Things that get in the way...

Sometimes it is just hard to find the time for everything I want to work on. In the summer especially - my sewing gets short shrift because there is so much else going on.  I normally sew from the time my son heads to bed until my bedtime - usually by the time I get upstairs that is 8:30 - 10:30 or 11.

With a later summertime bedtime - I've lost an hour - and that really wipes out my momentum.
It's also hot upstairs - even with the A/C... which wipes out my motivation.

So I sew when I can - and shift a lot of my focus to some other projects.
Like these:

Perler bead quilt blocks made by the Munchkin - magnets will be added and these will be sold at our guild quilt show in August.

Perler bead sewing machines - vintage or modern.  Again -will have magnets added.

Black raspberries -with a few wild strawberries thrown in  Have been harvesting about 9 cups at a time- though they are starting to taper off.  My first batch of jam this season was overcooked- so was like fruit leather in a jar.  Freezing the rest and will try again when the weather cools.

This is our BIG summer project - replacing the sidewalk we tore out last year.  The only hitch has been the mold takes 60# bags of concrete - and we ordered 80# bags (that's what the website said... oops!)  So I get to play with the leftovers.

Casting stepping stones over rhubarb leaves with leftover concrete.

Making handprints and concrete votive candle holders.

Cast a rhubarb leaf in a curve over a pile of sand.

And more handprints.  Basically anything that can hold concrete has been cast.

And this doesn't even cover the growing that's going on in the garden.... I will leave that for another post.