ToDo List went out the Window
19 Dec 2021 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulas_alcoveI got different things done than what was on my ToDo List. I am not going to add them to cross them off. That just seems silly.
I vacuumed the living room floor. With two knitters and a long haired cat, it was necessary. The knitting was finished up before the convention, leaving the floor clear to run the vacuum.
I also bottled the rhubarb wine. It yielded 23 bottles. It took me all afternoon. That was a lot of bottles to clean. Then I realized I had to hand write labels and find a glue stick. The glue sticks are probably 20 years old. I found one that wasn't dried out. I really need to buy more.
My husband got his booster, which in turn caused some pretty horrific side effects. I spent a lot of time and energy on him. I won't go into personal details, but we avoided the hospital and death. But I only got through half the alphabet for Holiday Card writing. That's when all my plans went out the window.
I did get some stitching in. The garb was too big. I was using a Finnish technique to use all of the rectangle of fabric. I lost weight since I started this but also, I think I had too much fabric to start with. I trimmed the excess on the sides. I stitched and zigzagged to prevent fraying. However, I need to find sewing machine oil before I finish the garb. The machine is thirsty. The last bottle spilled. There could be 3 in 1 oil in the basement, maybe? I decided to herringbone stitch the seams down with linen thread. I haven't started yet.
Today, I watched alternative housing videos on YouTube. Then I looked at things to do with pallet wood. Hmm. I don't have the right tools. But I have some ideas. Mostly, I stitched on the quilt.
The bottom fabric had a gapping hole that caused the top patch to go askew. There is just going to be a little excess fabric in that green square. Eventually I figured out that the hole needed to be patched before the patch was tacked down. They overlap. Since the batting was also gone, I added the blue acrylic felt as a patch on the backside to even out the thickness. It's a long term project. I have a whole laundry basket of fabric scraps to appliqué onto an old, sad psychedelic quilt. It's a stash-busting idea. The leftovers from the garb are also going into this quilt as well as the pink quilt.
Next week is doctor appointments. Not expecting to get much done either.
No weaving has been accomplished at all during this week past.
I vacuumed the living room floor. With two knitters and a long haired cat, it was necessary. The knitting was finished up before the convention, leaving the floor clear to run the vacuum.
I also bottled the rhubarb wine. It yielded 23 bottles. It took me all afternoon. That was a lot of bottles to clean. Then I realized I had to hand write labels and find a glue stick. The glue sticks are probably 20 years old. I found one that wasn't dried out. I really need to buy more.
My husband got his booster, which in turn caused some pretty horrific side effects. I spent a lot of time and energy on him. I won't go into personal details, but we avoided the hospital and death. But I only got through half the alphabet for Holiday Card writing. That's when all my plans went out the window.
I did get some stitching in. The garb was too big. I was using a Finnish technique to use all of the rectangle of fabric. I lost weight since I started this but also, I think I had too much fabric to start with. I trimmed the excess on the sides. I stitched and zigzagged to prevent fraying. However, I need to find sewing machine oil before I finish the garb. The machine is thirsty. The last bottle spilled. There could be 3 in 1 oil in the basement, maybe? I decided to herringbone stitch the seams down with linen thread. I haven't started yet.
Today, I watched alternative housing videos on YouTube. Then I looked at things to do with pallet wood. Hmm. I don't have the right tools. But I have some ideas. Mostly, I stitched on the quilt.
The bottom fabric had a gapping hole that caused the top patch to go askew. There is just going to be a little excess fabric in that green square. Eventually I figured out that the hole needed to be patched before the patch was tacked down. They overlap. Since the batting was also gone, I added the blue acrylic felt as a patch on the backside to even out the thickness. It's a long term project. I have a whole laundry basket of fabric scraps to appliqué onto an old, sad psychedelic quilt. It's a stash-busting idea. The leftovers from the garb are also going into this quilt as well as the pink quilt.
Next week is doctor appointments. Not expecting to get much done either.
No weaving has been accomplished at all during this week past.
