I haven't done much sewing lately. Instead, I've been helping families find charitable homes for their loved one's stashes. I was contacted by another lady about her sister's stash. I was told it was a quilter, but when I picked everything up, it was almost all garment fabrics. Hmmm....what do I do with garment fabrics (lovely fabrics, but I don't sew clothing, and don't know anyone who sews clothes). Well, after asking two different groups of quilters, I found a home for everything. This afternoon, I took buttons to one lady, that will be used for children's sweaters that one of her groups makes and donates. Then I took 2 sewing machines and all the rest (notions, fabrics, TONS of buttons, etc.) to a church that works with refugee's. These things will be given to refugee's who can sew, so that they can make clothing either for their families, or to sell so that they can support themselves. Woohoo! (now I can get back into my family room again ;).
Back on September 16th, hubby took our kitchen sink out, to replace it with a new one. Oops! 3 of the 4 corners of the new sink were cracked. Too late to put the old sink back in.
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| no kitchen sink |
Well, the new sink arrived after it was shipped from another state (no cracks) but, the pipes didn't fit in the same places as the old sink. Hubby & our son finally figured everything out, and our new sink works. It took 2 weeks to get everything hooked up, and a few days longer to finally get the little leak fixed. Meanwhile, no cooking happened at our house for over 2 weeks.
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| new kitchen sink |
Now I have to cook again :( I didn't miss cooking much.
I have gotten some stitching done (not much). I finished the last block for the Angels Among Us quilt.
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| December block |
I've cut most of the sashing strips and border strips for this quilt. Now to get them stitched together.
I've also stitched over 300 HST's for 4 different projects (Angels Among Us, Family Reunion quilt, Quilt Guild raffle quilt and last set of Friendship Star TOBE blocks). I still have more HST's to make for the Family Reunion quilt.
Last summer I started a Leaders & Enders project, the Omigosh! quilt. I've been slowly making 9 patch blocks for this quilt. I've made over 150 9 patch blocks so far (I need 550 total 9 patch blocks).
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| 150 teeny tiny 9 patch blocks |
These 9 patch blocks are 2" unfinished. I do have lots of parts of this quilt cut out, waiting for their turn to be stitched. This will NOT be a quick project!
Another reason I haven't been sewing much is that I seem to have lost my sewing mojo. I'm hoping that it comes back soon. It's been a busy year for me (LOTS of family travel and issues). Those issues just seem to keep happening (no more travel lately, thank goodness). I don't mind travel, but it would be nice to travel for a vacation instead of all family needs/emergencies. Since I finally got home in late July, I sit in my sewing room and just watch movies, with little sewing getting done. All of my energy has gone into finding homes for 'other' peoples stashes, not using my own.
That sewing mojo comes and goes. One of these days, I bet it appears again. In the meantime, I'm glad you are helping friends. Also happy you have a kitchen sink - it's even nice to have when you don't cook! ~Jeanne
ReplyDeleteI've not been feeling like sewing much either. I find that I don't really have a place to give my quilts, and it just seems to useless to sew them. My family doesn't really want them, and don't know of local places that can use them. So the mojo is hard to get going when I don't have an outlet to share. With the price of shipping I cannot send them out. (And the PO is raising the prices AGAIN) So discouraging.
ReplyDeleteHopefully things will settle down for you and your mojo returns. Being without a kitchen sink is so hard, we were without one for 10 days several years back. I still cooked, but much simpler.
ReplyDeleteOh wow - those tiny 9 patches are so cute, but 550.. shew thats a lot - hope you mojo comes back.
ReplyDeleteGood for you for finding a home for all that fabric - that is quite a chore
It's amazing how a small home improvement project is rarely a quick-fix! Glad you found a home for all of the fabric!
ReplyDeleteThose tiny patches look so tedious, but cute. I would not have the patients for that. Congrats of finding such a good home for the fabric. That's awesome and gives 2 possibilities for the refugees. Love that. Not cooking for 2 wks must have seemed like vacation? Nice looking new sink.
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Right now I can't sew at all... so sew for me, please. I can sew vicariously thru you, Cheryl. Love U
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