Year of Making Stuff: Week 17

I have a great sewing desk, and leave my sewing machine out all of the time.  Unfortunately when I do sew, the bulky plastic cover gets in the way in my small little space.  The room is really dusty what with all the fiber and kitty fluff flying around, so some sort of cover is necessary.  Enter Sewing Maching Cozy!  I found this pattern in Sew Darn Cute by Jenny Ryan that I checked out from the library. The embroidery patterns are Kurt Halsey’s artist series from Sublime Stitching, a xmas gift from Thiên.  The old plastic cover is now going to live in the basement and I am happy with how this turned out.  Its something I’ve been meaning to make for awhile!

Gardening Update

So far planted in my garden are lettuce (2 kinds), thyme, basil, parsley, arugula, spinach, radishes, cabbages, snow peas, swiss chard and two tomato plants.  I think by next week there will be strawberries ready to eat and the lettuce is getting close to being ready.  I was going to hold off on the tomatoes, but today was so beautiful I bought two at the market and stuck them in the ground.  If I stagger the planting of tomatoes, I hope that they ripen at different times.   Just a thought.  Only thing eaten so far is rhubarb, which will still come up next week.  The tulips are done blooming, but the wisteria and azaleas look beautiful.  Irises are almost ready.  I’ve bitched about the rain, but everything is so green.  What a difference it makes to have leaves on the trees.  My mood increases just by looking outside and seeing color.

Tim now has less than a week to go!  Yay.  Now off to finish Week 17….