Just things

I had a horrible week at work this week and was emotionally drained. I am fortunate to have the support of two good friends, some awesome daughters, and a loving husband, but sometimes... just sometimes it takes something more to lift one's spirit. For me, creativity, the touch and smell of fabric, the sound of my dream machine humming is just the spark I need. Saturday, after a deep sleep, I cut and sewed quilt blocks and the Sunday I spent the day assembling a table runner for my dining room table. I have to admit, sometimes I impress even myself. I'm not a quilter at all, I think the one quilt I have made in the past is mediocre at its best, but I have recently discovered fabric charm packs and knew I had to find some way to justify the purchase. I talked to a coworker who quilts, she assured me that binding a quilt was "a piece of cake". After the first few hourglass squares came out, well...square, I figured I would keep going. Three attempts to call my coworker, attempts meaning I never got to talk to her so I knew I was on my own. Me and the world wide web! I found instructions for binding a quilt that sounded pretty close to what my coworker had described and I figured, let's go for broke. I didn't understand how to end it, but found a way to make the join look pretty darn good, if I do say so my humble self! I figured it was for me, a treat to lift my sagging spirit, and since 1. I seldom sew for myself, and 2. no one was going to care but me how it ended up, I plunged ahead. I am so happy with the result, I have decided to make the girls each one for Christmas! Mark humors me, as usual, mentioning that he just had to walk through the dining room to admire the new table runner but I don't care, I do it as well!


I ordered a embroidery design for a magic princess wand and when it unsuccessfully downloaded, I emailed the owner who answered quite promptly, resent the design and then included an untested Birthday Girl wand that she asked me to test! I immediately put aside my to do list and made both the birthday and the princess and somehow figured out how to add Ayla's name to it! I'm on a roll with impressing myself with small victories so far this week! Ayla's is just a practice one, not sure I like the color, but I will finish it up and see how it looks. I just used leftover Valentine ribbon on the test Birthday Girl wand, in fact, the ribbon is just taped to the dowel I use to make korker ribbons. (translation....very curly grosgrain ribbon like you find on barrettes, etc)so I'm not sure how it will end up when finished. She passed the test though!