sewing again

Besides helping Lexi a tiny bit

with the bag she made a few weeks ago

(that I haven't posted about yet.

except in passing)

and some hand-quilting that I squeeze in

here and there

as I can,

I haven't sewn since the morning of January 26th

when I finished up Ribbon Star.

When we first moved into the new house

(early February)

I figured that I'd just sew in the other house

until we got the LEM moved

and I had my own space.

It quickly became apparent that 

that wasn't going to happen.

Firstly,

I was even busier than I'd been.

Turns out building and moving

along with the rest of life,

is even more time consuming 

than building and life.

But also,

without us living in the house

and opening the door 

fifty zillion times a day,

(letting in fresh air, along with the bugs)

it got stale and nasty really quickly

(nastier - it was already plenty nasty)

Add to that, 

it was,

of course,

cold,

and well - 

I had zero desire to spend any more time

than absolutely necessary in that house any more!

I also had no desire to go trashing 

the new house

with my sewing explosions,

so I had already decided that until I had a sewing room,

the only sewing I would do over here

would be by hand.

I love hand - quilting.

Y'all know that.

But the thing about hand quilting is

it's slow

my hands are still giving me grief,

and it doesn't always feel creative.

I'd started announcing

 how many weeks it's been since I've sewed.

I might have even gotten whiny about it.

It's hard to say...

This past weekend,

Tyler said,

"I've been thinking.

You can set up a sewing space in the library."

(The library is unfinished, 

and half of it isn't even built yet

because we can't add the other half of it

until we get the LEM moved into position.

It's also where we keep most of our smaller tools,

the rest of the flooring,

the window casing wood,

doors that have yet to be installed...)

I started to tell him why that wasn't a good idea

when I realized

there really was no reason why that wouldn't work.

Sure - I wouldn't be able to have all of my stuff,

and certainly not all of my fabric,

but I could have a table with a sewing machine on it!

So,

now,

I sew in the library.

😊

Thanks, Love!