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Last week I was working on this corner block on the Patchwork quilt and noticed something was missing. The little square doo dads on the right.
I had no idea if I had kept any of the paper pieces after finishing the top but after a search of the sewing room I found the container I had been using and thankfully, I still had some of the leftover pieces in there.
It was a quick fix and I've now moved on to this block. Two more to go after this one but still a lot of border doo dads to quilt.
Speaking of doo dads, I had a lot of little doo dads to stitch on this thing this week. Spools of thread, scissors and the last of the tassels on the cushion. I started the lettering that goes around the center piece but didn't get far. That will be a job for this week.
The Mister helped me stretch out the canvas again so I could go to work on the end sections of the needlepoint project. This little flower block is so pretty. It was so nice not to have to switch colors so often. The baby blue background was fun to work on.
Dear Jane has all her pieces where they are supposed to be and now I have to pop out all the papers and do some appliqueing. I really like this block. I could see a whole quilt made out of this one. You did good, Jane.
I keep harping on how much I hate this hot, humid weather but I am going to miss waking up every morning and seeing Betty in full bloom. She's a regular barometer when it comes to predicting what the day will bring. When cooler weather comes she'll most likely go back into hibernation which is no fun. Maintaining a warm environment was no picnic last winter but she's not going to work her magic unless I do.
The Farmer's Market is in full fall mode but sadly the weather is not.
It's still too hot and humid. Blooms aren't going to last very long outside right now. Everything is showing the stress of this terrible summer.
We usually walk along the bay after doing the shopping but the sun on the water was making it too hot so we took Pup over to the shady wetlands park. Someone must have had a wedding there. Rose petals were strewn along the path and you could see the remains of a bouquet in the gazebo.
Some ducks were enjoying a dip to cool off.
I was looking for signs of fall among the trees.
And I found one. I do believe this is a black gum tree because the one I have out back is slowly turning red too.
Back at home I had to take care of some Fallish produce. I see a lot of roasting going on this week.
It all looks better than the poor pitiful tomatoes I had to pull off my own plant. These were the only three that grew from our regular sized tomato plant and as you can see, they split. It has rained here almost every day. Buckets of it which has been great for all the new trees but it was too much for the potted tomatoes. It was a tough summer all around and I'm hoping it's not lasting much longer. I'm in desperate need of a cool breeze.
The drive band on my little Ashford bobbin winder snapped the other day. I tried making do with some string but it didn't work. I've got a new band on the way but it won't get here until the middle of next week.
It hasn't been too much of a problem with this towel since I don't wind large amounts of any one color. All those different colors have made it very interesting to work on.
So much so that I dug out some fall colored cotton and then ordered two new colors to start warping another one. Now I just have to convince my back to let me get this done. I'm on the mend again and I hope to keep it this way this time. No bending, no lifting, no twisting. I need that tattooed on the back of my hand.
That Shinook fiber in the Sunset colorway has been very nice to work with. I usually hate fiber with lumpy bits but the colors are so pretty I can overlook them.
Some more new fiber showed up this week. They are 1 oz Cormo mini skeins in the Rose Verdant colorway from AJem Fiber Arts.
I needed something new for the drop spindles and I don't have the attention span for an entire 4 ounces of fiber anymore. I have to laugh at myself for hating on all those minis I saw at this year's MDSW. I should have bought a basket full.
I'm heading into the last week of watching the Vuelta with a finish that took 2 years. I worked on the hat last year and finished the matching mitts this year. We're still in a nasty heat wave so thinking about it being cold enough to wear such wonky, woolly wool seems like a long, long way off.
All that gray wool showed up and I set right out to get Spiral Chicken's background started.
I got one corner done and HATED IT. Rip, rip, rip.
The designers vision was a stripey background and I thought I'd take the easy way out and make it all one color. It looked terrible.
So now I've started over after ordering a bunch of colors I hope will work with the main design colors since I've run out of those. I'm pretty sure I'm keeping the rug hooking folks over on Etsy in business right about now. I seem to be ordering something every darn day.
I'm not sure why I didn't think of it before but all I needed to do was rip back the toes and add some length on those too small socks I just finished for the Grand. The width was just fine. I picked them up last week on my last visit and I've finished one already. The inside out toe is the original sock. I'm getting ready to rip that one back this week. Using that little darning egg has been a big help in finding those woven in ends.
The other socks I have going on are in various stages. I had hoped to finish those blue socks in August because I've got some Halloween-ish sock yarn I would like to cast on soon.
I've got one more square to finish in this row of the Hue Shift and I can finally see what's happening. I didn't realize the center decreases were going to shift. This latest section sits on top not next to the first section like I thought. Now it makes sense.
The Stroll Pi Shawl just hit another milestone. With this last increase round there are now 576 stitches. Yikes. This will keep me busy for a long while.
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