Oh my! Blogger finally came through for me. Holy moly. How interesting (it doesn’t take much folks to divert my attention) that instead of springing up from 0 to 25 to 50 to 100%, it went 0, 33, 66, 100%.

I don’t care as long as it works. Archives are back!

Had a nice Friday night and Saturday with the ladies from East Side Quilters – this was our Quilt-In weekend. It got shortened to an evening and all day Saturday event but we did an impressive amount of work towards the quilts we give away each fall. I basically hauled everything back into my sewing room last night and put my feet up.

today I’m doing a little shovelling out, filling some bags for trash, some for good-will etc. Maybe it’s a sign of spring (saw my first vulture and robins last week). Or maybe it’s just a sign that I’m fermenting a couple of new project ideas and I’m not quite ready to start.

New Work in Progress

I had my new quilt sewn all together, as I say, in one direction. That’s half way for those keeping score. But it’s enough that I can take it places since there are no longer any loose squares, so I took it to my local guild meeting tonight. It’s a little strange looking since the squares aren’t currently square but just a little rectangular looking. A closer view.

Here’s a photoshopped mock up of what the real thing will look like once all the sewing is done. Ah the power of distortion (here’s the original for comparison).

Ta Da! Tonight I finished sewing on the last few rows of squares for the new quilt. It’s hanging in its own, half-sewn-together, strange sort of way. And in a small inspiration, I had a thought about something else. Tried it, found the gadget I needed to really try it properly (an omen in itself), and what do you know – it worked. Worked!

Tried some metallic thread. So did not work. Well that’s not exactly true. Worked for about 2 inches before snapping. Don’t know how some people sew with metallics but it’s not something I’m going to spend my time doing.

Tried the same sort of thing with my most favorite rayon thread. Gorgeous.

So there you have it. Gotta try things to figure them out. Some things work. Some don’t. Some won’t and some are doomed from the start.

Ah Blogger-guys. I’ve known you since you were just a few of you. I have the tshirt. I’ve been sighing of late because of the long publishing delays, but I’m more than familiar with stupid-server issues.

So today I go poking around and lo and behold, you’re the same guys that live in my memory. Now this is what tech stuff is all about. You guys rock. Even when your hardware doesn’t. And you even managed to keep the limerick clean. Sniff – knew them back when…

Meanwhile if my archives are missing…. the blogger guys are kicking it around the block.