Packages in the mail!

 I have accomplished moments things this week - I have sent FOUR packages in the mail!  Who am I?  One was to Jeff's older daughter, who left some things when she and her lovely husband stopped by for a visit.  

The second was to Middle, who had lost a ring when they were here a couple of weeks ago.  I feel confident saying the culprit was Ginny the cat.  The ring turned up, much to everyone's delight, so back to Middle it went.  I included some cute small earrings that I saw when I was getting my watch battery replaced last week, since they have many holes in their ears and small earrings can compliment larger ones.

The Guilty Party

The third was a table that Smallest had ordered, but not updated the address for, so it came to Houston instead of Florida.  It was going to cost me $85 to ship it to Florida (the price of the table!), so I suggested that we return the table and order a new one to be delivered to the correct address.  Smallest got me a return label and I dropped it off at a near-by FedEx office.

The fourth was the cute sweater and blanket for the postdoc in Atlanta who had a baby this spring.  I sewed the buttons on and shipped it off!  Hooray!  

Now I am working on a cute cropped summer top for Smallest, since she is also in a hot place.  It's the Darjeeling Top.  I saw it a couple of months ago and got the pattern, but it was in French.  I finally got the English version just before we drove to Florida to return Smallest to their program.  I knit like the wind on the drive, since Smallest wanted to drive a lot (she is learning to road trip like a McIntosh) but I only got about halfway.  I took a little time off, as thing have been busy, but I'm working on it again and I think I might be able to finish this weekend.  We are heading to Austin for a woodworking festival, so that's six hours in the car plus some other time as well.  I'll definitely be able to make a good dent in it if I don't finish.

I think I'll take the Lantana top along with me too.  I still haven't finished and really would like to.  I think I'm pretty close on that one too?  I've finished the back and the right front, I think I'm on the left front now?  Hmmm.... definitely worth bringing that along!

I have a skirt to make for Smallest also.  Maybe two.  She made a skirt this summer after seeing some fabric I had bought, but as it was her first clothing adventure, the construction leaves a little to be desired.  I still have the fabric and might use it to make her a new skirt instead of the dress I intended it for.  It would be a fun surprise, and she wears the current skirt all the time.  She had bought fabric to make a second skirt but didn't have time, so that's the first skirt to make.

You can see how it's fraying at
the hem, but she LOVES it.

Work has been busy lately, and I had many trips this summer.  I still have the trip this weekend, then a trip with Jeff (yay!) in September for his birthday, and then a trip later this fall back home.  I think I will be traveled out!

I like your purple border, Catherine!  Colors in quilts are tricky.

Margie