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Exciting day!

At long last, after trying to get workers to actually show up and do the work, the Fashion Beading studio is finally getting framed! We had the concrete pad poured last June after months of labor delays, and then everything stopped again. Many contractors later, we're finally moving forward again! If all goes to plan, we'll have a dried in box sometime next week!

This morning, I ordered the ceiling fan we want in the space (it's ridiculously hard to find anything that takes a regular light bulb these days!). This has been in limbo so long that all the doors, windows, and suntubes have been sitting inside Janet's house (where the studio will be located) since last summer - and it's a good thing, because so many supplies are a 5-6 month wait now!

Tomorrow, Janet and I plan to go shopping for some of the fixtures the builders will need to finish, and I'll be able to see what's been built with my own eyes. I'll try to remember to video some of our adventures to share with all of you!

#SewingStudioBuild

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Studio video tour!

I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild

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Paint!

I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild

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Time-lapse floor install (part 2)

We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild

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Do any of you cross-stitch?

September 09, 2025

I finally finished the quilt for my daughter. I couldn’t take pictures of the entire thing (her room is a disaster zone), but here’s some of the patchwork and the embroidered square I made because I ended up being one short. I did learn that I’m going to need to find a better way to lay out any future quilts that are twin sized or larger, because I had to keep shifting it around the slightly too small area of our basement carpet and the backing ended up getting doubled up in multiple places. By the time I discovered it, I couldn’t bring myself to unpick that much of the quilting, so it’ll have to stay. But I think it’s going to be awhile before I do any more quilts. Between this and the patchwork jeans (which I did end up having to shorten some), I’m feeling burned out on big projects for now. I did cut out a basic knit tee, so hopefully that’ll be enough of a palate cleanser to get me over the lack of motivation to sew that I was feeling by the end of this.

Wawak interfacing is excellent.

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