Things are still going a bit sideways. I'll discuss that at the end, so if you only want to see the sewing, you don't have to read it. I haven't sewn anything of my own over the past week, but I have been knitting a bit in the evenings. Some year I'll finish this baby blanket that was originally intended for a kid that is probably close to middle school age by now. 🤣
I finally got both of Pat's quilts bound and back to her.
I've quilted a few more pieces. This one is Patricia's. She hand-dyed the fabrics using plants, which I thought was really cool. I used cotton thread she provided to do a hand-guided loopy meander. Keeping it real, it was a challenge. I knew up front that the thread would be difficult. It caused way more issues than I expected and I spent two days on what should have taken me half a day and it's still not to my standards. Hello, imposter syndrome.
I quilted Peak Blooms on Trish's quilt.
I seamed the backing for her before I started.
I had a brief moment of panic at the end when I saw that the batting had gotten skewed. It was cutting it close, but there was just enough.
I quilted Spring Thing on Terese's quilt. I still need to make and attach the binding. This is her first quilt. She did great.
On to my life. The front porch cement and a bit near the barn got poured.
My husband has started putting the siding back on the house.
I feel like I'm just in survival mode. I'm super worried that the furlough is coming for us and I'm so sorry for those it has already affected.
My daughter was home visiting for the weekend and my husband wanted her to get her car washed. She went through the fancy car wash and it completely scratched and gouged the entire top of her car. She had to go file a claim. We'll see what they offer. I jokingly said it would be a lifetime of free car washes.
We purchased a new grill a month ago and it was damaged when we removed it from the box. The replacement top finally arrived last week and it was more damaged than the original. Try number three should be delivered today.
Meanwhile, after like five years of staking out and re-staking out house dimensions, construction has begun on the lot kitty-corner from our spare lot. I am totally devastated that they removed the entire tree line at the back of their property. This was yesterday morning. You can see the hole where the tall trees were. The entire treeline was as tall as the trees on the right and there were understory shrubs/trees that are critical for nature as well.
By the end of the day, it was wiped out. Like, they cleared every last bit of it. I am in shock. So many birds and other critters lived in those trees. They also removed the sycamore tree that is just behind the stop sign in the photo above, but left every single invasive Bradford pear in place. The only tiny bright spot is that they were hauling away the trees instead of burning them. Many of my neighbors are burn-happy. Several of them burn toxic things (garbage, plastics) that shouldn't be burned, particularly in a subdivision. Smoke chokes me. Sometimes it's so bad I can't even be outside. It is a very sore subject with me. Anyway, mid-day yesterday I looked out my sewing room window and saw this.
Went upstairs for lunch. So did he.
Seeing a raccoon out in the middle of the day isn't a good thing. We think he got displaced from his home. We're worried he will get desperate and go for our chickens.
I'm ready for all these issues to be over with. It's really dragging me down. This year has just been so much harder than I ever expected.
