Settling in and Beginning

This past week was a lovely week of family and friends and nestling into my new sewing space at home. My mom, ever the tireless and cheerful helper, carried up a drop leaf table from downstairs to the living room that we don't really use anymore for a makeshift sewing space for me while we have guests sleeping in the studio. Then we velcroed up a flannel design wall and pulled in some antique chairs to cluster around the table. The beautiful space is two walls of solid windows with my newly covered ironing board facing out to our woods and creek. Finished off with a jar for thread snippets, a CB2 saucer for my tea mug, and a vanilla candle, the space is fresh and welcoming. It will be a joy to work in this space the next two weeks and going back to school will be slightly sad. Nevertheless, I have yet to figure out where I love to take pictures at home, and I've got that down pat at school, so: win a few, lose a few.


This block is Corn and Beans from the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt blown up to 4x its original size. Initially, it had solid navy blue where the light greys are, which was nice but perhaps a tad traditional. I really love the fresh feel of the light grey solid and stripe, and I'm curious to see if my show migrates from navy to grey. We shall see, I guess. For now, it's time to start the next block and tune back in to the fourth season Gossip Girl. Just two episodes to go in this season and eleven weeks until the show!