I had guild meeting this week - and it's the one of the three guilds I'm in that I'm currently attending. Kind of have to, since I'm Secretary. The other two... well, one meets during the day, and the boys are on summer vacation, so that's currently out. The other one I haven't been to in quite a while, as I can't take Squiddle to his vision therapy and make it to the meeting. But at some point he'll be done with that, who knows when.
Anyhow! I had undertaken to make two more blocks of this set, after the guild's last sew-in, and make them into a top. But none of the blocks went together! Since the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month was red, I rifled through the bins of fabric I have for my guild's charity blocks, and pulled a few different reds. And a cow print. Sometimes, if nothing works together, you just have to go for a fabulous border, right?
The colors, I swear, were a bit richer in reality than they are in the photo. But, regardless, scraps used up, top turned in, at some point it'll be a gender-neutral gift for some kid in the hospital or foster care. Win!
That said, I am feeling a bit melancholy about not being at Costume College right now. Though, as I understand it, there was a hotel workers strike going on last week, which I don't know if it's still continuing or if it's impacting the convention in any way. I'm also getting hit with a bit of cognitive dissonance when I see pictures - the convention is at a new hotel this year, only the third since I started going. The new hotel is quite close to LAX, which would make it very convenient for out-of-towners like me.... Maybe next year. Hopefully Jazzy won't have Summer Boost school for reading improvement, if so. Though at least that's done! (Three weeks, getting him to school by 9 and picking up at noon, half an hour drive each way since, because of insufficient enrollment, the program at the local school was cancelled. Not to mention afternoon swimming and rock climbing lessons for both boys.)
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