Work in Progress

Some of the things I started to work on this weekend: a dresden mini-quilt and a scarf. I had not done any knitting for a while and last Friday I visited my local Jo-Ann store and I couldn't resit this yarn. It feels so soft and cozy I immediately thought it will make a great scarf to keep me warm this winter. I just hope I can finish it in time!

Martha

Sunday: Out and About

Today was a good day. My husband and I went to IKEA; that is always fun. I bought some fun fabric there. I still don't know what I'm going to do with with... maybe some pillows or a skirt for my cutting table. On our way back we took a different route home and drove through a neighborhood near the mountains and this is what we saw. Deer hanging out in people's yards. This little guy was strolling around with such ease and was not bother at all by me taking a picture.

I hope you had a good weekend, too.

Martha. 

New In My Sewing Room

I want to introduce you to the new addition in my sewing room. A coworker was giving it away, his wife is not much into sewing and they both insisted I should have it (a free sewing machine I will take it!). It is a Kenmore 12 Ultra Stitch; I took it for a test run and all the stitches work and it sews beautifully on heavy fabrics and bulky seams. I don't know how old it is, but what it is for sure is that its previous owners took really good care or it: it even came with its original box of presser feet and attachments. I'm a lucky girl! I think it will make a good companion to my Janome.

Martha.
 

September Around The Garden

This weekend was kind of a lazy weekend. I did finish the quilt top of my Jacob's ladder quilt, but that was about it. My main focus this weekend was taking care of my baby. Mona (one of my dogs) got sick. I took her to the vet and she prescribed Mona some medications. So right now we are just waiting for the medications to work. 

This afternoon we took the girls (that is how we call our dogs) out to the garden to play and I took some pictures of how the garden is looking right now. The planting beds are starting to look bare and many of the plants are starting to die out. We picked some peppers and tomatillos (I might make some salsa tomorrow). Though, the lemon trees look beautiful; full of blossoms and promising a good crop for this year. The first sings of fall are beginning to show in the garden; some leaves are turning and my fountain grasses are giving a great display of fall colors already.

Martha.

A Picture... A Moment

Good bye summer... mornings have been cool, the air feels crisp and it even smells like fall. Summer is slowly slipping away and fall will be here soon.

Martha.

Work In Progress

It was really great  having and extra day off from work. I had been really looking forward to this holiday (Labor Day) for a few weeks already.  I was able to catch up on household work and  made a lot of progress on my Jacob's Ladder quilt. I got all of the cutting and most of the piecing done. I would had been able to finished the quilt top, but I had I minor set back... on a few of the patchwork blocks  I sew the stripped fabric in the wrong direction. Oops!. It can be easily fixed, and I was able to catch it before  I sew those blocks to the quilt. But it takes time to undo the seams and sew them back again in the right direction. I'm almost done fixing the blocks and I will be back on track. I hope to finish the quilt next weekend hoping I have no more set backs.

I hope you had a good weekend as well.

Update: I'm linking to WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced
 

Martha.

August in the Sewing Room... A Recap

August sewing was great. Though, I didn't accomplished a massive amount of projects (as I had wished for) I'm very happy. I managed to finish the Alphabet Quilt for my goddaughter just in time for her birthday. Then, after much planning I finally moved my sewing room to a sunnier location in the house, covered some tin cans with fabric to use as storage and tried English paper piecing for the first time. 

I hosted my first giveaway and started a new quilt, which I hope to finish very soon. 

I'm looking forward to September and hope to get a lot of sewing done.

I'm linking to Fresh Sewing Day @ Lily's Quilts and Slow Bloggers @ Knotted Cotton

Martha.

Giveaway Winner Announced

First of all I want to say thank you to everyone who participated on the giveaway and left such lovely comments. It was very fun and I hope to host many more giveaways. 

The winner of the pincushion is #13 FarahLin Congratulations!

Thank you again for your support!

Martha.