Thanks so much for the offers to swap with me for TOASTY fingerless gloves! Terri was the first person to offer her services to my cold hands, and I’ll be sewing up something for her. I’ll be sure to share what she sends me and what I send her!

Last week I finally managed to whip up a couple of pillow shams to go in the guest room with the Love Beads quilt and curtains.



I’m so happy to finally have put this fabric to a good use! These were super simple. I was even too lazy to do the simple math, so I used the guidelines here. Worked out perfectly.



I even went through my stash of vintage piping/seam binding/ric-rac, etc. and found two packages (just enough!) of the perfect shade of blue to add. Get out!



My friend Rachel is arriving tomorrow for a couple days here in the South Bay. I hope we can entertain her as well as her North Bay friends have been (and her East Bay friends after us!). A sewing machine problem from a couple of months ago is back, so I dropped my machine off at the shop spa for a visit while she’s here since I don’t plan to be sewing. At least they know what it is this time — it took them a while last time to figure it out. Hopefully I’ll have it back by the end of the week, ready to sew some more!