Here’s to another month! January flew by as usual. We had a lazy first weekend in February. Fancy spent most of her time playing tug with the Husband and her rapidly shedding rope toy, or snoring on my lap. She did not move for much of anything. She was not interested in the puppy bowl, although she was a little confused by the puppy squeaks. She squeaked her ball a lot though, in protest of us watching other pups.
I think I’m off to a good start with sewing. I’ve been working on a bunch of projects and I made some things that I needed and finished a bunch of projects from the UFO box.
This project takes care of both of those categories. I made some hot pads for the kitchen. One has a loop and one doesn’t. They came out a little small, so we’ll probably use them for trivets.
They were easy to make, but not too pretty on the other side. Yikes.. The binding was too big.
I have also started a new rainbow quilt. I’m not counting this one against my total. It’s technically for an old project that I hadn’t started yet.
I swear to finish something big soon. My quilt tops are stacking up. If I don’t finish some, I’ll have to get a bigger tote. I’m considering just backing everything with fleece. I have batting for a bunch of them, but not all.
So for UFOS I have made 13+ tea wallets, the hot pads, a Christmas zippered pouch, the evil fairy bag, and the library bag.
For new projects, I made a self-drafted tunic and the castle shirt.
I have also added two more quilt tops. Well, partial. They aren’t sewn together yet. They are also rainbow, since I apparently can’t do anything else. I think I’ve decided on this block for the pastel rainbow one. I found a cute white on white floral to use for the center of the blocks. I may need to make a few more of the scrap blocks depending on how the layout looks. I also have the chevron one in the featured pic.
Man… sometimes admitting the things I haven’t finished yet makes me cringe. I don’t normally put stock in negative self talk for motivation, but apparently sometimes it works. I’ll be working on some backed up projects for sure this month.
I’ve done much better in food terms this week. 15 new recipes and 12 new cookbooks. Hits were the lamb, the cinnamon ice cream, the Parmesan crusted chicken, and the Gordon Ramsey noodle and mushroom dish.
The hotpot was also a hit. It was a fun dinner with bonus noodle soup!
Misses were the pho (smelled like “lamb and feet”) and the pie contest apple pie. Not too bad for the month.
Goals:
Sewing/crafting:
– Make the dragon dress
– Fancy up my work clipboards so I don’t get them mixed up with the office ones.
– Fully finish a quilt.
– Sew a pair of leggings! (Eek! Sewing with knits!)
Food goals:
– Use the InstantPot
– Try a new breakfast recipe
– Try a new lunch recipe
– Meal Plan/Pantry shop
– Make more ice cream! (Yes, I know it’s winter, but ice cream!)
I will also try to snuggle this puppers more to her standards. She feels sadly lacking in the snuggle department… You can plainly see she’s terribly sad about it. She probably also needs more treats. I mean, how could we resist?
I think I’ll take her current example and take myself off to bed. Have a lovely, restful night!
