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Last Month

To start October I completed my summer one pound challenge quilt.

I made another 23 yoyos out of scrap fabric during Hurricane Milton, bringing the total up to 104.

I fashioned a table runner for the holidays by joining together three vintage embroidered napkins with some wide lace.

I finished this home sewn tunic, which came in a thrifted lot of fabric, as a pajama top for me.

I slow-stitched a fun Halloween treat bag for my kid (they're never too old for treats.)

To exercise my fingers I embroidered a thrifted handkerchief and turned it into a mug rug.

I tailored a thrifted pair of shorts to better fit me, and I repaired a thrifted blouse that was missing a closure.

Finally I kept up with my crochet calendar mood blanket, which you see draped here on our king size bed. I had a three-way tie for the mood colors I used most in October: busy, happy and determined at fives times each, with focused in second place at three times. Aside from two sick days, I had no negative mood days in October, and I had to add a third color for content. I ended the month with grateful, which is the color I also used the day after Hurricane Milton hit us. Stay tuned to see what I do in November.

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