Sewing Again...

I finally did some sewing over the last few days, and it felt really good. 

I can't remember a time when I have gone this long without sewing, but I'm sure it has happened before. It had been quite some time since I sat at the sewing machine and did anything other than a quick mending job. I seriously think that I've done very little, if any since the end of July or beginning of August. I just wasn't feel "it," and there always seemed to be something else that needed my attention right away. 

I didn't abandon quilting/sewing all together. I was sketching projects in EQ, writing a few patterns, teaching some classes, and even pulling some fabrics. I just couldn't force myself to sit at the machine and sew. I think the fact that my sewing area is a mess and I've spent a lot of time running around for appointments and meetings had a lot to do with my "break." 

I didn't clean my sewing area, but I did take a look at some of those fabrics I pulled and cleaned up enough that I could do some sewing. I won't lie...it felt good to sew and I think I might even take a day and clean up my space so I can get some real work done. LOL

I didn't take pictures of most of what I've sewn, but I did take a picture of the plaid bias binding I'm attaching to the table runner I made today. Oh how I enjoy binding! 

I'll be back with more soon... 😊

More Grandkid Fun

The last time I posted, I shared a couple of pictures from when Noah was visiting. As we do whenever we spend time with any of the grandchildren, we had a fun time. But the time always goes way too quickly. We only had two days with Noah, so we tried to do as much fun stuff as possible. Besides the bonfire, Jack and Noah spent time reading, playing cards, and talking about the Cat in the Hat. That was a fun conversation.  :-) 

David and Noah left way too soon, but Jack and I still talk about our time with them. We hope for another visit soon!

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when we had the long Labor Day weekend. We were excited to have Lynn, Ty, and kids here "camping" in our driveway. Lynn and Ty thought of everything when it came to entertaining five kids for three and a half days.

We don't have a pool but that didn't stop the kids from having "water fun." It was a warm weekend and the kids cooled off in this little wading pool and played with the water table a lot! Jayme even found a microphone to entertain us. :-) 

There was some work done to sight in Ty's crossbow. I love this pictures of the three guys working together. 

After the work was done, there was some target practice. Looks like it was pretty darn successful. 

You can't really camp without a bonfire, and we had one every night. Monday's lunch was also cooked over the fire - thanks to the pie irons that Sheryll brought. It doesn't look like it, but we put a pretty big dent in the "outside wood pile." 

Ty's parents came over Friday night and joined us for the first bonfire. We all thought it was pretty ingenious of Lynn to set up a barrier for the twins to be able to roast their own marshmallows and stay cool at the same time. 

Experimenting with campfire pies was fun!

There was a lot of chalk drawing done on Monday and that was fun!

Sadly the time together came to a close but we could still see the remnants of it for a few days until the rain hit and washed away the drawings. 

I think I'll go spend some time at the sewing machine now. It's been a while!