Marvelous Mondays

Now that I work for myself full time, I have the freedom to make Monday like a Sunday. I sleep. But get up before noon so that I might enjoy cool morning hours while I sip coffee and browse the Internet. I like to spend the whole day in the studio. A little sewing, a little cleaning, then more sewing.

Yesterday was the first full day in the studio in about a week I think.
It was a marvelous Monday.

I like to listen to Pat Sloan's pod casts featuring interviews with various names in the sewing world. You can listen to past episodes (found here), but yesterday I listened to her show live! Another perk of not having to be at work on a Monday!

The afternoon included some new quilt label test printing, tiny 2 inch square cutting (for May's 365 blocks) and some relaxing hand stitching progress on the flying fish Mola. All in all a wonderful day!

Hope you enjoyed your Monday!

WIP Wednesday: Skeletal

I was very disappointed that my FAL Q1 list finishes were so few. So at the start of this quarter, I just jumped in. I found that the evenings, after work and dinner, are a great time for relaxing with some hand work and our favorite Netflix series. I've been happily stitching away, finding this perfect niche to get some sewing done on these super busy days.

Here's what I've been working on!
When I first started this project, I intended to make a mola panel for the center of my e.p.p. stars. I still might use the e.p.p. stars and it's definitely still going to be a mola applique, but I'm not sure about the quilt, considering making a medallion. I also had to take out all of the previous basting stitches and start over, proves I had no idea what I was doing before!

So far so good! I've got the arms, legs, and wings to finish appliqueing before I cut into it. I'm really excited for the next steps! So far, there are 4-5 layers of fabric in most places.

I am a wee bit concerned about the tiny tiny hands, that will be a challenge!

Cheers to progress!

Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced!

What awesomeness are you working on?