Slow Sunday Stitching - June 29, 2025

I have not mentioned it yet, but I am moving soon.  The rest of June and most of July will be a bit weird and busy.   The renovation on my parent's house will be to the point where I can move in.  There will still be things to do, of course, and I have not yet booked the movers.  But VERY soon - maybe as soon as after the 4th of July holiday!  

I have had the living room, dining room (those two are the green second from the left on the bottom row) and kitchen (the tan right above the green) repainted, and some minor updates done on the main bathroom.   Plus got some of the floors redone on the first floor (see behind the paint sample brochure - century-old hardwoods and so pretty).  The big renovation is to get the laundry moved up to the main floor mud room from the basement.

I've been thinking about this move since before COVID but ended up renting the big house out at the urging of my daughter in law.  That was mostly because I was still working full time and didn't have the band width for a move, but I've discovered that I'm not happy being a landlord.   When my current renters had a family emergency that caused them to break their lease early, I took advantage to finally move in myself.  I'll get my little house updated over the next year or two and get it sold.   I discussed which one to sell with my son, my grandson and my sister and we decided to keep the 'family house'.   

It will be nice to eventually have a dedicated sewing space, though it will be rough finished for a while.  There was a flood in the second-floor bathroom above and both rooms are currently just untaped drywall.  I can live with that - one of those walls will be covered with peg board and have a big cutting table covering most of the space and there will be a design wall covering another.  Getting the upstairs bathroom done is priority, even over getting the little house ready for sale. 

In addition to getting all my books packed up, the main focus this week was the surface embroidery on the Floral Tote.   I am almost at the ten-hour point.   I'm hoping to have a changeover post later today or first thing tomorrow.    I think I can probably finish that bottom section of three flowers, which will leave the main central flowers for next round.  

I've also been keeping up with both the daily temperature log and the #WIPintoshape challenge piece (which is my Mead Dragon).   I'll take end of month photos this week and share next Sunday.  

The next focus project will be the Just Nan "Butterflies, Blossoms and Bees", which will finish this rotation.   But needlework may be scarce and scattered for the next couple of weeks after the Independence Day holiday.   I'm going to focus on the daily goals only, plus finishing.   And I do have a planned start for "Christmas in July".

I'll keep reporting in, if only to prove I haven't been lost under an avalanche of packing boxes LOL.  Checking in with the SSS crew (this week's round up).