I keep plugging along on the pouches

I got 7 more pouches finished last night.  Remember, they are inside out.

I look every day to see where the labels are and they are making their way to Ohio. Once they hit the states, I ought to get them pretty quickly unless they get held up in customs.

More Pouches done

I was able to get the 10 pouches done last night except of course for the labels. Here they are inside out.

Only 37 more to sew together!

Better than nothing

I had a heck of a day at work. When I got home, I got a bite to eat and fell asleep in my sewing chair. I did manage to get the zipper installation started on the next 10 pouches.

Pouches, yardwork, and bicycle

My Saturday was a busy one. After a quick trip to the grocery store, my neighbor came over to help me cut down the ornamental grass. He has a nice hedge trimmer that cuts thru the tough grass quickly.

The ones in front and there was one other one that are now cut back.

Look at the mountain of debris! It took three tarp loads to get it all moved to the back of my lot and dumped in the woods.

While we were at it, we went over across the cul-de-sac and cut down Becky's. She texted me thanking for doing that. I let her know Eric helped too.

Before I finished leaf blowing the rest of the bits to the back, I was telling Eric I was going to go shopping for a new bike. I have had my current bike since 1993, but haven't ridden it in a number of years because it is just too hard to get on and off. Back in the 90's, there wasn't different sized frames and the seat on this bike came up to my waist. He said he would sell it on FB for me - I don't do FB. It is still in great shape and has been a good bike.

After three hours, that part of the yardwork was finished. I got cleaned up and headed over to a bike shop. The weather wasn't that great, so it was a good time to shop since the shop wasn't that busy. I was helped by a nice young woman, and she was bound and determine to find the right bike for me. I had her take me out back to try out the bike I finally thought I might want. I haven't been on a bike in years and was worried that I might fall off. It went well and after a few trips around the parking lot I was sold. Here are my new wheels!

While I waited for the shop to install the computer, lights, and handlebar bag I walked over to a nearby grocery store and picked up a few things that the store on the earlier trip did not have. By the time I got home it was after 5. I was at the bike shop 3 1/2 hours! I was tired so I unloaded the bike and started on quilting the last 5 pouch units. I finished those on Sunday morning so it was time to start sewing the pouches together. First I had to match up zippers.

I am sewing the pouches together in color groups so I can sew assembly line style. Friday, I decided I wanted to get labels made, so I had to leave a space unsewn on seam for the label once they arrive. Yes, I made more work for myself, but the labels are so cute! 

I got 21 pouches done except for the label. I left them inside out. The labels have already been shipped so lets see how long it takes to get them. I bought them from an etsy shop located overseas in eastern Europe.

I have 47 more to sew together.

I'm tired. LOL!! Thank goodness it rained so I didn't feel guilty about not going for a bike ride on Sunday.

The end in sight

Two more pouches are quilted. I thought the yellow bobbin thread was going to give me problems, but it didn't - yeah!

I only have five more pouch units to quilt and then I can start sewing them together!

It was nice outside when I got home so I took a walk around the yard. The daffodils are starting to bloom. The ones next to the house are a bit farther along since the brick absorbs the heat and creates a microclimate as the heat radiates from the brick.

You can see how much farther behind the ones in the center bed are compared to the other bed.

Then there are these two that were planted by the squirrels.

My main Lenten Rose bed is full of color.

I have a long list of things I would like to get done over the weekend. I texted my neighbor and asked if he could let me borrow his hedge clipper to cut down the rest of the ornamental grass. He said we could tag team that job on Saturday - sweet! It is supposed to rain the weekend so I will be spending lots of time in the sewing studio working on the pouches. Have a great weekend!

Back to pouches

The wind chill made it feel like 28 so no working in the yard last night. I did manage to finish up two more pouches.

I started on a third pouch and had trouble with the bobbin thread goofing up. I have a feeling I will be in for a bit of a battle on this one.

Yardwork and cookies

Are you disappointed that I am not showing more pouches? LOL!! I was sunny when I got home from work, and I decided I needed to start cutting down the ornamental grass out front.

After an hour and a half of work, I got the plants cut back halfway. They need to be trimmed close to ground level, but then the debris is really long and harder to handle if I try and cut the plants near ground level.

On the backside there was loads of the dried grass.

I just used my feet to kick the bulk of it into a pile and loaded it into the wheelbarrow to dump out back. No sense in getting the rake out yet. As long as the weather is in the 40's I will continue to cut these plants back until they are done.

After that, I sliced and baked the cookies I had made Monday evening. They are lemon shortbread. Will be taking these to work.

I got the recycling taken out to the curb too. Let's just say I was tired and it was all I could do to get the rest of my exercise minutes in on the stationary bike. This morning when I went out to take my little bag of trash, there was snow on the bin! I wasn't expecting that. Nothing was sticking on the ground. The snow started up again a little while ago and it is coming down pretty hard. It is supposed to stop in the next hour.

I will have to work on the pouches between the snow and rain. There are quite a few days of rain forecasted for the next 10 days.