My mom and I went to visit my dad last Monday.
It was a cold, windy and grey day.
I’m always in awe of the sheer number of graves at Fort Snelling. The numbers in the photos are two tiny sections that are viewable from my dad’s column burial site.
Thank a veteran today…our freedom isn’t free.
Just had to get that out there. I haven’t been around to visit hardly any of my regular haunts online. I was gone quite a bit this week though so we’ll go with that. :)
When I’m home, this seems to be my point of view. Not that I’m complaining. I’ve got orders for many of my sewn items which is fantastic!
Late last evening I got a phone call from a friend asking if I’d be a part of a boutique style show right after Thanksgiving. Oh yeah…I’m in! 
Today I’m really stepping up my production line. I hate to call it that since each item is one of a kind but I do work on several at the same time…production line style. Mr. G likes to tease me when I’m ironing seams…since I almost never iron our clothing. 
I feel like I’m honestly making a good dent in my fabric stash. I’m sure “Grandma” Livingston would be happy to know her fabrics are continuing to be put to good even 30 years later. I love mixing the old with the new for completely unique patchwork.
No time for tea today but I figured I’d show off a cup anyway. :)
We have a local school referendum to vote on today…luckily, I vote at the same place I work out.
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I can’t stop sewing. I know I go in jags like this. Tissue cases and coffee sleeves are piling up. My coffee sleeves use old jeans on the backside. I throw them in the washing machine to make them fray in the most wonderful way.
I did take enough time away from the sewing machine to make a new journal. I used cereal, cracker and pasta boxes for the interior pages.
This was my first entry…
It has taken me quite some time to bring myself to cut into these beautifully stitched linens even though they were all either stained, ripped or tattered in some way. When I finally decided what they could become, I held my breath and took the first slice.
The process was very similar to the first time I ripped into a book or tore a photograph. Once you get the first one over with…the next come easier.
Now I have a few beautiful tissue cases all ready to go for gifts or my etsy store.
Of course, I still love patchwork… I think I could stitch patchwork all day and never get sick of it…as long as there is no pattern I have to follow. I hate patterns. Saying that makes me wonder why I bought a pattern for a shirt the other day. Yeah, I know…what was I thinking?
I blame Pinterest. I saw this really cool make-over of a regular t-shirt into something stylish and girlie. We’ll see if I follow through on that one. Wish me luck!
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Today is my typical kind of Tuesday…busy, busy, busy. I always make time for a good breakfast though. Poached egg on toast is my favorite. With coffee, of course.
Today though I have a bit of a different schedule. I have my job orientation! I’m very excited to be starting this new phase of my life.
Over the past week I’ve been very domestic. I cooked a pie pumpkin that yielded 7 cups of pumpkin puree. I’ve made 2 pies, 2 large loaves of pumpkin bread and a batch of pumpkin chia pudding.
I’ve also been sewing quite a bit. I’ve been upcycling some stained or torn vintage linens. As well as using up scraps for additional projects. More on all that in a later post.
Miss Gracie has been keeping me company, that is when she isn’t busy watching for critters out the window.
I’m off to start my day now but I’ll be back later to visit all my blogging friends.
What are you doing today?
I can’t begin to tell you how annoyed I have been with myself for the past week or so. I misplaced my kira-kira journal. Since I haven’t started a new one yet after finishing my cursed journal, it was my only journal space. Yesterday, I stumbled upon it. I sat down with no idea in mind… just started with blue hues.
A week or so ago I picked up a bunch of rubber stamps at Goodwill…one of them was a brick pattern. I stamped the bricks all over the page for texture. Then I was feeling I needed to use pink. As soon as I spritzed the pink along the top to make it run, I thought of Pink Floyd: The Wall. There was no need to go any further. I just needed to write the words.
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