Hurtling Toward the End of May?!
Garden Update Somehow it’s already nearly the last week of May, and I can’t believe I haven’t updated this blog once since April. There’s no doubt it’s late May, though. The weather is starting to feel more like a South Alabama summer. That means it’s getting a little steamy and sticky. We’re still not at […]
Garden, Critters, Crafts & Doodle Updates
Garden Update Time for an update on the status of the vegetable garden! This is the vegetable patch behind the garage, where we put up a makeshift fence to keep out the dogs (and rabbits). It’s just some chicken wire, a few stakes, and some bamboo we cut from our own plant this spring. (The […]
“Use It Up” Quilt Finished
Trimmed, Bound & Labeled A couple of entries ago, I mentioned that I had finally finished quilting the “Use It Up” crumb quilt (after leaving it on the frame for a long, long time). Since then, I’ve trimmed the excess batting and backing fabric, made and attached the binding, and even labeled the quilt. It’s […]
Catching Up Again!
I started editing the photos for this post in February, but I’m not getting around to writing it until March—all part of the endless game of “catch up” that I always seem to be playing! (Especially where this blog is concerned… But better late than never.) I won’t be writing about things in chronological order. […]
More of the Same (+ FMQ)
It feels like things can just never quite get to the point that I’m in a “blogging mood”. Either I’m waiting for something to “get over with” so that (I think) I’ll feel more relaxed (events, medical things, doctor’s appointments—both mine and family members’—nothing too big or bad, but it still mildly stresses me out […]
Doodles, Tiny Glade & Quilt Piecing
I’ve been trying to walk every day. I don’t typically take more steps than I have been doing for years, now, but I’m trying to increase my pace and make sure it’s more exercise than stroll. Sometimes I just get on the treadmill for a while, but if the weather is nice and it fits […]
Inktober: Firefly, Rowdy, Inferno
Catching up after not posting for a few days! Inktober Day 23: “Firefly” This one is brown ink in the Little Fat Man pen, followed by watered-down yellow gouache and whatever was on my palette plus a little Boku-Undo Shadow Black e-sumi watercolor to make the brownish greys and greenish yellow eyes. It’s far from […]
Doodling & Sewing Short Seams
Brown Ink & Doggie Doodles Last time, I wrote about wanting to practice doodling dogs more often so that I might get better at it. With that in mind, the next time I had a sketchbook page filled with watercolor “vignette blobs”, I decided to try dogs as my subject. I guess I thought it […]
Doodling & Sewing Long Seams
No Photos, but Real Quilt Progress I have no new photos to share of the selvage quilt, but I’ve made a lot of progress since last time. Everything is joined up, and there are only four long seams to press before I can try to take a few flimsy photos. While I was in joining-up […]
Quilt Layout Time
Selvage Quilt Update This as far as I’ve got since last time—just settling on a layout and starting to place them on the wall. I’m going with the chevron pattern. Next up is sewing them together. I’m thinking of joining them in groups of six (2 rows x 3 columns of units). Cartoony Cats It […]