itchy feet

I made it until the end of February before blogging about my winter blahs. Not bad since I’ve been frustrated w/ cold and wet weather for the past three weeks. I’ve spent a lot of that time working on little owls. I have 14 owls in the works right now. They’re all in various stages of being completed. They all have faces. Some need the backs sewn on, others just need to be stuffed and closed up. I’ll post a pic when I dig them back out. I have several other sewing projects I’ve been wanting to start, but made an executive decision last weekend. I need to finish a project. So I put away (sorta) the fabrics and owls and dug out the baby blanket and rock quilt.

A few weeks ago when I was last in Chicago I bought the backing fabric for the rock quilt. I also got the stuffing and a rough idea of how to proceed with finishing. The fabric pictured above is the backing, and the red actually matches at least one t shirt perfectly. The rock quilt seems most logical to finish since it has been going on the longest. But I’ll need to lay everything flat on the floor for a while and that proves difficult w/ two mischievous kitties in the house. Plus it’s getting difficult for me to get off the floor lately once I get down there.
The baby blanket is a bit easier to work on since I’m still at the crocheting stages. I have all the yarn out so that I can work on it here and there. As of last night I only need 9 squares! I really need to finish one of these projects soon. I need the feeling of accomplishment, and both these projects were pretty big, so I’ll be very happy when one or both are done. I’m also getting worried they’ll be forgotten about and I’ve put too much time into both to stop now. So this weekend my goal is to work on one of the two.
We’re steadily working on the baby room and other things around the house. Day care decisions, hospital, and doctor choices are all completed or coming close to it. I’m coming very close to the end of the second trimester and am already feeling some symptoms of the third. Baby is very healthy and uses my innards as a punching bag daily.  I’ve been spending spare time w/ my crochet hook, but when that’s done I’ll get some new holga pics up.

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