Another Apron

I finished another reversible apron this weekend.  It is for a friend who provided the fabric and said she would make a contribution to the quilt guild’s boutique if I would sew it for her.  There are some small fabric cuts left and I am considering making a couple of hot pads out of them.

I also managed to pin baste a quilt and clear off the quilting machine so I could work on it.  The result?  A mountain of projects-in-process precariously balanced on a small table desperately needing to be addressed.  This is a continual process in my sewing space.

Winter has arrived with lows in the 20s this morning.  One business, a quilt shop in Llano, has already sent out emails saying they would close Thursday due to the possibility of bad road conditions.  We got our grocery shopping run done today, so we should be set no matter what.  Fortunately, nothing is predicted to happen tomorrow that would keep my Tuesday quilting group from meeting.  It feels like forever since we have been able to gather.  Christmas and New Year's falling in the middle of the week certainly messed with our schedule.

I don't always choose a focus word for the year, but this year "intentional" keeps crossing my mind.  I would certainly accomplish much more if I were better about being intentional in how I spend my time.

It's Cutting Up Time Again

Cutting is definitely my least favorite part of making a quilt.  This is especially true when cutting from a purchased kit where minor miss-cuts can result in major problems.  I spent a few hours this weekend, cutting Unit 4 our Esther’s Bloomers.  I had one minor miss-cut, but was able to salvage it by using remnants from Units 1-3.  I probably don’t need to worry too much about getting replacement fabric, because I know the shop owner held some back for just such situations.

In other news, I discovered this thread cone over the weekend.  I think I'll blame it on our grand puppy which visited briefly last week.  Certainly, my dogs would never do something like that...yeah, right.

I noticed that a number of bloggers I follow are choosing their word for 2021.  Mine is “live”.  

Frequently during 2020 I felt like my life was on hold.  I was waiting for the pandemic to end, the vaccine to arrive, the election to come to a grinding halt and mostly for restrictions to lift.  All of these were things totally out of my control and I had to keep reminding myself not to let them pull me into a morass of self-pity.  So, in 2021 I want to focus on how to live fully on whatever terms life presents itself.

One blogger I know, ends her posts with some quotation pertaining to her word of the year.  So, to follow her example, I’ll start with:

 

Live and let live.