ah, that's better!

today's installment includes pictures!

the beading on the current collar continues

this is moving along nicely, the background surface being slowly covered with beads and in the area where the background is complete the vine work looks even better than it does elsewhere

today's work on it will probably include working bezels around that little 3 leaf grouping in the center






spent quite a bit of time in the studio at the cutting board

after Thursday's time with paper and pencil I knew what to cut for this project

I found the all of the fabric for this project in my stash when I did the wash and sort a couple of months ago, and I'm making my dad a lap quilt out of them

(he already has one lap quilt from me, but having one to wash and one to wear is a good thing I think)

this one is ready for the sewing machine



while I had the cutting board and the rotary cutter out I decided I might as well cut up the fabric for the charity quilts too

I never did get one done for October since I was hip deep in auction alligators earlier in the month

and I know how crazy the sewing projects can get between now and Christmas, so I went ahead and cut three -- one for each of the last months of the year

all ready for the sewing machine here too


after a trip to the fabric store, the blanket sleeper for Mr. Cute is also ready to go to the sewing machine

I still have 5 more projects to cut out, but I'm going to do some sewing before I do more cutting -- I'm out of trays to keep the projects in!

ta da!

the watch cap for Mr Cute is all finished!

I'll be putting this in an envelope and sending it off -- another "squishy" from grandma

today I'll be starting on the knitting of another project that has hopped in front of the Christmas sweater -- but its another quick project, so we'll be back to that cabled hood soon

time to get busy!!