Happy August and Happy What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday!

Just a mish-mosh of stuff on my workdesk today.  Yes, I have been busy.  No, I have not had any particular focus. Can you tell?

The large blue thing on the right is a bed for my younger son’s new kittens.  About half a yard of fleece, some batting scraps and an hour or so were all that was needed.  (I didn’t use a pattern, just kind of winged it.  If you’d like rough dimension and directions, let me know.)

The little mice started their lives as heart shaped scraps.  Very easy.

I made some for my cats as well, and they seem to particularly like the suede tails. The homegrown catnip is a hit, too, judging by the crazed look in their eyes.

I’ve been wanting to get a yard or so of ruffle fabric for some time (to make this skirt.)  When I needed to order fabric for a friend’s project, it just seemed wrong not to order enough fabric to get free shipping.  (Am I right, or what?) So the ruffle fabric and the sweater knit just sorta leaped into my shopping cart.  🙂

The red sweater knit will be made into McCalls 6607, but not until the weather cools down a bit. It makes me hot just to look at it right now.

That pile of purple gorgeousness in the upper left is a batik skirt I made some time ago.  It survived my weight loss closet purge last year because I adore the colors.  However, it doesn’t get worn very often ever because every time I put it on it makes me look twice as wide as  really am. (Not really my preferred look, lol.)  I finally got around to taking it in this week.  Happy purple ruffles, here I come!

On the lower left is the print out of August’s Tim tag, which looks like a fun one, and on the right is my sketchbook, which is getting a lot more use than I thought it might.  (If you’re interested in making your own, here are directions for making a faux leather sketchbook.)

May the rest of your week be creative.

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