A Little Yarn On The Side

Happy New Year from Château Sutton-Goar! Santa made a surprise appearance at the Château last year, bringing Andy an acoustic parlor (smaller body) guitar and  me a 12-string, so there has been a lot of music here this year—and more than a few discussions about how many guitars two people actually need, though these discussions are quickly scrapped when either the sewing room or the third bay of the garage known as the Wood Shop are mentioned.  No one, however, is allowed to take up the tuba. Andy has always been interested in photography, and this year purchased a better digital camera to play with.  On one of the first outings with a camera, while Andy tried to get just the right shot of a goose with her gosling, I fended off another goose, presumably her agent, who wanted to A) bite, and B) talk royalties.  A day on the motorcycle with the camera has become a favorite weekend activity for him, and over Thanksgiving he took some wonderful pictures of my aunt a...

So, the new fabric has arrived, all EIGHTEEN yards of it.  Granted, I've managed MUCH larger fabric purchases, but that's still about 25% of what I used up for all of 2015.  I think I need to sew faster..... They're all, of course. FOR something.  These are cottons in my college colors, and as many of my friends and family are RABID University of Idaho fans, between kimono ornaments and table runners, these will make extremely popular gifts.  Frankly, I didn't even know they existed until I ran across them on clearance on Hancock Fabric's website.  Three yards of each should allow for a couple baby or lap quilts as well.  Did I mention rabid fans here?  Then there's this, which will become Andy's birthday shirt this year.  Again a cotton, and he loves the color.  Another 3 yards. Two border print fabrics, which are great for fast projects, two clearance prints that coordinate with a set of fat quarters I already own, a wine ...

I AM BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I took the last antibiotic yesterday, and until 2 days ago, I really thought I was going to have to go back to the doctor because the bronchitis was still hanging on, but I've had 3 good days in a row now and, while I'm weak, I am finally able to breathe normally.  To celebrate, we visited 2 different sets of friends yesterday--what a great way to spend a day!  One of our friends has been very ill and because of the bronchitis, I had to stay away from him, but this weekend I made a big batch of soup and Andy made bread and we got to spend a couple hours with one of our favorite couples.  Then we stopped by another house to deliver a late Christmas gift, deliver some of my old toys we'd brought back from the ranch, and get caught up with another favorite couple.  TODAY I am taking soup and a Christmas gift to a friend recovering from surgery.  I had a fairly lousy Christmas, but the new year is pretty lovely so far. And it's MONDAY!...

And it's 2016!  WOW! So I think I have a plan for Me Made Mondays: *  Every Monday, wear something I've made *  No repeats *  20 new or unworn items *  Pajamas can count for 2 Mondays, but only if I'm sick I really want to get some bigger projects done, so this year's goal is 50 finished projects.  And.........one of them a quilt.  Hopefully.  Happy New Year, everyone!

Thanks for the well-wishes everyone!  Yesterday was bad again, but today is better--which is pretty much how the bronchitis has gone for the last month.  Sunday night I was still going strong enough to finish this after a rest:   and I have the second one pinned and ready for quilting.  I have the Vicks Vaporizer going in our bedroom to help me breathe, and I think I'm going to move a sewing machine in here this afternoon if I'm still feeling strong enough to be up.  The air is so dry this time of year--I don't even remember when the temperature outside was above freezing--that you could basically sandpaper with my elbows, and the cats keep their ears flattened anytime we reach down to scratch them because of all the static.  I actually love winter, but it certainly has its challenges.

Normally, bronchitis will eventually go away--even in my world.  But Wednesday evening, I actually started to feel worse, so Andy took me to the doctor on Christmas eve.  There isn't much they can do for bronchitis, but they gave me an inhaler to help with the congestion, and gave me an antibiotic that I have apparently deprived a horse of enjoying because I was starting to develop a bacterial infection in my lungs.  Well THAT's certainly not what I wanted for Christmas.  The horse pills upset my stomach, but after sleeping most of the last 3 days, I finally felt good enough last night to do some knitting and,   PROJECT 115 IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I MADE IT!!!! Theo has barely left my side this week because being Get-Well Kitty is a very serious job.  I think even Theo worries when I don't feel like knitting.  Who wouldn't?

Has everyone been receiving daily emails from fabric stores this month, or have I just earned a reputation?