Riki's blankie

I whipped up this blanket after watching the video below on you tube.  My corner miters didn't turn out perfect because I was using a striped fabric.  Riki won't notice and I have learned to let small imperfections go when sewing or painting for that matter.  My skills don't meet my standards but if I let that stop me I would never make anything, and all my art would live in the closet like it did for years and years.  

table top ironing board

 Stopped my pj project to make this table top ironing board.  So easy, don't know why I did not do it before.

Used two layers of cotton batting and some muslin for the top. The base is a sink cutout from a counter top.  A little heavy but that is probably a good thing.

I think this will work out great.  My aunt Nita Lou taught me that your iron is your best friend when sewing.

more sewing

I added pin tucks and some embroidery stitches to my scarf.  Not done yet, I think a few more rows will do it.  This is a shot of both ends.

I don't know about anyone else but I lay on a heating pad nightly for back pain.  Got so tired of looking at that nasty blue synthetic fabric that I customized mine a while back.  Updated the non velvet side to match the new fabrics.  This looks great in the picture so I won't go into the whole nightmare sewing story.  Okay, I will.  By the time I finished the damn thing was 1/4 inch TOO SMALL!  My husband convinced me that trimming a heating pad would not be a good idea so I folded an edge over and taped it with electrical tape.  (After having a not so lady like cussing fit.)  Anything to save that last remnant of cotton velvet!  One corner was a little wonky and I kept missing the edge of the velvet.  That is what sewing is like for me.  Always at least one wonky edge.

The last log.

We had a camp fire tonight.  Nice under an almost full moon.

New fabric. Check out the chenille bedspread. Over fifty years old according to the original ballerina owner and what great shape.