December Plans.

So what will December bring? Who knows! My muse has been a little off lately, leading me down paths that just don’t quite work for me. Hopefully, as the month unfolds, I can stick to the things I enjoy and can actually achieve.

For a start, there’s one more flower washcloth to complete. I also need to finish stitching the Cat cross stitch in plenty of time to decide how to present it — and have it fully finished, wrapped, and ready by Christmas Eve. It’s a secret project, so all of that will need to be done on my days off, while Tony is at work.

Yesterday I spotted a cute scrappy Christmas quilt on Facebook. Can I find it again today? From memory it was foundation paper pieced, made up of crazy-style quilt blocks. That might be just the thing to tempt me back to my sewing machine. Speaking of which, it’s been rather neglected — the last thing I sewed was a hem on some new shorts for work.

Before I plan too far ahead, though, I’ll need to tackle a tidy-up on my worktable. 

The fabrics I bought for Jiffy’s wedding quilt are still spread out there, along with some Manx tartans I plan to use for recovering the dining room chairs, plus a few other bits and pieces. The growing pile of hexies is also waiting for attention. My prepared hexies are running low, so I’ll need to dig into the scrap drawers and cut more. Perhaps it’s time to settle on what to do with all of these flowers and start making preparations.

Today might be a good day to begin that tidy-up — it’s certainly not weather for gardening. I stopped on the rooftop carpark this morning while I was in town. 

Does this look like the first day of summer to you? I’m glad I wasn’t up in those mountains; even looking out over the port, things didn’t seem much better.

So, my plans for December:

• Complete the washcloth and return to knitting the mohair.

• Finish the secret cross stitch and turn it into a fully finished object.

• Tidy up my happy room and perhaps sew some scrappy Christmas blocks.

• Find suitable fabric scraps for more hexie flowers.

• Decide what to do with all those hexie flowers and begin preparations.

December feels like a chance to reset — to clear the table, rediscover my happy room, and bring some sparkle back into my making. 

So here's to December, hopefully it will be a month of inspiration and creativity as my muse gets back on track and back into a more easily followed groove. May the season bring colour, comfort and joyful stitches into each day.