A Finished Project!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And it doesn't bother me in the slightest that it was a brand new one and that all the ones "in progress" are still "in progress."

Did I mention that I leapt off the fabric wagon many months ago? It's one thing to buy no yarn for a year, but fabric is a bit harder as things come up and I've only been stashing fabric for a few years. Anyway, the August Soup Night is on Monday, and it was originally going to be a salsa tasting as I assumed I would have had time to make a few new salsas by August. I failed to discuss this plan with the tomatoes however, and I am now just hoping to harvest our first tomato by Monday. So I have changed the event to a salsa cook-off, and decided salsa cocktail napkins to give as prizes were in order, so today I made 18 napkins:
The problem now is that they are so cute that we want some for ourselves, so I'll be headed back to Joanns soon.

I am still counting the 2 yards of fabric used in my stash tally--even though the 2 yards were never technically IN the stash as I bought the material yesterday and used it today, but it could have been in the stash and who am I to deny material its full potential???

Theo was thrilled to be sewing of courseand could hardly contain his excitement......

Comments

Mandy said…
Ooh, he is so sweet! Does Theo let you tickle his tummy when he is on his back?
August 5, 2009 at 2:02 AM
Daniele said…
He just loves that sewing!!

The napkins are cute as can be. You'll definitely need some for yourself. :)
August 5, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Jillsknit said…
Theo and Bert would be such good friends - they could try to "out cute" each other!

Speaking of soup night - we're getting close to harvest season for Minnsota Wild Rice. You interested in some rice and my famous recipe?
August 5, 2009 at 6:12 PM
bittenbyknittin said…
Have you ever submitted Theo pix to LOLcats? They are begging for captions!
August 6, 2009 at 5:03 PM
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