Continuing Story

Part of the Thanksgiving prep meant my sewing area had to be cleared, since it is adjacent to the kitchen and we move some living room furniture into it to make a sitting spot--after all, everyone always wants to be in the kitchen to visit with the cooks :)

 It took several hours for me to fold up and store all the piled up fabric, scraps, tools, project bins...

...throw out the trash and try to make the room look like a workspace and not a looted shop.  Unfortunately, it is still crowded and too much is out in the open, but I'm hoping to remedy that soon.

Having a clean worktable for the first time in months allowed me to cut all the sashing sections for this month's UFO, a Christmas swap block project, lay it out and pile it up for piecing.  I also did get the backings and batting done for the Christmas tablerunners.  Two of them were completely finished and taken to the shoppe for sale but I neglected to get photos.  Two others were sold on Thanksgiving, as my dad coveted one and my sister in law the other.  Nice doing business with them :)

 

 I added the additional background strips to make the on point blocks float.  Sorry for the blurry shot.

 Bringing the backing to the front for a finished look without adding separate binding did save time and turned out pretty well on the two completed runners.  The above runner will get the same treatment.

Mr. Snowman is coming along--I'll add his eyes when all the poky needle stuff is over.

In another continuing story, my 93 year old mother in law is doing excellently since her mastectomy surgery and today got her staples out.  She has had no pain nor any complications other than a pulled drain which necessitates needle extraction of excess fluid at the doctor's office, and is feeling her usual self.  I, on the other hand, am still coughing and blowing my nose over a week into this cold.  Ready for that to be over, I tellya!