Busy as a Bee

The last month has been ridiculously sewing laden.  I've finished two quilts, two pairs of pajamas, two dolly pajamas, two dolly quilts, and a Ren Fair costume.  Then, after the sewing was finished, I knitted two dish cloths.  I also had to clean and oil my machine in the middle, since while I was quilting, my machine was squeaking and wheezing.  Not so good!  Picture time!

Another Owl Quilt.  This one went a lot faster than the first one!

A Landscape art quilt.  Lots of embroidery.

Neander-fairy.  I kinda think she's funny.

This part was interesting to do.  I actually had printed off a triquetra and sewed through it.

The most annoying part of the process (actually it wasn't too bad, I just worked on this for way too long, so everything became annoying)

Ren Costume.  Really fun!

Now, here's a question for the blog-o-sphere.  I have a very large stash of fabric.  I didn't realize how large until I had to live with it in my room.  Being an ecologically responsible person, I tend to save scraps, thinking that I will eventually use them.  This is directly at odds with my desire to live in a tiny house.  So, here are the horns of my dilemma.  Save the scraps that are too small for anything but a quilt, or throw them away?  I don't like to throw anything away.  Inherited trait.  But I went through a few of my boxes and found scraps from at least three years ago that I hadn't even looked at.  Hmm....

You might be wondering how I'm doing on my New Month Resolutions.  Well... Not so good.  The internet thing, I'm back to spending too much time on it.  I blame a new game on Facebook.  Well, that and my complete and utter lack of will power.  The active thing (which I realize now that I only posted on Facebook):  I'm not active every day, but more than I was, which I guess is a step in the right direction.  Writing down what I want to get done every day:  That falls by the wayside when there's a project that I want to get done.  Because then I only work on the project all day.  I need to pick it back up again, it really was helpful.  And finally only going out once a week:  I've been told that this wasn't exactly clear and that some people thought that it meant going out to eat.  While that's a good goal, I actually meant going out of an evening.  I do karaoke.  A lot.  While I don't drink much, it does keep me out and up later than is good for me.  Problem is, if someone asks me if I want to go out, I usually can't say no. It's a big psychological deal which probably means that I'm a compulsive people pleaser, but whatever.  Anyway, the great thing about making the resolutions monthly is that I have an opportunity to renew my commitment in three weeks.