Saturday, December 31, 2011

The year is drawing to a close in much the same way as the year began – we have a lovely sunny day outside.

I spent the morning working on my Cookie Tin Exchange block. It went together very quickly and I think it looks good – the stained glass effect came through as I had hoped. I still have the top stitching to do, but I want to play a bit with the stitch before I start on the real thing.

Another reason not to start in right away with the stitching was that my sewing machine bench was covered with things I took out of my sewing drawer yesterday. I wanted to sort through the few patterns that I have to see which ones should be kept and which ones should be given away. While I was sorting I found a couple of items that needed mending. I hate to admit it but they have been in the sewing pile for years.

After I sorted through the patterns I decided to take care of the mending before I changed the footer on my machine. I still have a blouse pattern that I cut out quite some time ago that needs to be sewn and I’ll try to get that done fairly soon. I think I could make use of the blouse so I’ll stitch it up and see what it looks like when it is done.

I spent some time this afternoon playing with my new website. There is a lot to move over from the current site, but there are some things I won’t bother transferring (or I’ll move them across later). We are still working on getting the layout on the new site the way I want it, so this is a project that will carry over into the New Year.

Pat and Trent (a new friend) are playing at a New Year’s Eve dinner tonight. The deal they arranged with the owner of the restaurant also allowed for free dinners for Trent’s wife and I. We have to be there early of course (for set up) but I don’t think the plan is to carry through until midnight. Perhaps we’ll be home in time for some of the New Year’s celebrations on TV (our usual fare for New Year’s Eve).

What are you doing?