My home is in chaos right now. Furniture on top of furniture and boxes of laminate acclimating to our environment. But I am going to love it when it is done.
Now about that 20 minutes a day of sewing I committed to on January 31st. I have done very well, very well indeed. Only two days went without sewing or doing something in my sewing room, I hope we can average our time because other days I managed an hour or more.
Here is my first completion. Took me about 1 1/2 hours. It's a pillowcase for our grandson. All those astronauts and the stars glow in the dark.
He is 4 and when he saw it his first reaction was "that's so cool." Of course, right now everything is cool to him.
Next finish was the quilting on a table topper called Double Cross. I will share a picture after I have the binding on. Otherwise I have been pressing on with Grand Illusion and finally have one block together and all the components ready to go. I really like to have things ready, it makes sewing for 20 minutes very productive.
I have also been doing some scarp organizing. I follow Bonnie Hunter at quiltville.blogspot.com. Check it out if you dare. She is addicted to scraps and will get you hooked. When you get there click on the tab "Tips & Techniques!", look for Scrap Users System to find out more. Back to scrap organizing, I have resisted cutting my scraps into usable sizes like 1.5, 2, 2.5 inch square and strips because I was afraid I might cut something one size and need it in another size. Now the scarps have taken over, they are not readily useable, I have to cut for every scrappy project and I want to be able to sew more and cut less (even though I enjoy the cutting process.) So part of my "sewing" time has been cutting and organizing scraps.
Total time so far for February - about 11 hours. So until next time, piece joyfully!
Joyfully making progress,
Terry
