sneak attack, part 2: swoop!

That is the sound (I hope) of me coming in and swooping salsa right out from under my sister's nose...

I had the most stupid day at work, so it was delightful to come home

and think about nothing more complicated than whether I had too much orange in my squares and whether the seam was right at 1/2 inch (to answer both questions, probably, and probably not. I'm a sloppy quilter). Anyway, I worked for 4 hours and 20 minutes, cutting a bunch of new squares and sewing 10. The exciting thing about that particular number of squares is that is means I am exactly halfway done; I've made 72 so far. See the pile on the right? I've got the fabric cut for another 3, so hopefully I'll keep some of this momentum and finish this before the end of the decade (or at least the next one!).

Ok, 13 hours, 20 minutes for me to close out our third competition! Lame, but a lot less lame than last week. What've you got, big sister?

Catherine

sneak attack, part 1

Today I am having a love-hate relationship with my quilt squares. They look so nice when they are finished, and they are strangely soothing to make, yet they are simultaneously SO BORING. Anyway, I cut a whole bunch of fabric strips, and then some shorter pieces for 7 different squares, and actually sewed up three. 3 hours, baby! I'm integrating the old and new fabrics at the moment, which is fun. The green colors don't go very well together but the oranges and yellows are nice. I can already tell that I probably don't have enough of the new fabric to finish the squares (unless I shrink the quilt), so I'll have to go through this again later on.

Anyway, enough rambling. I'm headed to bed. I may sew a couple of squares in the morning so there isn't so much to do tomorrow night. It's clear I'll be able to get into double digits, anyway. Phew!

9 hours in the bank; 24 hours left!

Catherine

yum!

I was on my way home on Sunday and I had a layover in Philly. When we were getting close to the airport, I was looking out the window and there were way too many trees turning colors.

One of my favorite things about fall is all the pumpkin-flavored things. It almost makes up for the fact that summer is over. Today my local bagel place had pumpkin muffins. I was so excited to order one that the woman next to me changed her order to get one as well. Who knew!? I should take my show on the road.

Ok, those are my random thoughts for today.

In regards to sewing, I was thinking that I just can't go out with only 5 hours. It's too embarrassing. So I'm going to make one last run for the money. Beware, seester! I spent one hour today cutting fabric strips for my quilt.

6 hours done, with 48 hours left on the clock...

Catherine