I am completely smitten with the new collaboration between Stephanie and MAV of 3191 Miles Apart and Quince & co. Their book, Interwoven, is a visual delight and contains two different non-knitting yarn projects. I spent a few hours making one of the projects, the tern, for a gift and I love how it came together. The end result is simple and beautiful - a real treat. The rhythmic braiding was a nice change of pace from all my recent sewing.  My friend really liked her necklace and my other friend was kind of jealous. No worries, Suzanne - I've started a second one already.

Yesterday I finished the quilting Swoon and then I appliqued this little monster shirt for my nephew's first birthday. I hadn't done an appliqued t-shirt in a very long time and I forgot how much I like them.  Jane drew the inspiration for this monster and with a little editing, I did the sewing. There's nothing like taking a plain, unadorned tee and a little imagination to make a unique piece of clothing.

I remembered to take a photo of the t-shirt right before I wrapped it up and mailed it off for today's birthday boy. (Yes, still procrastinating over here - some things never change). It dawned on me last night as I uploaded the photos from the camera to the computer that the way I blog has changed dramtically over the last five years. (Hard to believe it's been that long.) I used to blog about every small thing I made and in the first year or two, I posted something here about three or four days a week. Now I find myself chronicling more of my bigger projects and with less frequency. There are many little items I've made that haven't made it to the blog. Is it because I have less time to post here or because I feel like once you've seen one, or three, or ten appliqued t-shirts, you've kind of seen them all? I'm unsure really. I don't know what that says about me or how my life is/was. It's just an observation, something to think about.

All that said, I like the little monster shirt. It was fun to make and a good break from all that straight line quilting. The quilt binding is next. With any luck, it'll be finished and on Jane's bed before the weekend is over.

I've been feeling rather quiet lately. Everything is fine. I just need a little break from all the noise.

In other news, the headboard for Jane's room was delivered on Saturday. It's better than I could have imagined. She loves it, too.

I finally settled on a backing for her quilt. Yesterday I sandwiched it and started quilting. It's slow-going, but looking good.

I've been watching The Good Wife - season 2. And after that I am going to take one of the many fantastic suggestions you all gave me so I can finish this quilt. There are so many good options! Thank you.

Once this quilt is finished, it'll be time to paint some furniture and make a bed skirt. Time to get the paint deck out to find the perfect shade. Big surprise - we're going with green.

I feel like there's something else I wanted to say, but I can't remember what it was. I'll be back as soon as I think of it.

I sewed the last sashing strip on the Swoon quilt about five minutes ago and once I finish my egg and cheese sandwich, I'm off to buy batting and backing. Since there are about 10,000 threads to snip, a whole lot of pins to baste it and hours of quilting and binding time ahead, I'm looking for some good TV/streaming suggestions. I've seen Downton Abbey, I love Law & Order and I've been known to watch a fair share of HGTV and the Food Network while stitching, but I need something new! Please, tell me...what do you watch when you are working on a project? Jane and I both thank you.

You guys are a great source of information. Now I, along with you, have a great dinner prep/freezing resource in the comments of the last post. If you are looking for some great ideas to make meal time easier and faster, read through those comments. Amazing! Thank you.

My dear friend Heather Smith Jones opened Blue Sparrow Press last week. I received my order over the weekend and am so happy with all of her goodies. I knew it would all be beautiful, but in person, it's even better than I could have imagined.

As some of you may have already noticed, I'm hanging out at habit for the month of September. I was so touched when Emily and Molly invited me back. It's one of my favorite spaces. Please stop by.

Did you see Blair's new quilt pattern? I love the subtle chevron those friendship bracelets strips and the neutrals make. I might just have to make one. I'm thinking green.

I'm looking forward to a good, long weekend. Hope yours is great!