Whew – our guild getaway weekend was this weekend and what a lot of work on many projects got done! Including my own deadline-ridden/driven projects. Got the one completed – my entry for I Remember Mama 2005 is now done. OK, it needs a label, but other than that. It is, as we say, photographable. The other project was quilting and I got a little more than two-thirds of the quilting done. A couple little bloops to fix but it’s definitely a LOT further along than it was.

As with all quilting projects, the quilting really changes the piece and I’m glad to say that it was worth procrastinating about it some. I went with two different threads: one for the inner third and a variagated for the two edge thirds. This just reinforces the color arrangements I think and the varigated adds a bit of movement because of the color changes. All good.

Today – back to work on it all so I can be done done done.

Do Not Disturb

New camera manual studying mode ON. Talk amongst yourselves please.

I’ve been so busy trying to get this quilt done that I actually ran out of thread and had to stop yesterday and go get some more. Now that’s busy. Not normal thread of course but for beading. Fun but not something I really long to do. I do like how it’s coming out though. Sort of subtle but definitely there.

OK – I’m off to do some more. Hope to have some photos soon but finishing and paperwork come first!

On a different note, the trees are really leaping into leaf around here and of course the lawn mowing season leapt it’s normal thing – oh it’s spring, grass can grow. RAIN. More rain. Grass really grows. Now it’s very wet grass. And long. Oh well.

Need a good talking to? Try this from University of Texas, and courtesy of The Occupational Adventure. Sometimes we just need someone to remind us about what we can do better. Curt’s always good for some help in that department.

There comes a point in every project where you’re ready for it to be done. I’ve crested the hill on that – I finished the quilting on the piece I’m working on and binding and sleeves lay ahead and then of course photography. Maybe a little beading if time permits. Now that’s something I don’t say very often.

So tonight I hope to get the sleeves and binding ready and if all goes well, attached so I can proceed with the hand work. That’s a great lunch time project.

It’s great to be working again, even if all the normal feelings about it aren’t quite where they’ve been in the past. This point is a normal point from my experience, but I was missing some of the stuff that goes before it. I’m not complaining though – I’ve spent quite a few nights lately parked in front of the Bernina and quilting, slowly, but quilting. And I certainly am liking the results.

It doesn’t always happen this way but the quilting has really helped blur the piecing a bit. Maybe not blurred exactly, but blended. Well, you’ll see soon enough.