Sorry for the lack of blogging. No baby yet but it is getting more and more uncomfortable to sit at my desk and I've been frantically trying to finish up as many baby projects as possible (though I haven't gotten around to fixing my mistake on the mario mushroom yet). I'd like to blog about all the cute projects I've been working on - I write fantastic posts in my head but just don't have the energy to type them out - so I've uploaded pictures of them to Flickr and that will have to do for now. Today I decided to work on something for me and it felt really great. I actually worked on two different projects but the first one is more of a proto-project and only took ten minutes.

I really love the look of cabinets with fabric or old lace in the doors (like this or this) and finally gave it a try. This cupboard is in our living room and currently holds some of our fancier dishes and things but will probably end up storing an assortment of baby stuff in the coming months. I like displaying our dishes but a pile of clean diapers and changing mats has limited appeal. My materials for this project consisted of a stack of fat quarters from vintage sheets that I bought a while ago and hadn't used yet and a roll of painters tape. I'm not sure what the best way of permanently attaching fabric to the inside of the cupboard will be but painters tape is great for trying things out.

So far I really like the look of the fabric inside the doors. It's bright and cheery and Rob likes the look of it too so I think it will stay for a while. If we still like it in a month or two I'll figure out a more permanent solution.

When I was done with the cupboard I plunked myself down in the armchair and tackled the June pattern for last year's Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery sampler. I'd been putting it off because I'd already done the whole thing once only to discover that it was one square off, pulled it all out again and started over … only to discover that it was now one square off in the other direction. At least the second time it wasn't completely my fault (there was a difference between the individual chart for June's pattern and the full chart for the year that I was using to figure out where to start the design) and I noticed before I was very far into the pattern. The linen is a little fuzzy from being worked over so many times but when I was all done it still looked nice. It was especially satisfying to get this pattern finished after so many tries.

The living room was sunny and everyone else was out there too (Rob playing a video game, the critters snoozing) so I stayed in my chair and started in on the July design. By dinner time I was about a third of the way done and so far it looks like I've counted correctly.