New Pillow

Since I was at jury duty, I decided to make another pillow.  I picked up this Limited sweater from a g. sale a few weeks ago and the ribbed pattern goes wonderfully with the lite grey pillow I made a month or so ago.  This is where I started:

and this is what I ended up with.  It is hard to see the ribbing on the lighter pillow so you'll have to trust me on this one.  The lighter grey has a zipper and as you see, the darker has four vintage buttons.  I may have to rethink the closure (velcro and pretend the buttons are holding it closed) because I like to recover the pillows as the seasons change.  In 100-degree central Texas summer weather, there is no need to snuggle up with a wool pillow.  I used the sleeves on dark grey and turned them into fingerless sleeves/gloves.  I will probably do the same with the lt grey. 

I'm working on sewing up some lavender sachets.  I pulled out the iron/board and then sewed up one of them and now I can't find the lavender stash.  Ugh!  Oh well, they've marinated in the stash this long...

Idiotness confession:  I was dead tired last night which filtered into this morning and decided to work on the bear.  I should know that doing anything really *does* require the use of a brain.  I thought I was working on the scarf and didn't understand why they were having it attached to the bear but whatever.  I did the 16 rows on each side and then this morning I ripped it all out when I realized the instructions were for the arms.  Here is where using the brain may have come in handy: I could've left the work I did and added the paws.  It is only 32 rows of 8 stitches but I would've been that much closer to completion.

Great News!  One of my afghan entries was requested for submission to their offices.  For DC Ruthie, it was the blue one.  Cross everything you've got - we may be working toward a huge azz stash that I certainly don't NEED but wouldn't it be just wonderful?