*Can't kill nothing, and won't nothing die.
I have been totally swamped lately. I rang in the new year on the road and since then, I've gone on several out-of-town business trips, I went to the inauguration and in the 8 day stretch that followed, I clocked 97 billable hours. I haven't unpacked all of the luggage from the trip and I am down to wearing my
granny panties 'cuz I haven't done laundry (hey, it may be
tmi but at least I'm wearing any at all). At this point, I barely know my own name
and my mojo left me.
I took a day to not work, and do some quasi selfish things for me. The selfish part is that it was crafting, and after slogging through datasets and missing variables, the idea of making something with my hands really appealed to me. The un-selfish part is that I am making many items as gifts for up-coming weddings, and babies and like.
While I was in Florida I went to the most
Rainbows End Quilt Shoppe. It was huge (reportedly the largest in Florida) and the ladies who worked there were nice and knowledgeable. I wish I had a mega-quilt spot w/parking near my house (I love ya
City Quilter but parking is a drag).
While there, I blew the Christmas kitty on lots of great swag and I also got
this jelly roll quilt book because at about this time last year, I joined the Moda jelly roll of the month club
here. I thought the book would help me tear through the now-huge jelly roll stash.
I picked a pattern in brights-mostly oranges and greens-for a baby quilt. This layout of the square demonstrates how wrong my execution was. There is still a question of exactly where I went wrong. I have been to
Acme Fabrics once already for guidance. My failure to execute is hardly their fault.
I'll go
back as soon as I can see straight again and get some major help...
again.
Totally defeated, I pulled out some fat quarters and
this tutorial to make a
small bag for my PSP. Although I am a seasoned sewer, I was a bit dense when it came to the directions. I like the finished product. Oh, how I do love polka-dots.
Who says polka dots and stripes don't go together?At least something worked. ~ksp