Had a rough night (thanks to LOTS of wandering thoughts that kept me awake much of the night) AND I had to get out of bed earlier than usual. So… I felt exhausted almost from the moment I woke up this morning.
However, I did manage to get myself to the first crafting session of Summer 2026 — despite being VERY tempted to stay in bed and skip it. Today’s craft project was the making of an armchair caddie — something I plan to keep on my end of the couch in an attempt to keep track of such things as my PDA and pens (both of which I’m constantly losing — mostly by putting them down in strange places that I then don’t remember). So, yeah… I’m hoping the armchair caddie I made (that reminds me of my shower curtain, actually) will help me keep better track of these things — and whatever else I decide to keep in it since it does have FOUR pockets in it!
As I was selecting fabric for today’s craft project, I immediately fell in love with a pretty print fabric. Sadly, though, it wasn’t big enough for today’s project. However, I thought it would be perfect for a vest, so I purchased it for $1.00 ! I’m determined to add a vest to the new capsule wardrobe I’m in the process of assembling, so I can wear it to one of the upcoming crafting or “quilt-along” sessions to show ’em what I did with that dollar’s worth of fabric.
Anyway… As Liz, the instructor for this crafting session, was explaining the project to me, I immediately thought that it reminded me of something I had asked her to make for me: a cover for my spiral-bound notebooks! After my discussion with her about that project, I had done an online search for such covers, and I found one that I was going to try — one that looked exactly like today’s armchair caddie project. So… Now, I’m thinking about modifying today’s project and then turning it into a cover for my spiral-bound notebooks as a way to make these notebooks less modern-day and more old-fashioned.
I managed to make it through the rest of the day — thanks to LOTS of dozing on my end of the couch, with my new armchair caddie holding both my PDA and at least one pen! I’m content.