It's a midweek thing.

I forgot to mention. There may be a Wednesday night Stitch'n Bitch thing happening on my little side road in the country pretty soon. Not entirely limited to just (needlework) stitching. We have about 4 people including myself interested and, so far, the midweek works for all of us. I am not sure if we are going to shoot for next week or not. Especially since this Wed. was a holiday. We hadn't discussed the first night.
So far we are all in agreement that we will probably swap houses. Especially based on who has what with other family members. I think we are all sort of hoping to kick out any other family members to the other neighbors' houses. Since I have a pool table, another neighbor has a swimming pool- well you see what we are getting at.
This could be really cool.
One neighbor crochets, another makes light switch covers, another I have sort of crafted with, no, wait I should say I have gotten my hands on her... Hee heee. She's a fellow cross stitcher, knitter and now blackwork can be added to her what she can do list.
The best part is I think that we all would get along very nicely.

Enabler?

I am just getting caught up on the pictures....... Sorry.
This is the little goodie that I ordered through One Star's Light. I was thinking how I probably wouldn't hang the Margaret Sherry cats on my walls but I love them so and thought, "Why not on a knitting bag?", so there you have it. An idea! I think I will either: 1.) stitch it on waste fabric or 2.) stitch it onto regular (evenweave) fabric and then make it into a knitting bag. I like the type that's gathered near the top with rings as handles. I have one now, an old one and like how it sort of seals itself but it accessible at the same time. I keep thinking that a bag with sort of a quilted type of style, maybe with the do-dads of crazy quilting here or there to personalize it even more. I could incorporate my favorite colors. And with it being a quilted type style I could always add more to it later. Possibly follow up with the other knit kitties of hers.

Funny, huh? I don't wear or do flashy. But for some reason I am comfortable with the idea of a funky bag. Yeah, I have been seen happily in public with my Strawberry Shortcake bag. :)

sewing machine blues

If I get the courage up that is!
I have completed a crucial step one in the bathroom. The washer and dryer (both super capacity, so yes they are big ones, and side-by-side) are in the bathroom in a tucked in almost closet like space. Or at least that is what it reminds me of. The doorway to them is very wide. Similar to a standard closet entrance- the type with the sliding doors. Well above them is one huge shelf. It was there brand new when we moved in. It as no doors or anything to hide the necessary clutter to clean my 10 loads or so per week. So, I had a brain storm. I hopped on over to WallyWorld (WalMart to some ;) ) and bought a tension rod for a shower curtain with the fancy ends. What better way not to mess up my walls with my inexperience with power tools. Plus it said it would go as far as 72"! ****drum roll***It goes across perfectly!
So step 2 will be making or buying a curtain type apparatus to go over/through said rod. It should only be about 18" long. I haven't confirmed that. I need to hop back on top of the washer to do the proper measuring of just how far I want it to hang down. I would prefer several panels instead of just two. I was thinking maybe 4. El-cheapo me says, "Craft store! Tons of every color imaginable. It can't be that hard to sew a few straight lines!" Then my brain kicks in and says, "Um, yeah it is! Too many choices and next to nothing for sewing experience."
Then there's just one more thing to complicate the story. The bathroom has no theme, scheme or plan. I have been tossing that around in my head for 6 years now. What colors. Decisions, decisions. So the clutter curtain may just set the tone for the whole room!
Oh boy!