Feelings

 ...Nothing more than Feelings ... a song from back in the day.  HERE
Woke up this morning FEELING extremely overwhelmed!   Like I'm forgetting something important!

For me, a list maker, it helps to get it all down on paper.....

💥It's going to be a killer, busy week for work... rolling out a difficult project   👈    👈    👈   👈
💥It's quilt week and I'm going to miss out on most of the festivities...because of above.👆  👆  👆

 

💥The bird feeders are empty and I'm totally out of seed...I know that sounds silly, but I assure you, the birds don't think so.

I need to get down to Menard's and buy seed and suet blocks! (I should have done it yesterday.)
And, while I'm at it, I want a Blue Bird house.

I'm Late...I'm Late...for a very Important Date....HERE

 

 

 

💥It's already the third week of April and I still don't have any flowers planted in my beds....I ABSOLUTELY  MUST get some marigolds in the ground before the deer discover my dahlia!

AND, my raised beds are still EMPTY !!!😭

💥I can't move ahead on the Coffin Handbag until I get down to Muppins and check out how Cheryl put together the sample... I don't want to do it the way the pattern author does it, feels too bulky to me ... but, I don't think I can get down there until Saturday because of the killer work week (see above).... AND, by Saturday there will be Quilters EVERYWHERE  because it is AQS Quilt Week  (See Above!) Parking will be scarce! (But it's NOT too late to come join the quilting fun....all the rooms for miles around are taken, but I have a futon in the studio...sleeps two...just sayin'.)

 

💥And then there's the Lower Town Arts Festival coming up in less than three weeks and my song is NOT performance ready.  Still working on the tricky left-hand-muting.
The Sea by Sierra Ferrell. HERE. 
It's really hard...at least for me.

 

See what I mean?  Overwhelming.

It's been a couple of days and I feel better.

💢After today I'll be more than half-way through this busy week.  It occurred to me this morning that I need to change my attitude toward this busy week (teaching 10 classes ..that's a lot.)  I don't want to get to the end of the week and have complained the whole week away!

💢The birds are happy.

💢Made it downtown to Muppin's yesterday...and just as I thought she finished the Coffin Handbag exactly the way I thought it should be.

💢Practicing my ukulele. Did you know you cannot be in a foul mood and play the ukulele?  Try it!
Shirley Orlando is proof!  I Play My Ukulele

Mooned

No sooner did I drive in my driveway from my road trip when my favorite niece and her D.H. arrived for a visit. 
You've met Desiree in previous posts...HERE, HERE and HERE.  

She and Kevin came to town to visit Joy (my baby sister) and me, to celebrate Joy's birthday
AND because Paducah is in the total-eclipse pathway.  HERE

 

Total Eclipse BBQ party...with homemade ice cream!

It was totally cool....I wish we'd been in an area for a longer "block out" time. Paducah had only about 2.5 minutes.

A trip to downtown Paducah for lunch and shopping, with a stop at Muppin's Sewing Emporium (my home-away-from-home these days.)  And, of course, we purchased fabric for a new project.  It is an easy one*, and we have already started it ...
with a plan for finishing, via Zoom.

Introducing the Coffin Handbag by Seamingly Wicked. HERE

Here is Muppins' sample using Tula Pink fabric; Night Shade Deja Vu Coven. 
For the person in your life who likes this sort of style.  

Honestly, made from a different fabric, it would not be so "goth."

Cut all the pieces.

We made plastic cutting templates using the cutting mats found in the kitchen section at the Dollar Tree.

Organize everything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zippers are assembled...the zipper itself was easy...adding the pulls was a bit painful.  If I were going to make this bag again...and I might...it would be worth it to buy a zipper jig.

Watch the  zipper pull YouTube Video before you waste a bunch of time..This video was very helpful. HERE

The designer of this bag assembles it differently than I would, so I will reach out to Cheryl and see how she assembled it.  HERE is the video for assembling the bag.  HERE is a video for an alternative assembly option....Stay tuned. 

This will be a Quinceañera** gift for Gabrielle, one of the grands. 
I think this is a cute bag for a teen.  (I hope Gabbz thinks so.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Well, not so easy, as it turns out.

*Quinceañera, the celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her passage from girlhood to womanhood, although I hard think 15 is a WOMAN....she is still a baby in my book.  HERE