Going crazy!

Well, I still haven't sat down at my sewing machine yet, and it's been over a week since my last post. Arggghhhh! I took the day off on Tuesday with every intention of getting some sewing done, but it was just not happening. I had to get some cleaning done while no one else was at home. I also needed to get some shopping done. Then I needed to finish some repair work I was doing on a friend's quilted and stuffed Santa. I really should have taken a picture of it because it is so cute. This Santa was made in 30's reds and greens (I think it was actually made in the 30's). Anyway, my friend had stored it in a brown paper bag which got wet and then stained the fabric. So, she thought she would put it through the washing machine on "delicate." I know. I just cringe when I think about it! So when she took it out of the machine, not only was it stained, but it was also ripped in several places. I said I would try to repair it for her and it was certainly a challenge, but I managed to applique some comparable pieces of fabric over the ripped parts and it really looks nice now. So I ended up spending quite a bit of time on my day off working on that, because I wanted her to have it back before Christmas.

So another week has passed with no work done on my stash quilts. I should have the chance to do something this weekend. But if I don't, I'll be off for 11 days starting Dec. 23, so surely I'll have a little bit of time then. One can only hope!

Need to Stitch

I've enjoyed reading the blogs in our ring, but I need to write something too. The thing is I'm finding no time for stitching. With a full time job and two girls to raise, the time for quilting comes at a premium. But I have at least made a few decisions about future quilts. I've settled on a pattern for the quilt for my bedroom. I'm going to make the True Lover's Knot (also called Bowtie and various other names). I've got to do some cleaning and organizing in my studio before I cut another quilt, but I'm going to try to cut this one this weekend. I have a large stash of batiks, so I was trying to pull some good colors for a Blooomin' Nine Patch. My problem is that I don't have enough fabric in the colors that I want for the last two rounds. I may decide to buy some additional fabric for these or I may just choose a different quilt altogether. I thumbed through some of my magazines last night and found a pattern that might work with the colors that I've pulled. There will be some modifications, of course. I never do anything exactly like the pattern says. Then I found a pattern in the Nickel Quilts book that will work great for my extensive collection of 1800's reproduction fabrics. So, some plans are made and hopefully I can find the time to get moving on some of them.