Howdy, howdy, howdy! I hope y'all have had a spectacular weekend of
IHSW! I didn't participate this time (again, geh) but I'm looking forward to seeing everyone else's accomplishments! I even forgot to take a picture of the TUSAL after all; where has my head been lately?!
I haven't posted a Blog Hop in a while because it's so difficult to format the post from a phone and I kept forgetting on weekends when I have computer access, so I will play catch up with #6 (stitching rituals) and #7 (leftover floss).
- Some of us have a favorite chair that we sit in to stitch, others prefer to enjoy a steaming mug of tea while they stitch. Maybe you need to get comfortable and put on your pajamas before you pick up your needle or you simply must rearrange all the sofa pillows before you sit down. Sometimes the ritual is in the clean up when we’re done and everything must go in a certain place. What sort of stitching rituals do you have when you sit down to work on your projects?
I definitely have a favorite chair to sit in! It's old, ugly, half picked apart, and covered in cat hair but it must have been designed for my behind because it is
sooo comfy! As far as getting ready to stitch, I like to do it when I'm sure everything else has been accomplished around the house. If something is unfinished, it looms over my head and makes it so I can't concentrate on stitching! It's probably the main cause of my lack of progress lately, hah. Many times I'll start by peeling off my work-around-the-house clothes and putting on PJs. I turn on the lamp by my stand and let the bulb warm up (it's a spiral-y CFL) and I make sure all of my materials are present and not carried off by curious little kitties -- pencils are the usual victims. The only finished-for-the-day ritual involves making sure I put the needle in the top left corner of the extra fabric holding FFVII on the frame. And then a sense of accomplishment. :D
- What do you do with the floss, thread, beads, and other elements you have left over from full project kits?
o man, I hoard those suckers. I have so much random stuff in my little sewing box I can't even remember what kit most of it came from. I do use them though. Freebie patterns I find online or design myself are the primary absorbers as I find it silly to get to a LNS to buy a skein of floss for a little mini-project even if I don't have that precise color. Even if I don't use it for the front of a piece, I use some of the longer lengths for other things around the house. Some longer pieces got used when I laced the back of Ruby Angel. I've used others for tying up plants around the house. Others have gone toward repairing clothes. I'm not picky! I do participate in the monthly TUSAL (late, usually :B), and keep the little pieces of thread to sprinkle out in the spring. It is so cute to see a bird go crazy gathering them for a nest! I haven't figured out what to do with the beads I have left over from RA as I've never had them before, but I did keep them in their little plastic baggie. They'll probably go to adding bling to a small project. I definitely keep needles because I have them all over the house! It comes in handy when I need one quick 'cause they're everywhere, haha.
This reminds me I need to tidy up that sewing box...
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Stitching the Night Away Stitching Blogger Blog Hop:
Find the instructions on how to participate in this round by
clicking here.
I can't leave you without pictures but I have none of stitching! So have instead an off-center photo of mini french toast cupcakes on a stylish paper plate!
They were a wonderful discovery by my friend and the basic recipe can be found
here! Yes, that is bacon sprinkled on top! I didn't have a box of cake mix on hand so I made some
yellow cake. I also made this
icing with the maple extract instead of vanilla. It made a delicious amount of food (even though I didn't make the full amount) and I really found I liked them much better cold! The only downside is that B loved them so much, he said I have to make them every day for the rest of my life! G'luck with that wish, dear. ;)
