This and that

My children were on winter holiday and we all caught a stomach bug. Additionally, I had some dry paper work to finish.

I did nevertheless make a lot of progress on my quiltalong. As potato chips, I just had to continue to sew these coloured stripes together. What a pleasure. I noticed that I’m a “phase-worker”. I have my knitting-phase, then there is nothing else than jewellery, then the quilting takes over… this is not very practical for finishing, but it is handy for some great moments of total immersion. Nevertheless, I really tend to more regularity, in every category. Starting with more frequent blogging would be nice ;-)

Just for eye pleasure:

Cruising along

I made some progress on my quiltalong-blocks.

Block 34 Paintboxquiltalong

I like this print a lot, the colours are very tender and work perfectly with the solid.

I was looking for an idea for a yoga blanket when I stumbled upon this quiltalong. The perfect occasion to get me going. Initially I only wanted to use fabric from my stash, but who was I kidding? I found some wonderful prints and solids at 50% off. Curiously, there were some colour combinations which instantly inspired me for other quilts. Not very long ago, I would have started the other designs right away, pretending to honour the inspiration. But now I tried something new (new to me, besides that nothing groundbreaking here). I took notes, detailed notes with plenty of sketches and annotations, and will get to them after finishing my current projects.

I never really wrote a journal, I don’t document my life. This is why I have problems to keep my blog up to date, to chronicle my creations. I’m simply not used to it. But I really want to be able to get back and check things after a week, a month or even a year. And I appreciate the occasion to learn from others. So I see this as a sort of sport, where I struggle to get my daily run, where the weight lifting is still awkward and where the cardio training is replaced by a cup of hot tea.

Journaling my inspirations rather than tackling them at once hence shall help me to show the procrastinator its way to oblivion.

Famous antepenultimate words ;-)

Well, I learned

…yesterday, that my mother suffered a slight stroke (luckily without permanent harm)

…today, that my grandmother died.

Today is my son’s 8th birthday.

And I have a bladder infection.

What is one supposed to do?

Watch this, of course:

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