There still isn't a lot of stitching going on around here, but I have been thinking about it more. I'm going to count that as a win! Quite a few thing have been herded from various rooms in the house and corralled in a box to take to Kitten Scoop (my favorite rescue) over the weekend. Getting the last of the Cat Things given away is going to be bittersweet. I won't need them again, and the cats and kittens at the Scoop will certainly enjoy them, but I'll miss the occasional surprise reminders of my furbies.
I was scrolling through my photos yesterday and discovered that it has been five years since I started Christmas dresses for two of my great-nieces. (I now have 5 great-nieces and one great nephew on that branch of the family.) I should check to see if there is enough fabric to make their current sizes.... I think the only thing I've finished in those five years is a bonnet with snail-shirred lace trim, and I have a hardanger bookmark 3/4 done. (somewhere. if I find it, I'll finish it up)
I'm passing my collection of Tudor and Renaissance patterns and books along to the mother of the poor dressless girls. They do a few Renfaire visits each summer and all enjoy dressing up for them, so I know they'll get another round of use. I've discovered I don't mind relinquishing things to a new home nearly as much as i do just donating it to a thrift or re-use shop.
One thing that has gone very well this year is my fabric "diet". So far, only 1/2 yard of fusible interfacing has made it's way to the Rooms of Doom. (We will not mention the notions or silk ribbon, m'kay?).
I hope holiday preparations are going smoothly for everyone, no matter how or what you celebrate. Our decorating plans, such as they were, got postponed when Dearly Beloved dropped a king-size mattress on his foot. The toes are all sprained, so no ladders for him for another week. The offending mattress is currently lurking half in the guest bedroom, half in the hallway, plotting its next attack and being a general nuisance by its continued presence. I suspect it's unhappy about being dumped.
-K
