Projects completed

Even with having a nasty cold sweep through our house and a two year old who is not sleeping, we have managed to complete a long list of projects this week.

My car finally got new brakes. It also needed a 90,000 mile check up. Yuck. It was at the shop all day Saturday and when we picked it up, the brakes didn't feel right. We took it back in on Tuesday morning and it turns out there was an air bubble in the brake line. Oops. It is a good thing I insisted that it be fixed.

I mopped the floor and wiped down all the cupboards and baseboards in the kitchen and eating area. Not that you can tell any more thanks to messy and messier, but I know it was clean. Now mopping the floor might not seem like a big deal, but I need a new mop, so I did this on my hands and knees.

I mopped the bathroom floors because I wanted to show off this bath mat that I made using a fabric and an old towel. I quilted along some of the flower stems to hold it together. The colors go well with my sage green walls of my bedroom, so this may become pillows for my bed too. I love this fabric by Heidi Grace.

I finished these pillows for downstairs. They incorporate the fabric that I used to recover my dining room chairs.

I finished curtains for the office. I'm not totally pleased with how they turned out, but they will do for now. I just need to buy a curtain rod to hang them. They are brown with white polka dots. I love this fabric too. I used it to make a skirt for Littlebit, a diaper carrier, and some baby items for a friend.

I even hemmed my new 40% off trouser jeans from Nordstroms. It only took me a month to get up the nerve to do it and to buy the thread. I finished it last night and they look good if I do so say myself.

I made Littlebit a new sleep sack. I love sleep sacks and Littlebit outgrew her last one and the bigger sizes are back ordered. I decided I would make one of my own with some fleece that I have had for quite awhile. (I miscalculated and bought WAY too much three years ago.) I haven't tried it on her and it is not exactly pretty, but hopefully it will get the job done. As anyone who has been to my home knows, it is cold in our house and we keep the temperature low at night. So anyone not able to keep blankets on freezes. We do try to turn the heat up when guests are here, but we sometimes forget. (Sorry Mom.) Hopefully Littlebit's sleep sack will keep her nice and warm.