At Purl SoHo ~ a fun Yarn Along :)

My blanket has little progress

as I did not go to my far away church

which meant my 2 + hours of knitting did not happen...

Last week was super busy with things,

including dinner party prep and not a lot of knitting time... 

But some progress has been made...

see top of the section on the right of these pictures...

Cleo is clearly quite interested in this blanket :)

So today, Tuesday, I went for the first time to 

Purl Soho.

It was fun! 

I had brought my knitting to NYC 

and took a picture of Wanda's wonderful bag

with me for a photo shoot at Purl Soho :)

Tada! 

Inside the bag are three projects, which explains why it is so

bulky... I really need to get another one :)

It was super fun to be at Purl Soho and Instagram with friends

about being there :)

The store is really cute and has tons of craft ideas

for knitting and sewing!

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I looked briefly at this sewing book:

Looks super fun!  As do the other books...

Other than reading a bit of this book,

I am slowly working on Willa Cather's Song of the Lark 

but other than this, just trying to keep up with my

Synaxarion reading ... 

Wednesday is St. George day (Julian Calendar) and I LOVE 

Saint George!!

So that's fun!

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Speaking of fun, I got this set of fabric fat quarters for 

a future DV quilt for my godson...

I figured he needs one too :)

I am hoping to get some 'boyish' print fabric later on

to go with these solids...

But I think that this fabric will be a great start for

the quilt top!

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Hopefully next week I will have a bit more time

for sewing and knitting!

Last week my creativity was all spent in 

making a great dinner last Sunday

but I am looking forward to more quiet crafting soon!

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So what are you reading and creating?

Yarn Along with us!

Fabric ~ colours, brightness and beauty

As mentioned on Tuesday,

my friend and I went to a fabric store 

that sells fabric for quilts.

My Quilting Friend has made various quilts and 

I sent her the link of the quilt I want to make...

I am learning various sewing words,

like cloth off the bolt of fabric,

like these pictures above...

I also learned that there are charm packs,

which are pieces of cloth cut to the size

of square I want for this quilt.

The two rainbow stacks of fabric are these.

The mini scrolls of fabric are called 

'fat quarters'....

I went with the colours of the pattern I am using,

and had such fun seeing all the possibilities

for beautiful squares for this 

colourful patchwork quilt...

we focused on pink, reds, orange, yellows and white,

often with the other 4 colours included as

a shape, often of a flower...

My friend ensured that I did not get

fabrics that, in her words,

would 'swear at each other' ;)

The ladies at the shop cut these very quickly...

See the big section of fabric with the deep

pink roses? 

That's for the back of the quilt!

I just love it.

I actually have enough fabric here to make two

of these quilts.

I love all these fabrics and today, D.V. my

friend is coming down to my place

to help me set up my machine, 

teach me tricks on how to quickly cut the fabric to the

size squares I want,

and give me easy tutorials on sewing in a strait line!

As you can see in the PDF of this pattern,

it is a strait forward one! 

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And as my friend keeps telling me,

it can be my guide to base how I make mine

and I can be free to be creative!

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As I took a train back home on Tuesday,

my friend is DV bringing all my fabric

and sewing supplies (which I now know are called notions)

today with her!

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I am excited for such a joyful and beautiful

project to work on.

The quilt is for my still baby goddaughter and

my goal is to have it done in

1.5 years at the latest.

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I already have other things I am dreaming of making

and am excited to begin!

Bright Tuesday ~ a step forward

Today, 

as planned over a week or so ago,

I was with a friend in Princeton,

where we went quilt fabric shopping

and sewing 'notions' shopping

(I am learning new words - notions are all the things

that you need for a sewing project,

like rulers, pins, etc.)

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I am excited to learn to sew and to make

this quilt or one based on it at any rate!

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We also had lunch at chili's, which I had not been to before

and a nice ice cream cone in Princeton proper.

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I am finally home now,

I have been gone for 1 week as Mr. Husband were

at a hotel near to our far away church

for Holy Week and Pascha.

Our plans changed dramatically as

we are now grieving the loss of Mr. Husband's godson...

so I did not leave the area until today,

the day after the Bright Monday funeral.

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Every loss is different but I feel

I've been through a few that have helped me

understand a little more about what

I need to grieve;

there are books I will read;

processing tools and other things.

I am praying that Mr. Husband and I will

grieve well and be able always to pray

for the newly departed godson.

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So we are grieving but still singing

Christ is Risen!

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We grieve always in the hope of the

Resurrection and Mercy of Christ.