SewTawdry

 One of the items on my Retirement Project List was to use my Babylock Sashiko machine, a specialty machine that is able to replicate the look of hand Sashiko stitching.  I bought it maybe 7 years ago and after sewing a few samples, haven’t touched it...

A bit of non-garment sewing.  First up a quilt using a  free pattern from Quilting in the Rain la-conner-stars-free-pattern.html
I was responsible for 16 quilt blocks for a queen size quilt. The other 48 blocks were made by my sister, sister-in-law, and my best friend from college.  These were for a quilt for DIL#1.  She thought that you went to a "Quilt Shop" to buy a finished...

 During the uncharacteristic cold and snowy weather in Jan and Feb, I found myself  unmotivated to do anything except watch YouTube videos. I felt guilty about not doing any sewing.  So, as a guilt assuager, I pulled out an unfinished project that required...

I finally retired from all paid employment on Jan 1. No more IT contracting work. I am still adjusting. My first sewing project of the year was a shirt in a cat print.
Fabric: Mood Exclusive White Kitty Kraze Cotton Poplin 109 gsm
I sew in silence. No TV, no podcasts, or audiobooks. Maybe some new age music. It is my time to think.  The cat print made me think of cats. My family has always had cats. We tried a few dogs when I was a child, but they never stayed long.  Thinking...