Monday This and That

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Welcome to the first Monday This and That for 2023!

I’ve had my little break from blogging and the outside world…… I’ve pretty much recovered from my Christmas bout of Covid… and ready to get back into planning, sewing, and blogging….

Last Week’s This and That

I managed to get into the sewing room and do some sewing!

Actually, I cut up a quilt…..

Why did I cut up a quilt? Well, it was my favorite everyday quilt… and it’s been falling to bits for a few years now. I finally got to the stage where I had to make a tough decision – do I toss it or salvage some of it?

I decided to salvage some of it and cut out two ovals to turn into a topper for my tea trolley:

I found a scrap of the green in my stash for the binding. I wasn’t sure how it would go binding a curved piece, but it went quite easily. I decided to use my machine binding method…

…. and I got one finished pretty quickly! It’s on the tea trolley now and I love the way it turned out:

Now all I need to do is sew the binding on the other oval and put it on the bottom bit of glass…. nothing lives on the bottom – it is a spot for the cats to sit, and they will love having a “quilt” to sit on!

The tea pot should have a cozy on it, but it’s in the wash… I should have a spare somewhere that I can dig up though, I’ll have to go hunting….

I also finished up the Gingerbread Village BOM and will put up instructions for that this week, and the Christmas SAL…. so stay tuned!

This Week’s This and That

I have no work outside the home scheduled this week, which means I can keep pottering around at home, which is nice.

I do however have to go to the dentist because I lost a filling this morning – ugh!

In the Kitchen

• Make tomato soup
• Try one new recipe and report back on here!

In the Garden

• Try to keep the plants alive in this heat….

In the Sewing Room

• Bind the other oval table topper
• Finish binding the tumbler quilt
• Choose threads to start appliqueing the chookies
• Work on the churn dash quilts

Blog & Biz

• write up Gingerbread Village finish instructions
• Work on Shades of Blue Challenge
• Write up Christmas SAL wallhanging instructions
• Introduce homemaking challenge
• Get 2023 BOM ready to post and share

I think that will keep me busy enough…

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Linking with:

Monday Musings

Sew & Tell

To Do Tuesday