Back Again

 I just got back from another 6 hour (one way) trip to my mom's after having made the same trip two weeks ago. So, I'm enjoying being at home, catching up on this and that as well as trying to plan ahead a little. 

My siblings and I are starting the process of moving Mom to live with my brother and his wife and we're trying to help out our aunt who is bedridden in a nursing care place in the same city as Mom with congestive heart failure. So, that's why all the back and forth. 

And of course I took some handwork...

Pattern by pinkernpunkin

Before I went this most recent time, I tackled a project that kinda intimidated me so I'm relieved to have it done and well-received. A friend had asked if I could fix a quilt made by her husband's grandmother quite a few years ago. It had gotten damaged in storage, probably by mice and she wondered if I could fix it. I said I'd give it a try.

This was one of the three damaged areas on the front and there was a long frayed area on the back. I started by pinning the edges of the tears to the batting in position and then took long stitches to draw everything together.

Then I hand-appliqued a long strip of blue fabric over the holes on the back and machine appliqued some stars on the front, using a zig-zag stitch to make a start to cover a tiny hole also.

She was happy with the result so I'm happy (and relieved!).

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Another friend and I got to go to the Tulip Festival in Holland, Michigan on the 7th and despite the rain and most of the tulips being past peak, we had a great time. We really enjoyed the quilt show and took far too many inspiring and intimidating pictures. 😉

I will quit there lest I overwhelm you. 😄

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When I was home, I enjoyed getting to work outside, even if it was unglamorous work like spreading rabbit manure around the berries and fruit trees.

I also finished and mailed/gave three birthday cross-stitches to my kids.

And my kind Lovey gave me this for my birthday.

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This week's goals:

Homemaking:

* Catch up on daily chores

* Finish washing windows and install screens

* Clear clutter at bottom of stairs

Homesteading:

* Make new garden bed out front

* Build wire rabbit nesting boxes

* Smooth out new rabbit food plot area for planting

Machine sewing:

* Fix Melanie's machine tension problem

* Piece stars for Christmas quilts

Handwork:

* Finish Summer stamp 

* Find pattern for next birthday cross-stitch and start

Reading:

Continue: Renovation of the Heart - Dallas Willard

                You Art Not Your Own - Alan Noble

 Bemoan the probability that I left my novel at my mom's. 😑 I'll have to start a different one, I guess.

Well, I hope your week is delightful and full of the blessing of the Lord.