Started working on a new quilt tonight. I'm so excited. I have reestablished a relationship with an old high school friend and he and his beau have been so nice to me that I want to make them something special. I think that I can make this quilt in three and a half weeks.
I cut the patterned fabrics tonight (except 1) and I'll cut the solids and the one pattern tomorrow night. Then I'll cut the sashing on Wednesday night and start sewing the blocks together. (pictures of cuts and fabrics on the way).
I love it when I feel so inspired to make something for someone. When the thought and the work and the materials come together to create the perfect gift for someone special. When they are totally not expecting it either - that is the best part. It's not for a holiday or any particular day of the year - it's for "just because".
I picked a palette of greens, blues and purples. It's going to be gorgeous. I can't wait to use my new darning foot to free-motion quilt the top.
~Green
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monday, July 11, 2011
High School Reunion
That's right, folks. My 20 year high school reunion is this weekend and I'm just freaking out about it, or at least I was.
Most of the time I know how awesome I am. I feel confident about who I am and who my family is and I know that we are great. But somehow, faced with this marker in time, I'm getting really thrown and shaken. All of a sudden, I feel middle aged. I just don't want to have to think about my mortality.
The reunion itself should be a blast. I'm going out to look for a dress tomorrow and I'm really excited about seeing all my old pals in one place. It's all the thinking about it that gets to me. I'm doing a lot better since I decided to go - last week, when I was still undecided, I had two panic attack days. Friday was the worst. Panic attacks all morning. I thought, I'll take Penn to the aquarium and that will be healthy for me - getting out in the sun and walking around. Well... the aquarium was fine. It was when we came home and I put her down for a nap that things spiraled out of control. My jaw was clenched and I started to cry and couldn't stop. I finally called my sister and talking helped a lot. I also needed to take a multivitamin and an iron pill. I just forget how much of the symptoms are chemical.
I've felt great since getting back on track with my vitamins. I also bought some melatonin today and I took that for the first time tonight. It seems to be working right now. My eyes are closing as I type.
Most of the time I know how awesome I am. I feel confident about who I am and who my family is and I know that we are great. But somehow, faced with this marker in time, I'm getting really thrown and shaken. All of a sudden, I feel middle aged. I just don't want to have to think about my mortality.
The reunion itself should be a blast. I'm going out to look for a dress tomorrow and I'm really excited about seeing all my old pals in one place. It's all the thinking about it that gets to me. I'm doing a lot better since I decided to go - last week, when I was still undecided, I had two panic attack days. Friday was the worst. Panic attacks all morning. I thought, I'll take Penn to the aquarium and that will be healthy for me - getting out in the sun and walking around. Well... the aquarium was fine. It was when we came home and I put her down for a nap that things spiraled out of control. My jaw was clenched and I started to cry and couldn't stop. I finally called my sister and talking helped a lot. I also needed to take a multivitamin and an iron pill. I just forget how much of the symptoms are chemical.
I've felt great since getting back on track with my vitamins. I also bought some melatonin today and I took that for the first time tonight. It seems to be working right now. My eyes are closing as I type.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Quilting
Working on making my third quilt top. I also purchased fabric for my fourth quilt top. I really want to make about 8 quilts to have for sale at the baby fair in November - along with knit blankets and knit luvy buddies.
I am having a bit of trouble in the layout of my crazy 9patch block quilt. I made only 18 crazy 9patch blocks and can't really figure out a way to lay them out so they look nice. I wanted to have at least two for the pieced back, but I may have to put them all on the front. Ugh! If I had only made 27 blocks, I could use a lattice-type layout.
I'm excited to start working on the next quilt top. It's a lot of greens. I'll be making 36 blocks. Six different block designs of 6 different color combinations. It's really going to be exciting. The quilt top after that might just be a scrappy quilt with leftover fabrics that I have hanging around.
Need to figure out a layout tonight. I really wanted to be sewing right now.
~Green
I am having a bit of trouble in the layout of my crazy 9patch block quilt. I made only 18 crazy 9patch blocks and can't really figure out a way to lay them out so they look nice. I wanted to have at least two for the pieced back, but I may have to put them all on the front. Ugh! If I had only made 27 blocks, I could use a lattice-type layout.
I'm excited to start working on the next quilt top. It's a lot of greens. I'll be making 36 blocks. Six different block designs of 6 different color combinations. It's really going to be exciting. The quilt top after that might just be a scrappy quilt with leftover fabrics that I have hanging around.
Need to figure out a layout tonight. I really wanted to be sewing right now.
~Green
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