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December 4th, 2009 at 8:58 am
After finishing up the stovetops and bandanna pants, I immediately stopped making stuff. I wasn’t totally burned out, though I was on my way. It’s just that I forgot to do anything else while I was sewing those things, so I had some catching up to do. What’s that, family? You want to eat dinner? Oh dear.
So I baked some bread and made soup with the leftover turkey (it was going to be tortilla soup but I forgot to buy tortillas so the less we say about that, the better), and I have the stuff out to bake cookies this morning, and if I know what’s good for me I will at least start to put some of the great piles of laundry away.
But then I am going to make some more stuff. After all, it is December.
This Year’s Projects:
- Mistletoe. I’ve already knitted several of these, and have some red ribbon waiting to tie them together after they’re felted. I do have to buy buttons to act as berries.
- Mitten ornaments for the grandparents. I made some last year using Sam’s handprints and I thought I’d make it a yearly tradition.
- Sam’s alphabet hanging. I’m sort of leaving this for last minute because there is almost no sewing, just cutting out of letters. I do need to buy buttons and sew those on.
- A few more stovetops for friends I’ve promised them to.
Plus some non-holiday kid projects that must be finished:
- Buttons need to go on Sam’s owlet sweater. (And on mine!)
- I need to bind the floor quilt I made Otter and finish binding Dolly’s quilt.
- The kimono tops I made for Sam, Otter, and Dolly need to be finished.
- And I have plain t-shirts for both kids to decorate. I was thinking felt rocket ships.
Most of my work involves buttons (mistletoe, alphabet, owls) and/or bias tape (floor quilt, kimono tops). And so much felt! So the first thing I am doing, of course, is starting a new knitting project. Because why on earth not?
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