Time is Flying...

Below are jar openers.  They are backed with rubber draw liners...Now is the time for relaxing sewing with no stress and no deadlines!!

Here: 13 bowl cozies for the holidays.  The bottom one is made from a shirt  I had  made for my son when he was five...He is now 40!!  Both my boy grands wore it too! 

Making more laminate  pouches closed with velcro.  They are perfect for holding cards, or snacks, or anything.  I have one for dog  treats and one for labels.  The old ladies here play "Hand and Foot ". a card game.  I made one of these for each table so the cards would not get lost.

Our darling Stitch is now 9.5 years old.  I still remember how Evan and I went to get him at  the shelter after Granddaddy died.  He is  the best cat ever...king everywhere he goes.  Now he lives in Union County with the grandchildren he loves.  Stitch no longer sleeps on my sewing table, but as you see, he is quite happy  xox Love you Stitch!!

A fun scrap potholder...

It has now been almost 3 months since my hip replacement surgery.  Still zero pain...so grateful...However, I am wobbly, on a walker and working on my patience..Life does seem to change.  Little by little I am able to do new things...Eg. I can now exercise in the pool for 30 min and ride the Nu-step for 11 minutes. Still only walking small distances.... I am carrying on.

I am making new friends.  A couple moved in last week where the husband has ALS.  I took them a potholder and told them I was available any time they cared for support.  No one should be alone with this disease!!  I can be a fellow traveler.( If they want)

Reading and  relaxing and getting better...Finally posting...Internet is back and I am still in the learning curve of my new PC mini...

I am preparing new small works for the  holidays..and preparing myself to get  better!!  xoxo

Just for Today

My  new phone is not working properly...It tells me that my passwords are incorrect.  It will not forward pictures and I cannot recieve emails.... So, no posting here, no calmness for me.....Here are two of my latest iron on Halloween squares...I still have to applique them with the machine.  I am getting tired of Halloween and it is not even here yet...Time is going so very fast.. Guess I had better make some Thanksgiving items.....Slowly I am making new friends to replace (not really possible) lost family and lost friends due to COVID. Political stress abounds...

I now have four of these spider blocks.. I will applique them, then leave them for next year..

Above, the first of my fall potholders..

Below, jar openers for presents these holidays..

Seems I cannot get away from stress....Terminal cancer is visiting our family...scary as all get out.

I am dealing with it by sewing mindlessly and munching on the $5 chocolate bar from Trader Joe's.

Voila, washcloths

I bought new facecloths for my bathroom, but they came all cheap and scratchy.  Not wanting to dump them nor return them, I covered them with pretty for cleaning things.  All done tonight....so relaxing!!

No pictures because of my disabled phone.

The bandage on my nose comes off this upcoming Tuesday...I will so be grateful.  Also graterful that the MOHs surgery and the plastic surgery are over...and successful.

With a heavy heart, I am trying to de-stash in small ways....a fabric piece here and there...

Very, very grateful me has wonderful Sherry coming by tomorrow to check on my phone..

I am kind of out there since my sister is so busy now with her family...

Me, the former  matriarch of our family, is now trying to concentrate of her own mental and physical health and what I can control.  What I can control is so very little. I am glad I live in my apartment without the worry of a house.  I am grateful that friends still gather round with love and support.

Happy to still be alive.