Stockings and Salsa

I haven’t had anything exciting to write about since my friends left. Mostly, I am playing catch-up and trying to juggle a bunch of spinning plates, and I’m not sure any of that makes for good blog fodder. I am teaching an all-day serger class tomorrow on Gail Yellen’s Christmas Stocking pattern:

I spent some time yesterday afternoon prepping supplies for the class. I don’t usually make the project while teaching, but for this class, I have the pattern cut out and ready to assemble. This pattern is sufficiently complicated that I think it will be helpful if I illustrate some of the techniques.

I also made up a notebook of bag and pouch patterns I want to tackle in the next couple of months and set it aside with a stack of fabric for each pattern. If I buy a pattern and don’t get to making it right away, it tends to get lost. I’ve started putting patterns and supplies together so I don’t have to go looking when the urge strikes to make something.

First up on that list is the Running With Scissors pattern from byAnnie.com:

This will be useful when traveling to classes.

While running errands yesterday morning, I stopped in at the tire place and had them order snow tires for the Jeep. I’m having those put on Thursday. Yes, it’s early—technically, I am not supposed to put them on before October 1—but I’m going to be driving over Snoqualmie Pass several times in the next couple of months and I’m not taking any chances. The husband is going to order chains for me as well.

Friday will be Salsa Day. That might bleed over into Saturday, depending on how things go, but if not, I’ll spend Saturday cleaning up the rest of the garden. It looks like the weather may stay warm into the first part of October, but I am declaring an end to gardening season. I have two beds of lettuce in the herb garden and that will keep us until it freezes.