Progress not Perfection

 Time is so quickly disappearing...Sew nothing new..... Cold weather in the Carolinas...I am safe and cozy in my complex.

Our five year old, again, sick in bed. The chicken quilt I made her for comfort, evidently is not enough.  She needs the chicken too!!

Amaryllis--A New Year gift from a friend...lights up my days.

When inspiration leaves.. Accuquilter to the rescue...cutting 3.5 x 3x6 blocks to add to the already cut 3.5 x 3.5 I found in a random drawer..

Making more sponges from recycled avocado and orange bags...Silly me sewed them all wrong..

The angel of hope in  tough times.  Two be-jeweled bracelets now used to surround battery operated votive lights:

Trying to find sewing strength...Life seems so out of reach today..

A friend died here yesterday...so awful.

We started a new sewing group here on Monday mornings...a great thing.

I am able to walk more, pain free...another great thing.

I like to make gifts to share with friends who are struggling...I am  way behind on potholders, tissue holders, bowl covers and key fobs.. I keep getting involved in a book to forget  the world's sadness. Guess that is  why I have no sewing to show.. Also the following reasons:

Scrap sorting!!!!  OMG

Stitch, the cat, in Portland role modeling for me the act of relaxing...I got it!!!

In our art room, shines my purple Railroad Track piece from forever ago.

Forever blogging, just a bit slower now xo

Goodbye Yesteryear....

At our apartment complex there is a thrift store...This $1 plaid dish towel was too high to reach.A friend helped me take it down.  I made it into a simple string bag and left it on her door knob from Secret Santa...So much fun.

I am finally finished making these chapstick holders...Alas, I cannot find the bag of chapsticks...This has been such a frustrating project....I will never make them again...First of  all turning them was almost impossible...Many a bad word said in my sewing room.  Then I had to restitch a few of them as they were not tight enough to hold the chapstick.  Anyway, I have 20 done to share with folks to make them happy...and Done is Done..  There are many tutes on U-tube for this.

My neighbor just turned 85.  In the middle of my midnight sewing spree, I made this for him...an insulated can holder..Sew very easy made quickly and nicely.  He is a handiman and has helped me so much.

More potholders...my favorite design item. They are very graciously accepted....A wonderful gift, because they are potholders.  If  you do not like the colors, in the drawer they go.

The one below was for the lady upstairs who always brings my mail down when it is addressed to her room instead of mine.  I found stamp fabric for the center and the backing.

This one is for a kind and talented sewist who has Parkinsons. (also a dog)

Both were fun to make.

Above this nice picture of Aoife from last year...love.

Now, in the  New Year, there is the flu everywhere.  The hospitals are closing for visitors.  Those old masks are coming out.  I think I will use the pretty fabric ones I made.  I  know that the mask business people will be worried about their bottom line if we do this, but I do not care.  I have some with a slot for filters and I even have some filters left. 

Our place also has the flu..It seems to go on for days...Ugh!!

The new holiday lights I bought this  year are draped over my sewing area by the window.  They have a remote that changes them to red and white for Valentines day and green and white for St. Paddys day.  I think I will keep them up to cheer my grey winter days.

Since I am posting now on the New Year....I hope it will set a precedent for more blogging and more sewing for 2026. xo