Updates from an injured squirrel - I hurt my elbow back in September and at first I thought I slept wrong. I'm old enough that sleep injuries are a thing. So I figured it would resolve in a few days but, if anything, it just got worse. I picked up a container of coffee creamer in the store and the jolt of pain in my arm caused me to drop it. The cap broke and thankfully I didn't make a huge mess. After that I got a brace to sleep in, thinking that would keep me from sleeping

It took me ages to finish, but it's finally done! I started cutting squares from scraps back in 2020 with no real project in mind. I started piecing in the summer of 2024 but we got started looking at houses all over North and South Carolina and I got busy with other stuff. I knew when I put the quilt strips in a box it would be a while before I was able to devote time to it. It may have taken months (okay, years) but it's done! I finished binding it all by hand a week or so

I have been a bit all over the place lately! First, my youngest and I got involved with our local library's friends group last spring. After being in the group for a few months, I talked them into letting me take over their instagram page. One of the librarians started a program called "Tech Time" and I went for a couple of sessions to learn more about how to use canva. I'd post the library's graphics and interspersed in with those, I started making some of my own. Here is on

Back when twitter was fun and not overrun by literal nazis, I used to spend a fair amount of time talking to other moms, most of whom were homeschooling their kids. I knew several of them did quilting and it was around 2017 or so I learned about 100 Acts of Sewing. I had played around with sewing clothes in 2010 when I took a sewing class, but I'd never done much more than trying to make pajamas and the odd halloween costume. When I discovered 100 Acts of Sewing patterns, a w

School is already back in session where I live, which seems so early! I could swear when I was a kid we started later but I'm old and things have changed, I suppose. Lately I have been sewing totes - my kid uses one to take their laptop to volunteering, and to carry their crochet projects around. I just finished this one yesterday from leftover fabrics from other projects and bedsheets from Goodwill. I have my Warm Up America projects in one tote and I'll probably use this on

This is my very first bag I ever made. It's a reversible pattern that I made with scrap fabric left over from making 100 Acts of Sewing dresses. It was only after I packed it with knitting supplies and was sitting at the library that I noticed the bottom seams don't quite line up. My kid wanted one too and they chose their fabrics. I think both the inner and outer fabrics are old tablecloths I got at a thrift store. The seams are a little better, but not quite perfect. It's l