Design Wall Monday

I can finally start linking up to 

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts again.

We finally got our desktop computer back last Monday, after more than a month away being repaired. I had figured out how to post blog updates, along with photos with my tablet, but I was not able figure out a lot of things, like how to cut and paste links.

Anyway, here I am! I'm not sure anyone even missed me :) I don't get a lot of comments on my posts so I don't really know how many people actually read them, but that's ok. This blog serves as a kind of journal for me, allowing me to keep track of what I am doing, how I am feeling and how things have changed, or not, through time. Any comments are gravy. I enjoy them. Some have led to great conversations, friendship, advice, all of which I appreciate.

So, I've been busy sewing. Over the weekend I completed the covers for Son's gaming chair. It really is a comfortable chair. He found it second hand and even though it is in good shape he wanted it to be more 'him'.  

"Mom, can you recover this chair? 

And, can it be camo?"

 He chose this lime green cotton twill camo from the Realtree Store. 

Since it is twill it should hold up well, I think. 

I made the covers so they could be easily removed for washing. I hope he likes it.

Speaking of chairs, Husband's recliner had been causing him to have back pain. Mine was starting to have some issues as well, so we decided it was time for something new. We got a love seat with a center console this time. We had to do a little rearranging of furniture, but it does take up less space than two recliners. I have my little sewing bag and hand cream stashed in the console.

I'm not sure I'm using this space as intended, but the TV remote, sometimes my cell phone and my stash of Peppermint Patties fit nicely!

One last thing...

I will be starting a hand applique project soon. Snow Happy Ornaments is a pattern for twelve snowmen meant to be ornaments, but I am enlarging some of them and using them to fill the spaces in a six-paned window frame. If this turns out well it will be a fair entry in the Old Window Frames category. 

I will be using wool on flannel. 

 I am trying to decide if I want a light or dark background. The fabrics are the same in both photos, I just turned the bundle so I could see how all the colors looked with both fabrics. I like both and think either will work, I'm just worried that the dark blue will be too dark with the pastels. I guess I could make up two blocks, using each background and see which I like best. OR, I could make half with the light background and half with the dark and alternate them in the window frame, or put the lights (day time) on top, darks (night time) on the bottom. 

Or, or, or. Husband and I were having a conversation earlier today about how we both tend to overthink and second guess too much! Think I am doing that with this project? 

Just a little!