little bit of crazy leaking out

Oh my goodness!! I have to figure out how to make some of these!! Hubby’s brother has been put on a restricted diet since he had a mild heart attack last month. He wife commented on how much he “loves the pastries”, think I might have to send him a half-dozen or so.

Mmmm, donuts | Ten Years of My Life

While I am sitting here surfing my Hubby just put in Prince of Egypt for the kids to watch . . . Bubba is singing along (quite loudly and a bit off key) with the intro music . . . LOL.

I need to get working on my daughter’s birthday gift. I’m going to sew her a new wardrobe, or at least that is the intention. I have a big box I intend to fill with a new coat, nightgowns, a dress or two, pants, skirts, and tops. I have all the fabric . . . and more . . . my Ottobre magazines and my pattern stash, now I just need the motivation. At the very least I want to finish the coat and nightgowns as she need both quite badly. I think I will add a couple of growth tucks on the nightgowns, she always outgrows them in length befor she ever outgrows them in width or they wear out.

She will also be getting her very own knitting supplies and I need to make a bag for her to keep them in. I’m just going to make her a simple bag, similar to the one in Kids Knitting.

I finished the project. It is a small wall quilt, about 18″ square, with a Jewish Holiday theme.

I finally dug out the sewing machine and did a bit of sewing last night, after I found the bobbin case that my son hid in the dining room. I did a bit of paper piecing for a small wall quilt I’m making as a gift for a friend, unfortunately it will be late but I think she will understand. I will post a picture as soon as it is finished.

I’ve been using up some of my stash cotton (LB kitchen cotton, sugar & cream, peaches & cream) and making up a bunch of wash cloths and smaller face cloths. I have about 6 wash and 2 face cloths finished at this point, I’m just going to stash most of them away to have on hand for small gifts, like hostess gifts, in the comming year. I’m really enjoying them because they are pretty mindless at this point, I can sit and veg out in front of the TV and still get some knitting done.

I do need to get started on the hats for the kids, but not until the New Year I think.

I found this booklet on making a wooden tabletop swift at The Woolery.

Yesterday afternoon we all went out to see The Incredibles. I really enjoyed the movie, but I think it was a mistake to take the kids. I was thinking PG like Shrek, mostly for the adult humor, but it was more PG for cartoon violence, gun battles, people being blown up, etc. At one point Hubby took our daughter to the bathroom and she didn’t want to come back in, so he convinced her to sit in the back with him and see the ‘good guys win’. I’m usually really careful about what the kids watch, I guess I just wasn’t thinking.

After the movie we went to dinner at Applebee’s and used some of the gift certificates Hubby won at the company holiday party.