Fickle Me

I changed my mind yet again about what fabric I wanted to use for the Little Poppins bag, and switched to this one from Tula Pink’s “Homemade” line:

The bag pieces are basted and ready to quilt, so I can’t change my mind again. I am not a huge fan of Tula Pink’s designs—they are a bit too far out and modern for me—but I liked this line and have a couple of prints from it. The coordinating tape measure print will be used for the lining of the bag. I bought those prints intending for them to be either a bag or a sewing machine cover, so there you go.

The instructions call for quilted straight lines 1” apart and I’ll do that on my Janome today. I finished the apron yesterday and that will get shipped on Monday. As it turns out, I can’t go to Missoula on Monday to get my coverstitch machine because the store is closed on Mondays. I will probably go next Friday.

The husband drove The Diva and checked and cleared the codes and says he thinks it is unlikely to strand me by the side of the road. Let’s hope. When it has broken down, it’s thus far managed to do it within a few miles of home or the BMW dealer in Spokane. He’s putting the snow tires on the Acura today, though, so I’ll have that one as a backup vehicle if I need it.

Elysian came over for a chat yesterday afternoon, and while we sat and drank our tea, I finished sewing down the binding on the rooster wallhanging and put it up over the table:

Yes, that is a close approximation of the wall color in my kitchen. It’s a Sherwin-Williams color called Pesto. This may not be the right place for this hanging to live, but the other one needed to be washed. I’ll leave this here for a few days, at least.

One of my blog readers, Joanna, e-mailed me with a great suggestion for a post about how to shop the remnant rack. I want to get some pictures for that post—which requires that I visit the store—so watch for it in a couple of days.

While I was gone last week, the husband did quite a bit of landscape work. The woods on the south side of our property where all the trees blew down is looking really nice. If we get a break in the rain today, I’ll get out and take some pictures.

Some of us from the craft co-op are going to walk a big craft show in town today. I love industrial espionage, LOL.