Going on

​the last five days have been hectic. Well for me anyway. 

Friday the girls and dinner with friends 

Saturday sleep in. I haven’t been sleeping lately. I needed a sleep in badly. I had to give art a miss. It couldn’t be helped. 

So because big brother is always lurking I got bombarded with adds for sleeping aids 

I got this one. It’s all natural and I even know some of the ingredients, like Valerian root. I know that’s good for sleep. 

I took it for the first time last night. And for the first time in a very long time I was in bed and asleep before midnight 

Now even if it’s the placebo affect I don’t care. It worked. So please don’t burst my bubble. 

Sunday was a day of  domesticity 

I carried out inside chores while hubby went outside 

He is starting on the firewood supply 

We have quite a bit, but it needs chopping and splitting. 

All those crates will be filled and one at a time he will bring them next to the house for us to easily access them. 

I on the other hand, along with general inside stuff, decided to patch hubbys work pants. 

He is really hard on his clothes. So mending them helps keep shopping trips down. It’s not me. I don’t mind shopping. But you know men. Apparently it’s torture and very painful 

I found some iron on patches in a mixed bag of supplies someone had given me 

I cut to size and ironed them in. Now I don’t know why, maybe they’re just too old, they didn’t stick. 

I decided to hand stitch around them for now. I’ve been online and ordered new ones. Hopefully they’ll be here soon and I can try again 

And today, after a much better nights sleep, spent some time clearing my work table in the craft room

Now I know I said I wasn’t going to start a new project until I had finished the WIP’s I had. 

Well obviously i meant yarn projects. I only have one sewing project so I’m entitled to have at least another one going too. Right?

I got this pattern a while ago. I wanted to make it from the wool blanket off cuts 

Here all the pieces are cut and ready to sew together. 

I’m going using up a few cream pieces of the wool for the bag and  

Some cream, or off white cotton scraps for the lining 

I’ve even cut the interfacing   

All are clipped together with the pattern piece 

This is definitely my “practice “ bag. 

I hope to “ iron out” all the issues I will come across and learn from them 

If the bag is a disaster it will simple become a “ dress up” bag for the girls 

So that’s it. Your up to date 

After being busy all morning I’m going to sit down, watch episodes of the great sewing bee and game of wool. All while continuing with the blanket on currently finishing off. It’s almost as big as I want it. 

Then I’ll start on another blanket that half done. 

See I am getting through them. Soon I’ll be back to the EPP. 

Stay safe wherever you are, the worlds weather is kinda crazy right now