Then I stacked the strips and rolled them up. When I sewed them together I just sort of when willy nilly... sheesh. Anywho, it looks okay.4. More from the crafting-kids corner. FTD's class made these for presents at school--how cute is that? He said he hand sewed the tubes closed, and I'm guessing he helped stuff the them. I'll have to do some dissecting to see how long the tubes are.... talk about cute and simple.
5. But here's the real goodie! I've had this old chenille bed spread since one of our Mom's passed away, so it's been quite a while. Every now and then I get an idea of how to use it, but don't have the time or energy to pull something off. Yesterday, it all came together in the cutest dang pillow ever! The design is the part that would be on top of the bed pillow, so there's only one of these motifs. The other motifs are bigger, and will need more finessing to fit a standard pillow. I might just cut it down and sew a new back to the chunk that's left, to make a mini-quilty thing. We'll see.
7. I also finally picked out and cut fabric for the binding on FTD's quilt. Tomorrow is FNSI, and I'm hoping my niece can come over and help me shove it thru my machine. If not, another girl friend can come over next week sometime. Yea.
8. Other project yesterday and today was putting the holiday stuff away in the basement, knowing that All Things DD Day is only 6 weeks away. Most of the party will be in the basement, so a-cleaning we will go. Since the Man Cave isn't done, or even close to it, there's all sorts of construction crap all over the place. Maybe DH will get a wild hair and do some more work on it . . . . and if there's a miracle, he'll clean up the mess he makes, too. If that actually happens, be on the lookout. . . .
