Crunch Time

I am having guests all next week.  I'm down to the wire trying to get things done, but life doesn't always cooperate.

Thurs - Slush storm.  Have you ever seen slush come straight from the sky?  What a slippery mess and too cold to work in the unheated "Guest Cottage" (GC) (repurposed garage).

Sat - It is finally warmer.  I will do laundry while I clean the GC because my daughter will be sleeping out there if it doesn't turn too cold.  One load done and hung and the washing machine died so I spent my morning washing the rest at the laundromat.  No cleaning accomplished.

I did get some sewing done this week, but not on my quilt.  I will be traveling in the Fall and need a small bag to hold some knitting.  I will make some lacy bookmarks from crochet thread.  Check Pinterest.  They are so pretty.  I can't stand to sit around doing nothing.  I am a flea on a hot stove.  Thus, I ALWAYS take some kind of handwork.  I am also making an afghan, but it is too bulky to take along on planes and ships.  But I'll take it to work on in the car.

I bought a bag pattern that had a whole bunch of different bags to make...all sizes.  I am not a big fan of stitching bags, but the one I chose went together beautifully, even though I added canvas lining.  I didn't have any heavy fabric so used cotton from my quilting stash for the outside of the bag.  I am so pleased.  It is the perfect size (8 x 10"), and has a zipper closure at the top so I won't dribble knitting supplies everywhere I go.  It is squash-able for packing.  Don't you love it when things work out just right?

The new knitting bag on an afghan that I designed and made.

Sew some happy seams this week.  I wish you a week of things working out just right.

PS.  Here is a pasque flower amazingly in full bloom even though it had been flattened by the heavy, slushy snow that buried it.

Pasque flower in full bloom.