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Can't stop to talk .... in middle of long weekend.... knitting and quilting up a storm while it pours rain outside ... thinking hard about work/life balance .... have idea to make balance better .... need agreement from three parties for this to work ... have agreement from two of the three .... this just might happen .... woot!....

For now, here are pics of some quilted postcards I've made.  No pics of current fibre artsing are available because Mr. R. cut his hand and can't use the camera right now. He is healing nicely, btw.

    It is likely no surprise to you when I say I've been busy.  I will be very busy now until the end of May but shall try to be a good blogger.

    Here are some noteworthy items:

    On Saturday I was running late to get to the office for a board meeting.  Hurrying through my usual routine of shutting the door to the home office/sewing room so the dogs can't destroy my stuff, I  managed to shut the door on Dorey's tail.  Have you ever heard a dog scream with shock and pain?  It is soul piercing.  Even worse, I had only enough time to give her a few reassuring words and a hug before racing into the office.  The Mr. was left to deal with the situation.  Luckily, the tail is not broken.  There was a small amount of bleeding but no permanent damage.  Whew!  She greeted me happily when I got home and seems no worse for wear.  I won't do that again!

    All quilting has been put away until I have more time available.  Knitting, however, continues. To wit, this log cabin blanket of Fleece Artist Silk Stream.  See the fugly brown/yellow/red colourway?  I have swatched at least a dozen stitch patterns (not a word of a lie) before settling on this one. (No, I didn't choose the colour). This is a very easy knit-while-reading-several-hundred-blogs project.

RedLogCabin

    Below is a photo of toeless socks, destined to be a Mother's Day gift.  I might actually finish on time to get them in the mail so they arrive before the Day. She requested these as bed socks.  Something about toes in bed socks make her feet hurt.  I dunno.  The yarn is a yummy Debbie Bliss merino/cashmere blend.  Nuttin but the best for my Mom!

PedicureSocks

Just to show you that Dorey really is o.k.

Dorey

The colour and value sequencing of the scrappy wall hanging is slowly coming together; but the project has been put away for the upcoming work week.  Now I'm working on our taxes, blech.

ScrappyRectangles

Fun with felting needles - part 1.  I'm playing with a Clover hand felting handle with 5 needles and the brush surface to felt on.  I have my eye on a Pfaff needle felting machine.  Oh yeah! 

FirstFelting

Forecast from Environment Canada
Halifax: Issued 5.00 AM ADT Saturday 7 April 2007
Snowfall warning in effect

What the ???????  This is serious stuff folks.  They're talking 20 - 25 cm of snow, then a bunch of rain. Could someone please remind Ma Nature that it is SPRING!! Sheesh.

I've cut rectangles until my wrists begged for mercy to make a scrap quilt wall hanging based on one in the book "Successful Scrap Quilts".

Here is the book

Successful Scrap Quilts from Simple Rectangles

Judy Turner

Many, many rectangles.  For my planned 36" x 36" quilt I will need 288 rectangles of 3.5" x 2" each. Yikes!

GoodFridayCuts

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And finally, a shot of my WIP wall and one half of the yarn stash. I should really stop buying yarn and fabric. Yeah, right.

WIPwall

Ya just gotta love Easter.  4 days of knitting and quilting and treats are ahead of me and I couldn't be happier.  The ONLY responsibility I have between now (Friday morning) and Monday night is to prepare tax returns for the Mr. and me.  Taxes, I can do in my sleep.
Oh, and I plan major snorgle time with the pups. See excited they are about this plan?

Well, truth be told, yesterday was quilt day too.

First barbeque of the season. Woot! (steak)
The Mr. got the Slingbox working. Double Woot!!