Two weeks on

The productivity continued! It is incredible what I can get done when I am not in school. Two big projects got finished this fortnight and one got returned to.

First the return:

Jack and I had a little fight. It started out so beautifully, once I got the pattern figured out the blocks were large and came together easily. I worked on the blocks during the Indy Modern Quilt Guild retreat in March and got all but one of these done in a weekend. I was so flushed with accomplishment that I wanted to get the top done as fast as possible and whacked the sashing and borders on without pinning. That was a mistake. Fast = problems.

Ignore the bunny rabbit and focus on the border. It is so friendly that it just keeps waving. *#^@! 

So this happened.

And this.

*sigh*
Then there was lots of measuring, pinning and cursing at my stupidity. It does look so much better now and it was truly worth the time but this is not something I plan to make a habit of. I should get the quilting done this week but I am not going to hurry this time.

I have a tendency to want to get things done fast and feel like I am superwoman, but why should I hurry with something that I do for fun? I worry that I will hurry through life and forget to enjoy the moments - that I will always be looking for the next thing. I love a finished project, who doesn't, but that isn't why I do this. Sometimes it is good to be reminded.

Productivity...

Today was amazingly productive. As I worked 12s Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week I have been off for the past 4 days. As always, I went into the stretch with grand plans that got pushed aside as other parts of my life moved in. That isn't really a bad thing and I am working on not beating myself up about it. After the semester a few days off time spent lounging was needed. I went shopping, drove to Cincinnati to watch the Reds lose and read for fun. I did spend time cleaning my sewing room (there was a floor under there!) and I think that helped me get back into the swing of creating.

Today I woke up with John - he taught an early class and so the alarm went off at 6:30 (note to self: you are much happier when you get up early - you don't think so at the time, but in the long run you are). The temptation to lay in bed was there, but I had promised breakfast burritos and so to the kitchen I went.  After John went to work I cleaned the house, sent some emails, went to Lowes and the grocery store, got some chai and a scone, chopped fruit for the week, made a bean salad and then it was noon!

My "Apples for Isia" quilt just waiting for some handstitching

That meant an afternoon in which I could work out, sew, spend time in the hammock, sew in the hammock, try not to fall asleep in the hammock, and of course think about things I could sew FOR the hammock without any guilt. Bliss.

Beginnings...

This is something that I have wanted to start for a while, unfortunately school kept getting in the way. Thankfully summer break has started and I am going to have time to work on my own projects for a few months so this is one of the first!

I am Holly. 30 years old, married to John, mother of Rufus Wainrabbit.

(don't tell him he's adopted)

I am in college for the second time, round one was a degree in Theatre with a focus in costuming, this round is an RN. Nursing school takes more out of me than I ever would have imagined and sewing is how I get some of it back. Quilting has become a passion and this blog will be primarily about that - although I am sure other areas of life will invade as they usually do!