Slowly, finding my way back

Sewing and blogging have taken a big backseat over here.  Work has been crazy busy and lots of drama (no need to go into that) but I've been slowly finding my way back to my happy place.

Back in early August, I started a birthday present for a friend but I hated how it came out so it ended up in Punkie's fabric bin.  Now, my friend's birthday has come and gone... in August and I feel terrible that I haven't made any time to work on something else for her.

I dug out my Strawberry Fields layer cake and a new pattern that I bought ages ago and started over.  Here's what I ended up with and you know?  I love it and want to make one for myself but in a more yellow/gray colorway from the layer cake.

The pattern is called Candy Cane Candy Dish* but I don't know the maker off the top of my head.  I will check if anyone is interested.  I had some issues with the pinwheels.  They are supposed to alternate dark to light diagonally and the printed diagram versus the picture on the cover were making me batty.  They didn't match.  I ripped and re-sewed those little pinwheels twice and I still got it wrong in spots.  I should have re-done the center pinwheel too.  Oh well.  Live and learn.

*edited: got a correction (thanks Carol!).  the pattern name is Candy Dish by This and That Patterns.

I have a few other projects that I've started cutting and I have resurrected Swoon.  Remember Swoon?  Well turns out, I only have 1 more block to cut and finish.  But I totally mixed up my FQs and I have no idea what I had decided on.  I spent some time this morning going back through my finished blocks and my FQs and figuring out my last block combination.

That's all here for now.  I hope to not stay away from my sewing machine for so long nor my blog.  I've been missing you guys.  Please come back to visit!

Enjoy your day!
Jen