Odds and Bobs

Been absent for several days, both over here and on my LJ.  Mostly trying to play catch-up.  Wonderful Husband being off work the week between Christmas and New Year's was nice, because it halved my childcare duties and freed up time and energy... but a vacation is always only a vacation.

I've done the possibly insane thing and decided to accept the position of secretary for my guild.  I've never been secretary of anything, so I'm going to have to learn how to take minutes!  But it will teach me new skills, help me connect better to my guildmates, and when I go back to work in a few years after the boys are both in school, possibly look good on a resume.

I've made up the handouts and samples for next month's block of the month, but have my row sewalong only half done.  I need to find some stitching time tomorrow!  It's not much encouragement to others to participate if I can't get it done in time!

My mother recently unearthed a couple boxes of my late grandmother's sewing equipment in her garage and gave them to me carte blanche.  Most of it I'm keeping (especially her Swedish stitching magazines from the 1930s, OMG!) but there are a few odds and bobs that didn't interest either of us, so those along with some culls from my shelves are going on the freebie table at Tuesday's meeting.

And, lastly, I guess, Wonderful Husband and I have gone to see a couple films recently.  Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them gave me all kind of happy feels and reminded me that I have a stack of Harry Potter fabrics from when the movies started coming out that I should probably delve into at some point.  Of course, I could always leave it to "ripen" until my boys are old enough to start reading the books, and make them special quilts then....  (I should see if there's any Fantastic Beasts fabric out.)

We also saw Rogue One, which I am far more ambivalent about.  Wonderful Husband, I think, pegged it when he said that Star Wars movies work best when they remember they're fairy tales.  And this one didn't hit that vibe quite strong enough for us.  There were elements, but... not quite there.  Regardless, that also reminded me of another, far more vintage, piece in my stash: Empire Strikes Back fabric.  Which I've never yet quite decided what to do with....