New and old normal

I've spent this week transitioning from working in an office to working at home, and, once one last piece of technology is installed, I'll be working from home full-time. We have permission to go into the office if we need to print a document or pick up a file or something, but otherwise, we are hanging out at home.

Dearly Beloved has been "foraging" early in the morning, immediately after the stores open after being closed for deep cleaning and re-stocking. So, like everybody else, we're learning to deal with the new normal.

And we do have toilet paper.

Despite the fact that my corner of the living room now has a tangle of cords instead of a tangle of threads, I've been getting a little bit of stitching done.

Finally the second profile on the needle book for Ode to Jane Austen is stitched!  And I started on the panel for the messenger bag, which will become a holder for a spool of thread or pearl cotton.

I am so close to having all the bits and pieces of this project stitched . . . so close . . . so very close . . .

But I'm starting to get restless. Even though I said this was going to be the year I was going to finish at least a fraction of the workshop and online class projects I have started, I'm beginning to get the urge to start something completely new. You know, untouched ground fabric, threads to sort and organize, instructions to read over, a brand new beginning.

It may not have been helped when a package arrived:

Margriet had a sale about a month ago, and I've been looking at these samplers for awhile, so I splurged.

And I do have scroll frames available . . . 

Nope, nope, nope, I need to keep my eye on the prize and get some UFO's into the FO category.

Unless, of course, being home full-time starts to drive me bugnutz crazy and I need a distraction.

Stay tuned.