back to…

i think to today i will start sewing again. i have really been feeling the need to create, but i haven’t had the energy or the focus. i think i will work on my quilting. i also wanted to get over to Saver’s today. i saw a book called *How to Knit* that i should’ve gotten when i saw it. i hope it is still there. i really want to learn how to knit. i have tried before, but in my hardheaded-ness, i think i refused to learn and made up excuses. i really like how knitted pieces look though. we’ll see how that turns out…

i also am going to organize all the phone numbers from all the *people’s* that i reconnected with this week. i promise myself to not let fear induce me to close back up into my little shell and lose touch with my family and friends again. i will face fear and be myself with them… all of me. my goofyness, my nerdyness, my mean-ness, my shyness… whatever. i will just be. i already talked to my cousin this morning. it was really nice.

i missed yoga again this morning. i was talking on the phone to my homegirl. hopefully it will be back on tomorrow morning. i watch Namaste Yoga on FitTV. it is, i believe, Vinayasa Flow (after i went to get the link it says Hatha Vinyasa… i am not sure what the difference is though, but here is what wikipedia says.) and it is really smooth and flowing and lovely. i also like Gilad’s workout cuz jumping around is not really my cup of tea right now, and his workout are really simple yet seem to be effective for me. i’ve been gaining weight, but my clothes are fitting alot nicer, so i assume that muscle is forming. [ i hope that's what it means ]

wishes for an excellent day for all of us

cloudy day

 

[edit: this was meant to be posted yesterday, but i forgot   ]

the weather has been so nice… well, nice to me. the cold weather is steadily trying to make it’s way in. it’s been unseasonably cool here in Vegas. usually it stays hot all the way up to Halloween night, when the temperature just plummets in like a couple of days. so with the cool weather, the urge to crochet has come back. 2 days ago i made these slippers. the pattern is so simple and they come out so cute. they took me about 20 min. to make, but i changed the stitch from single crochet to a modified half double crochet (i dont do the yarn over part) to make them not so bulky and go quicker. my niece showed me the almost exact same slipps at Urban Outfitters. i forgot to take a pic of them before i gave them to my sister. i will have to have her take one for me. or maybe today i will get around to making some more. i just feel too lazy to dig my massive yarn bag out of the back of my closet.

i have also been working on strip/string quilting. i am using the instructions posted here. i just get lost in the colors and patterns. i am making a tote bag. i have the bag constructed, but i am procrastinating on choosing the lining and figuring out the the handle part. i intend to make it so the handles can be taken off and switched to another bottom. the handles are big gold colored hoops. i also embroidered a label for this bag. man it took me forever. i don’t know why… prob cuz i was watching TV at the same time.

i also ventured to try free motion quilting last night. i am always so scared to try new things. i have to really get outside of the fear and see it for what it *really* is and then common sense has a chance to appear. i mean it’s kinda crazy… what… i didnt want to wasted a scrap piece of material??? change the settings on my machine??? hahahhahaha

it’s funny how some TV shows help me creatively. here are the ones that i am watching now:

America Sews

America Quilts Creatively

P.O.V.

Nova

Martha Home

Simply Quilts

Independent Lens

Matlock

Murder She Wrote

Arrested Development

Law and Order

Law and Order: Criminal Intent

The X-Files

Keeping Up Appearances

The Office (BBC)