Today I sat down at the PC for the first time in many months to actually read yahoo group e-mails and not just check for my spot on the UFO Queens List. It was like running into an old friend. I have had a thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours catching up with everyone.
I also watched some fantastic you-tube quilting videos. I had forgotten that there is so much talent out there in quilty land and how simple techniques provide for 'light-bulb' moments in my head! "Why didn't I think of that?" :)
Yes, I have had some finishes in the past few months, which I have not posted to yet. I hope to rectify that tomorrow when I catch up on finish photos.
Before I sat down today to contemplate quilt and craft happenings (avoidance of dealing with tax papers), I felt like I was drowning in my stuff and lack of time due to the hours my new job demands. But, then reality hit, as long as I go back to what I was doing at the start of the year, which was a little bit every day, then pieces get sewn together. 15 minutes a day - (I had forgotten that tip) - I know I can do that.
I like to work on two things at once, a new start (for an exhibition, needs applique border and quilting) and I am deciding what to do next from the UFO list, having recently lost my momentum after finishing a King Size quilt. Although I am very tempted by a video I watched today from Fat Quarter Shop where they used up fat quarters to make a quilt top quickly - and - oh dear running off on a tangent now - I have a pack of 30FQs in my cupboard which I bought in 2007 that I think will work really well for this. I will test a bit of fabric for colour run in a glass of hot water first, lots of red and navy.
Off I go, to my sewing room, to tidy up the sewing table, ponder my many project boxes for the next project and decide if I want to cut into my precious FQ pack!
Thank you all for just being there and for 'listening'.
Hugs,
Andrea
