Made A Quiet Wish

Happy Birthday to me.....

 



Made It Out the Door

The finishing touches were added to yet one more Hitty cape and another itty bitty pillow  early this morning. Soon after I was happily on my way up to the first Nellie Perkins Doll and Miniature Society meeting of the year and they were handed out to the appropriate individuals. Luckily, I remembered to take a quick pic to documents items 60 and 61 first!

 

 

 

 

Made a Bunch

Seven more cushions completed and ready to go! Once I decked them out with the blossom pins, however, I tossed the whole lot of them into the hand basket so you'll just have to take my word for it that a portion of these are new creations...cross my heart!

59/84!!!

 

 

Made Them All

 Today was a Bitty Blossom marathon during which the entire lot of pins were completed.

 

Oh and one more pincushion to boot!

Hitting a grand total of 52 of the 84 items on my list I took a long leisurely cuppa and indulged my reading of Jewett's book all the way through chapter 12...what a treat!

 



Made Me Wish For More Time

Had a bit of a roll right around sunset...two cushions and six pins brought me up to 38/84.

 

 



Made It Up

Another day, another chapter.

Yep.....got to that cape and surprise, surprise.....a few more pins.

Grand tally now stands at 30/84!



Made It.....well almost...

Two more blossom pins, one more pincushion, and what I had hoped to be the first of five new Hitty capes. Unfortunately a wee glitch in the day's plans came up and the cape will have to wait until tomorrow for it's finishing touches. Even so, my tally upped a bit to 26/84 which means I'm off to bed with Jewett's new chapter in tow.

 

 



Made Them Plump

No more fabric pancakes!!!

Two more blossom pins.

23/84




Made Four and Then Some More!

 Another pile of pincushion rounds all made up and ready to stuff. The four blossom pins on top.....

 

.....boost me up to 21 out of 84. Captain Littlepace here I come!!!

 



Made the Bees Happy

 This afternoon I finished off three more Bitty Blossom Pins while sitting out in the yard. The sedum was literally alive with bees and so I added my own flower creations to the mix just for fun. And it was fun....until the kiddos next store called me to come over to see a snake they had found...and the frog it was in the process of eatting as well! NO THANK YOU!!! My interlude with nature was done. I grabbed my pins, high tailed it inside, and locked the door behind me!

 

At least my new tally of 17 out of 84 granted me the next chapter and a chance to fill my mind with something more pleasant.

But oh that poor frog!!!

 

 

 



Made to Put My Feet Up

Even though there are ten whole days until my birthday I already got a birthday gift! My mother-in-law, one of the busiest women I know in her own right, gave me this ottoman to put my feet up! As an added bonus the lid opens to reveal a cedar lined storage area  in which she thought I could store some of my sewing goodies. What she doesn't know is the amazing opportunity she has now given me to add to my stash! Thank you Jeanne!!!
 

Even though I was tempted by the idea of some fabric browsing, I was good and stayed put at home. Four more items were finished up bumping my tally  to 14 out of 84 and earning me a read through of the next chapter in Jewett's book. Of course, all of this was done with my feet up which I must say I found very much to my liking! I even gathered my knitting together and fumbled through another inch or so of the scarf hust in order to extend my position of leisure a wee bit longer.

 

 

Made a Bribe

 Toady I finished off seven pieces which is a good thing because I discovered I had miscounted yesterday and actually have a total of 84 items to complete! So now combined with the "first three" from yesterday I've got 10 out of 84 done. That's almost 1/8 of the work which made me feel pretty good so I decided to pop into the library this afternoon and pick up a copy of Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country Of the Pointed Firs. The book was recommended to me in the comments section several days back (thanks Del!!!) and I've been dying to get my hands on it ever since. It's another coast of Maine, fishing village romp in time and so of course right up my alley!

 

 I must have numbers on the brain because the first thing I did once the book was in my hands was to flip through and see how many chapters it contained. It has 21 to be exact which is really weird because if you divide the number of items I need to complete by the number of chapters you get a perfect 4. Well actually it's not weird that it divides up that way but isn't it weird that I think that way? And perhaps even weirder that I continued thinking over this discovery until I found a way to put such useless information into practice.....BRIBERY.

 

It was unanimous.....me, myself, and I decided to limit our reading of the book to 1 chapter for every 4 items completed.

 

So upon returning home I whipped up a Bitty Blossom Pin and then immediately devoured the first chapter...YUM!!!

 

  A few more stitches and snips earned me the second which I've now savoured several times over.

Can't wait to see what tomorrow has in store....

 

 

 

 

Made the First Three

 I had intended to spend my day "sewing' a field of Bitty Blossom Pins but soon found myself itching to have at some of the other projects I had lined up.

 

So I figured, "Why not? I've certainly got enough of them!"

 



 And just in case your curious as to the specifics here's what's on my plate to finish up.....
34 pincushions
27  39 (opps I counted wrong!)bitty blossom pins
5 itty bitty pillows
5 Hitty capes
and
1 quilt block

Collectively they come to a grand total of 72  84 items. Some have due dates and others do not but I have given myself until the 22nd to work my way through the list. This should be fun....at least for me it will and I'm hoping you'll humor me as I visually document my progress along the way. I promise to try and come up with some creative photos so it doesn't get too monotonous on the eyes.

Today, however, you'll just get a straight up picture....the first 3 of 72!!! 3 of 84!!!
(Although if I hadn't been tempted to poke my way through a few chapters of my latest Ogilvie book perhaps it would have been 4.)



 

Made Ready

 So it seems summer is over and tomorrow's my big day back to "work!"

In anticipation, I snuck back up to the nook this afternoon and started making some fabric selections for a batch of pincushions on order.

 

And since anything to do with fabric is more like play than work, the pile soon exceeded the amount needed to complete the order. No matter...the more the merrier!

 

 



Made Me Wonder

As the sun set this evening I could not help but ask....where in the world has yet another day slipped off to?

 

 

 

 

Made It All Gone!

I can't begin to tell you how much I wish I had taken a before picture.  To tell the truth,  however,  I had very low expectations surrounding the event.....my mom made a gluten free pie crust.

 

We were having an end of the summer celebration complete with games,  the grill,  and lots of goodies!  I was suppose to bring the dessert but she beat me to the task while I was out gallivanting up in Maine yesterday.  I learned about the event via the phone upon our return.  Knowing that she used the same box mix I had back HERE,  I suggested I still make the batch of cookies I had planned to bake off.  But no....she assured me her pie was fine.  More than fine even.....that she had the "knack."  Yeah right,  no one could work with that dough,  or so I thought.

 

And yet there it was,  waiting for me in all its lattice topped glory,  a truly beautiful pie.  As for the taste you ask?  Obviously the picture speaks for itself!