Still No Sewing, But Getting Closer

I was at the dentist’s office at 7:00 am yesterday morning and he saw me right away. The crown that has been on my molar since 2014 had some issues—the bottom edge was chipped and deteriorating—so after some discussion, we decided the best course of action was a new crown. He wanted to do some work around the stump of the tooth and that required anesthetic. After about two hours, I left the office with a new temporary crown and an appointment for later in May to get the new permanent crown affixed.

I came home and edited this week’s podcast episode, had a phone meeting with DD#2 and her wedding coordinator—this is the same gal we had for DD#1’s wedding and she’s wonderful—and finally made it to the sewing room.

[Hiring a wedding coordinator is absolutely worth the money. When DD#1 got married, I wanted to be able to enjoy the day and not have to worry about putting out fires. As it turned out, the pandemic threw a huge wrench into the plans and Sarah was a great help with getting everything sorted, so she was one of the first people we contacted after DD#2 set a date.]

I spent the afternoon cleaning up the sewing room and organizing fabric. I moved the bins of summer fabric where I could reach them more easily and put the bins of sweater knits and wools at the back of the closet. I pulled out the patterns I want to use and located some Walmart remnants for making muslins.

I told the husband the other day that I desperately need an entire day at home (several days would be better) with no interruptions. I am hoping today will be that day. I can work in short bursts of time here and there, but that schedule is not ideal. I much prefer days when I can really dig in and get a lot done, and those days have been in short supply recently.

I am going to start by making some tops as I need those more than anything else. I’ll also knock out some Free Range Slacks and maybe some culottes or wide-leg pants. If I batch sew, I might be able to do two or three tops in a day but probably only one pair of pants.

This is a pattern I got from Ryliss Bod when I was at the Sewing and Design School in November.

It’s in the pile of patterns to make. I need to compare it to the Free Range Slacks to make sure the rise is similar.

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The plants in the greenhouse are looking good. The garden also looks good now that it is all tilled and ready to go. It is very fragrant because of all the pig and chicken manure. I hope this will be a good gardening year. The husband has done a lot of work out there to streamline things for me and make my job easier. The weather is supposed to clear up and warm up this week. I’m hoping to clean out the strawberry bed and start cleaning up the herb garden.

And the hummingbirds have come back! I saw one at the feeder last night. This seems so late—I think they almost always have been here by the first of April. There are also two robins sitting on eggs in nests in the porch rafters. I will try to get out and get more photos this week because a lot is happening.

The apple trees in the garden are doing very well. Two trees that we planted a couple of years ago have really taken off. One is a Wolf River from Costco and it looks healthy and vigorous. The other is a Spokane Beauty that Susan grafted for the plant sale. I bought it because I liked the name and the description. I think it doubled in size last year. Susan puts all of her grafts on Budagovsky 118 (Bud 118) rootstock and her trees always do very well for me.