Dyeing Part I

I'm trying my dyeing a different way today, allowing the dyed cotton to dry before I soak/wash them.  Hopefully the colors bleed less and stay stronger!

a dress to fit my preggo belly

Solid yarns

Variegated yarns

from the room of Zana's Ninis,
katie z.

Quilting

for a baby expecting in my friends' family soon!

I've also been working on my Scraps to Treasures quilt, but since it's a secret until October, I can't show you any progress.  Now, anyway, since my arms ache, I'm going to lie down for a rest!

from the room of Zana's Ninis,
katie z.

Around the Homestead

Meet Andromeda, Meda for short, who will NOT move off the engine block, even when you rev the engine.  We're working on that.

Bear Cub Q's favorite toy... trains and train tracks.

from the room of Zana's Ninis,

katie z.

Reasons for Moving...

* More than one bathroom.
* Having my children ask, "Mommy, can I climb a tree?" and there's really a tree (or a few!) for them to climb.
* Bear Cub Q running down to the fish pond and yelling at the top of his lungs, "Hi, baby fish!  Hi, baby fish!"
* Every 30 minutes or less, a train passes less than a mile from our house.  Almost every time, Bear Cub Q perks up, listens intently, and yells, "Momma, do-do!  Momma, do-do!"  (Do-do means train.)
* A basement that doesn't leak.

I'm sure there are many, many more, but these are at the top of my mind today.  It was a gloriously cool morning, and the two kids still at home and I enjoyed it immensely.  I'm looking forward to more fall weather.

It may even be possible that the morning sickness is easing up.  Hurrah!

from the room of Zana's Ninis,
katie z.

UPDATE: Sewing Room

Progress has been made!  Pictures from a few days ago are posted here: Moving!

Since that time, I opened far too many boxes, shook my head at the contents, and wondered where I was going to put it all.  The answer?  A little here, a little there... a little in the garage sale pile.

My sewing machine isn't plugged in yet, but all my yarn is unpacked and sorted by color... for the first time since I opened my business 1+ year ago.  Now, when I get a request for pink, I can see it all at a glance, instead of digging through one box of balls, another for cones, and the other that I took to craft shows to give people color options.  I still have some sorting and tidying, but this is MUCH better.

 

The under-stairs storage is no longer a multitude of boxes that make me out of breath to move.  Instead, current projects, fabrics in tubs, and some reading inspiration are much easier to access.  There's still a pile of "where do I put this," but it's small.

In our utility room, there are some built-in work tables.  There, I made a tub of future projects, boxed up materials for shipping and shows, clothing fabric, and t-shirts from my sister.  Neatly contained (except for the hexi project that no longer folds into an easily containable size), and out of everyone's way.

from the room of Zana's Ninis,

katie z.

Moving

So... we moved.  We (God willing) close on our old house on Friday. Meanwhile, chaos ensues...

Special order for a preemie second cousin (or something like that)
Fabric is hand dyed by Vicki Welsh (yum!)

Someday, this will be my sewing area.

Sewing storage.
I left strict orders while I was gone that DH NOT unpack these boxes!

MORE sewing materials, in the giant storage cave.

We love our new house.  It has (gasp) THREE bathrooms, a definite step up from one.  The basement is finished, won't leak like our old basement, and is a luscious 10 degrees (F) cooler than the upstairs, even with the air vents closed to the basement.

The day after we moved, I left for Chicago for two weeks of training (Catechesis of the Good Shepherd).  It was amazing, but I was homesick.  I've never been away from my kids for more than a night, and never away from DH for more than a few days since we were married seven years ago.

I'm 18 1/2 (or 19 1/2, by sonogram) week pregnant.  My sonogram was Wednesday, and, possibly to the girls' chagrin (but I think more to their relief, considering how BOY Q is...), we're having another boy!  His name is already chosen.  Now to come up with a good nickname for here on the blog.

Maybe by the end of the week I will have my boxes unpacked... then I can work on my Scraps to Treasures quilt!

from the room of Zana's Ninis,

katie z.