Re-arranged the Sewing Room

BEFORE pictures, showing that the cutting table is in the room next to the kitchen:

See how it juts out from the wall of rulers, really far into the walkway from the kitchen to the garage:

The rolling carts are lined up under the window area:

AFTER pictures show that the cutting table juts out from the kitchen peninsula:

This gives a wider walkway from the kitchen to the garage:

The window area was cleared out a bit for the wider walkway.  The teal fabric is from a recent project, which I hope to reveal soon:

This picture hints at two other, recent projects - wash cloths and pillow cases:

Non-sewing-related is this picture of my recent, home-done manicure.  In some lights it shows as purple, but in others it's more like a cobalt blue:

What's in my Sewing Room

It's not that I'm a "bad" blogger, per se.  I am unable to explain why I have not blogged in over a month.  I do have an excuse for not sewing, though.

Here's what's been holding me back:

Do you ever have household tools appear on your cutting table, never to find their way to where they really belong?  That's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it!

Here's what's holding me up:

Yes, my cutting table is awesome, but it's a better height for my DH, who made it, than it is for me.  Thus the attitudinal assistance of the blue stool.

Here's what I've been working on:

DH said, "Oh, look, she's actually doing some sewing in there!"

Yet we know DH had almost everything to do with the problem (see the first picture, above).

Meanwhile, I have to finish these presents soon so they can be mailed away.  I will blog about them in a few days -- with more pictures, of course!

How Slow Can I Sew ... ?

I often start a project and lose my sewing mojo mid-project.  A current example is the mid-length shorts project in progress.

Last weekend (OK, so it Was a Long Weekend) I started work on a new pair of shorts using Kwik Sew 2806. I have used this pattern before for short-shorts and long pants.  I traced the pattern pieces sometime last weekend, then set them aside - of course!

Anyway, all I got done by Monday night was the cutting-out of the front pieces.  The back pieces have not yet been cut.  Here are pictures to show what I have done so far:

Do you like my pattern weights?