Catching Up

Jazzy's big baby quilt got finished on Tuesday.  So, six days start to finish.  Not bad!  It's sat in the corner of the bedroom at the moment, awaiting a photo op on mummy-and-daddy's bed.  (Jazzy is currently napping on said bed.)

Saturday, after Mommy-Baby Yoga, we all went to the quilt show.  I was quite pleased to discover that someone had given my black/orange crane quilt a $5 "I liked this" ribbon!  And Wonderful Husband and I had a discussion about my quilts.  He thinks they're fantastic, while I think I'm middle of the road.  But then I've only been quilting for three years, and the people I look at in comparison have been quilting for, literally, decades.  So I know full well it's a false comparison and I'm doing quite well for where I am.

We ended up going quite close to the end of the show (and it was a high of 93 degrees that day, ugh) so by the time we hit the garage sale, it was fill a bag for a dollar.  I spent a dollar and got lots of books and patterns and fabric.  I was pleased that of the stuff I'd donated I only recognized one bit of fabric and one book still there.  Other people liked my discards, and I liked other people's discards.  Thus is balance maintained.

One of the things I got was a flawed-in-the-printing panel for a kid's art supplies wall hanging.  I sewed a couple of tucks to minimize the worst of the flaws, quilted it, sewed pockets on, invented some ties, and bound it.  Not bad for a dollar and a day's work, it's now helping to organize some of Squiddle's stickers and crayons and markers and the like.

Today is organization day.  I had to clear all the bins and stuff that usually live on my sewing desk to quilt the big baby quilt, plus now I have an influx of new stuff, so everything not already on the shelves is getting gone through and organized.  I should also work in the garden.  The blueberries are starting to come in, and I really need to get the next bed amended and planted.

And I am finally going to get around to turning a big bin of baby clothes into a memory quilt for my mom's friend....