Skip to main content

Busy

I saw this little guy on the driveway yesterday:

He's a mole skink, which I haven't before seen around here.

Also saw my grandson, who got a new little play chair from my friend Maria:

Then I was on my own last night for dinner, so I used vegan mozzarella cheese shreds to make an okay-for-me pizza, which turned out pretty close to the real thing. I miss pizza a lot, so very happy about finding an alternative:

Also got the scrap project coasters finished:

And finally backed, batted and pinned the matching runner, and started quilting that:

Labels:

Comments

nightsmusic said…
I love the skink! And Oliver looks so very happy in his chair.

I think pizza is one of those foods that I would miss terribly and would actually cheat on. It would be worth it. To me!

The coasters are really nice. The colors are lovely together. I have Thing 1's coat that she loved but then got too heavy to wear it. She's been losing weight like crazy now that she put her mind to it and can fit the coat again, but the sleeves will always be just 'this much too short.' So I need to try and let them out, but am not sure how to attack it. I might not be able to lengthen them because I can't find any way between the lining and wool outer shell without leaving an obvious hand sewn area. *sigh*
October 6, 2019 at 11:12 AM
the author said…
Thanks -- the scrap project is coming out much nice than I thought. :) The vegan cheese is a welcome discovery, as I can make a couple of Italian dishes with it that were off-limits for me before now.

Good for your girl on losing the weight. On lengthening those coat sleeves -- could you use a blind hem? I've done that for pants so that it doesn't show. Or (if it would work with the coat) maybe add some cuffs?
October 6, 2019 at 1:38 PM
nightsmusic said…
I can do the blind hem. I have to find someplace where I can open the lining though. It's a bit of a pea coat design and you can't believe how well made it is. The lining is navy and the major seams all have a purple piping on them so there's that to contend with. And I think I could only get another inch or so in length. I'm still studying it. Either I'll figure something out, or she'll have to wear it as is. She did for a long time so...
October 6, 2019 at 1:41 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fell Off the Wagon

I did cut up that plastic dollar tote to make into something stronger, but got caught up with work and set it aside. Then last night some hand-dyed silk and pretty threads called my name, and, well . . . Felt SO good to do some handwork, except my neck began hurting about an hour into it. I tried changing the way I sit and work, but it's pretty obvious that the doc is right.
7 comments
Read more

Old Loves & Such

My guy kindly bought me my favorite Chinese take out the other night, and my fortune cookie offered up an interesting story starter: This sounds sweet, right? Only the first thing I thought of was an old love coming back from the dead . . . . must be October. In other lovely news, my favorite hand-dyed thread artist, Lorraine from Colour Complements , is moving her business from Etsy to her own web site. Many of my favorite sellers on Etsy are leaving due to the whole "free shipping" coercion debacle, which has also soured me on the site. To show support I did a little shopping at Lorraine's web site and got in these: I love her threads and trims; you simply can't buy anything like them anywhere. Her work makes my specialty thread box look like a treasure chest: At night I'm spending just as hour working on quilting the scrap project runner, and I'm making slow progress: I'll keep quilting the runner while I try to decide on a design for t...
2 comments
Read more

T-minus Day

This was our little Thanksgiving dinner last year, when it was just the three of us. Time keeps whittling down my favorite holiday; this year it will be just me and my guy, and we likely won't even have a turkey.* That will be a first in 35 years. I feel about Thanksgiving the way other people do about Christmas, and while it's a lot of work it's my favorite holiday. Of all the Thanksgivings I've had in the past sixty years, only three were truly terrible: one when I was a kid that I don't talk about (#1 most miserable); the time I roasted two turkeys together and hosted fifteen people whom I cooked for and served with zero help (the largest and #2 most miserable); and the one I spent in basic training (the #3 most miserable.) I have no pictures of any of those, thank heavens. In addition to doing all the cooking I'm the one who takes all the pictures, washes all the dishes and puts away all the leftovers. I suppose no one else cares because to them it...
5 comments
Read more