Beyond Homemaking Daybook

Weather: cold. Like "can hardly convince myself to get out of bed" cold. We haven't ventured outside for play in several days now because it's just too cold to even attempt it.

This Week: Regular work week for me and Superman, piano lessons for Big Kid on Friday, catching up on everything that didn't get done last week due to everyone being sick! I'm making some adjustments to our cleaning routine this week hoping that it will help ease the days that I work a bit longer.

Current Fiction Read: I just started Twilight last night. I know I'm late to the party, but I made it, right? I'm only about 10 pages in, so no word yet on how good I think it is.

Current Non-Fiction Read: Young at Art by Susan Striker. I'm really learning a lot from this book!

Craftiness: I'm currently knitting Mittens for Little Bit and woking on Christmas gifts for both boys. I'm also continuing my work on Reed's Quilt.

Learning at home: Last week we fell by the wayside with all the illness. But one of the first things asked for post-breakfast this morning was for some work to do. I've re-organized the cabinets again in an effort to keep Little Bit out of Big Kid's work, but he found away around my organization. So I'm re-thinking. He wants to do what he sees his brother doing, but it is work he's not capable of doing, so I'm having to think more about Montessori work that can be appropriate to a 16-month old but also work that he feels like is something worthy of his brother... there's a challenge for you!

Individual Muslin Blocks

I spent my fee sewing time this weekend finishing the muslin blocks for the quilt. Most of the participants signed a piece of muslin and sent it in addition to their patterned fabric. I used strips of their own fabric to frame the signed piece on two sides.

The pics below are just a small representation of the work done this weekend. This piecing was simple but time consuming. The next step is finishing piecing the remainder strips and the cutting pieces from those strips. That is this week's project!







Since taking these pics any pieces that weren't even have been trimmed down, and all the silly threads hanging out everywhere were trimmed down too. All the pieces have been pressed too. Ironing pieces is my least favorite part of sewing, but it makes the actual sewing about a million times easier, so that's worth it.