“O, loving wisdom of our God!
When all was sin and shame,
A second Adam to the fight
And to the rescue came.
O, wisest love! That flesh and blood
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail!
And that a higher gift than grace should flesh and blood refine;
God’s presence and His very self and essence all-divine.”
— St. John Henry Newman
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
The fabric and ribbons were from my stash. My gifts for Mom are usually from the silent auction at our church's fall festival, and they are inevitably weird shapes and big. I finally wised up and made these cloth gift bags last year. Much easier, more environmentally friendly, and less fragile than wrapping paper. Mom gave them back after she opened them, so I can use them again this year. 😊
Here's a sample of what I harvested today, namely, strawberries, green onions, lettuce, and oregano. It's not much, but it is nice to still be eating from the garden even in May.
Today, I read through my entire novel, start to finish, without a break today in order to check for consistency and flow. I'm pretty pleased with it. I think my sister will like it.
I do have some edits to make, though. Tomorrow.
You know when you have an idea for a project, and you look online and see that pretty much no one else has done it, and then you think: Maybe there's a reason no one else is doing it this way?
Well, I'm happy to say that I did my project anyway and got away with it!
This is kind of a quilt in that it has three layers: old sweaters, an old wool blanket, and old sweaters. The reason that you're probably not supposed to do this is because the sweaters were made out of different kinds of weaving -- close weave, loose weave, everything in between -- and they are likely to pull, warp, and generally not hold their shape. I decided to reduce the risk by doing WAY more ties than normal. The usual rule of thumb, according to the collective wisdom of the internet anyway, is to space them so that whenever you put your hand down, you cover at least one tie. I did a lot more than that, and I increased the frequency of ties around the edges.
The resulting quilt/blanket is HEAVY. It was a gift for my husband and he really loves it!
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| I did lots of pinning. I was worried about the stretchiness of the knits leading to lots of warping. |
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| I just serged the edges. Not at all the correct way to bind a quilt! |
Leek seeds were planted yesterday! Don't worry, we didn't got out in freezing temps and five inches of snow. They are on heating mats, soon to be under grow lights when they sprout. :)
This is the sort of thing you make when it's freezing cold outside, and you are longing for both the beach and the garden.
I'm planning to stake my bush beans this year and see if I get more productivity. The paint is to help preserve the wood. (Still need to seal them.) And I figured if I'm going to paint them, I might as well have some fun with it.
