Chicken Chimes

At the craft show Robin and I attended last month, one of the vendors was selling some unique wind chimes. I almost bought one to add to my collection, but decided against it as I was supposed to be buying Christmas gifts for other people.

Unbeknownst to me, Robin went back later and bought it for me for my birthday. It’s a rooster with three chicks:

I took most of my wind chimes down to put my winter lights up on the porch. In the spring, I’ll hang this from one of the hooks so it can add to the music. What a lovely gift!

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I outsmarted myself. When my friend asked to buy two of my canvas grocery bags, I told her I was sure I had some at least partially put together somewhere. I did indeed find the pieces to several bags in one storage bin—which became the bags in yesterday’s blog post—but yesterday afternoon, while looking for something in another room, I found two COMPLETED bags and one that just needs the handles made and the lining dropped in.

[First item on the to-do list in January is a complete reorganization and consolidation of the sewing spaces.]

I’ll take both sets of completed bags to church and let her choose the one she prefers. The other two will then be up for grabs if anyone needs to buy a last-minute Christmas gift.

I knocked out two kids’ T-shirts yesterday, one for a boy:

And one for a girl:

The only difference is in the sleeves. Both are size 12—the largest in the Oliver + S School Bus T-Shirt pattern—but the girl version has cap sleeves. (And oh, were they a pain!) The fabrics are Joanns remnants. I briefly kicked around the idea of using that bug fabric for a shirt for myself, but I didn’t have quite enough.

I hemmed these on the old coverstitch rather than unbox and try to figure out the new one. I know the old machine and its quirks, and I was reminded again why I decided to replace it. It’s so temperamental. Oh well, these tops are done and I’ll drop them off at the store on Monday.

I didn’t get the other tops cut out, so that project has been moved to today. I am watching all this weird weather and waiting to see what comes our way from Seattle. I follow the Snoqualmie Pass Twitter account, and last night they noted that officers had given out almost a dozen citations for chain violations (= trying to drive over the pass without them and most likely planting the car in a snowbank) in the space of two hours. Some people don’t have the sense God gave a chicken, which isn’t much.