In Progress – weeknight quilting

Week 1

The first week of a new year is a hopeful thing. Especially this year. Hope of emerging from a pandemic after a year of collective isolation, grief, fear. The ticking over of the calendar doesn’t solve the problems, but it does punctuate that we might be on the downhill of this sustained total suckiness mountainContinue reading “Week 1”

WIP update

I had lots of goals in April and got taken away by some new projects. I only got 3 things done, but I did reduce my backlog to 22 (from 23 at the end of March). Here is what I got done: Blue and purple project Linus quilt completed. I am not completely in loveContinue reading “WIP update”

March ta-da done

I had a lot of aspiration for March – stuff to get done. LOTS. 12 projects – 3 per week. That may have been a TAD unrealistic. I did make progress on some things… I made the first row of my ombre tessellation quilt. Here is Toby really inspecting my work. His tail is aContinue reading “March ta-da done”

Can’t stop starting

February was not the powerhouse of getting things done that I thought it would be. I just seemed to stall out in a lot of areas of my life. But there were some finishes – 2 totes, 2 baby quilts, a pillow, a door hanger, a wall hanging. It isn’t nothing, but I wish itContinue reading “Can’t stop starting”

February Plans

Lots to do in February… Project Linus quilts… I want to make 4 baby quilts in February to keep on pace to be done with all by mid-year. I have 3 quilt tops ready to go – just need basting, quilting, binding. Two of the tops pictured below – both completely pieced from the scrapContinue reading “February Plans”

January 2018 Creative Journal

January was great – for lots of reasons. I have been feeling better than ever. My energy has been night and day from, well, the last three years. I don’t know what the difference is. I can’t stop being excited to work and craft. So weird, but so awesome. In January 2018, I completed 14Continue reading “January 2018 Creative Journal”

Designing

Today is the birthday of a friend who died a year and a half ago. I have had people I love die, but I have never felt grief like this before. The pain hits me less often, but when it does it is unrelenting – feeling the shock over and over again. She just isn’tContinue reading “Designing”

Sublimating negative emotions

I have been working on several embroidery projects. And am falling in love. Every night I get closer to completing a project, feeling the power of transferring my (at times overwhelming) fear and anxiety in to tiny stitches. There is some science behind the thought of crafting as a way of working shit out. (link)Continue reading “Sublimating negative emotions”

All about that embroidery

Hello, void. I hope you are well. I am ok. Not making the best choices always. But never giving up. A few weeks ago I was at my parents’ for dinner and my mom showed me this cool embroidery project in a quilting magazine. You melt crayons on fabric and then backstitch around the image.Continue reading “All about that embroidery”

Mocktails and inventory

There was this brief moment when I was perfectly together. At least that was my memory. At the time I am sure I felt like I had many things to improve. But I was healthy (thinner) and had almost no debt. I remember wearing a crisp white shirt and fixing seltzer water with lots ofContinue reading “Mocktails and inventory”