Monday, Monday

Can't trust that day...

I think that was how the old song went!

Well it is finally Monday and maybe now life can get back to "normal".  Not much sewing got done over the past few days.  Lots of family stuff had to be done and thus the sewing took a back seat.   The pieces to be pressed are still on the ironing board,

and the blocks to be pieced are still sitting ready at the side of the sewing machine.

The ONLY thing that got done was a little bit (and I do mean a LITTLE bit) of cutting from the scrap bins, bags and baskets. 

 

Sometimes you have to deal with things other than sewing.

Oh yes, I did just remember that I picked up this box of florals for a quilt that had been started a number of years ago.  I was able to cut some of the pieces while I was at mom's house the other day.








Today is cloudy but warm - probably another last hurrah for summer temperatures in the low seventies.  Here in the northeast, we count our blessings and treasure these warm days when they pop up in October.

Enjoy your day wherever you may be!

Decisions

I have made a decision. I have finally given into understanding the reality of my quilting world, I feel a sense of peace and accomplishment. I have decided to understand and accept that I like to create tops or "summer quilts" as my DH calls them. I can quilt the smaller items in the 45 x 60 range as well as table runners and other small items. But I am never going to finish all of the larger tops I have made and those I will make in the future. So do I stop making the larger items so things get finished? No, I have decided to continue to piece whatever I desire and then send out the larger pieces to be professionally quilted. Maybe someday I will have a long arm quilting machine at my disposal. But until that day comes, I will continue to pay someone to turn my "summer quilts" into "winter quilts".

PS.  This post should have been posted awhile ago.  But I was going to add pictures of the pile of "summer quilts".  Well I got distracted that day and now the pile has been somewhat dispersed into piles of tops hidden all over the house.  I have now decided to just post this without a picture.  If you have been reading my posts for any length of time, you know that there are many UFO quilts (ie quilt tops) in my home as well as pinned and ready to be quilted items.  So I am sure you can use your imagination!

Thursday Thoughts

What do you do when you wake up with quilt thoughts running rampant in your head, but you know you can do little about them due to other commitments?

Well that is my lot today!

The car in still at the mechanics, I have committed to staffing a volunteer project this morning and going to a sale with my sister this afternoon. Finally my small quilt group meets tonight. As you can tell my day is packed with obligations and very little time to deal with those Thursday morning quilt thoughts.

But I do have about an hour for playing before I begin honoring my commitments.

Wish me luck wading through my thoughts about this pile of fabric!

 

 

 

Oh yes, don't forget this quilt, after all it is what started "Thursday Thoughts".

 

 

Block 5

Block 5 cut and ready to sew. The project for the rest of Columbus Day afternoon.

Yes, some pieces need to be pressed.

Saturday Afternoon

Cutting strips into 4.5 square blocks, wanting to sit outside to enjoy the warmth, but realizing the wind will blow away anything I try to do on the deck!

So I am inside cutting away but enjoying the warmth and the breeze through the open windows. It doesn't seem like October but I am not complaining.

 

These will be finished today!

 

 

Have a great afternoon!