It seems I've taken a bit of a blog vacation. With Covid still rampaging around Pittsburgh, nothing much has been happening that is worth blogging about. The man and I mostly hunkered down at home with a few masked forays to a local diner that we felt fairly comfortable about. I've been going to the gym twice a week most weeks since I started up again in February, after taking off a month during a fairly high-numbers period.
I've done a bit of re-organizing in the sewing room. Unfortunately, it has just been enough to reveal exactly how much needs to be done. I try to spend an hour a day up there, but arthritis in my knees has been preventing me from climbing the stairs every day.
My age and physical condition have become those which encourage downsizing, so the husband and I have been looking at properties that are either all on one floor or that have a finished basement area that could be reached by installing a lift/elevator. One house we looked at was quite nice (although older than the hubby would like, having been built in the year I was born). When we came to the basement door, I looked down those stairs, said, "Nope. That's not going to happen", and turned around. They were quite steep and narrow. We'll probably go back to planning to build a home in a newer development.
Other than the sorting, nothing constructive has been happening in the sewing room. I made a bonnet a while ago while participating in a sew-along from my Facebook Smocking Arts group. That turned out well! Of course, I can't find a photo of it to post. It was completely hand-stitched, so I did it in the dining room. 😺
My chapter of the Smocking Arts Guild has planned a three day mini-retreat at an area hotel, and I'm looking forward to that. We plan to make a small hemstitched bag, a joined lace bonnet and start work on a woven t-shirt. The pattern is Verdun, from Liesl and Co, and we'll (allegedly) be arriving with a muslin that we can work on together so we each get a perfect fit. It will be my first foray into adjusting a pattern properly, so I'm excited.
