We are still adjusting to the new location but the next big change will be when I retire. I am hopeful that will happen soon. The commute to work is a tough one. I actually go into work really early in the morning so it is the commute home that is killer. I have noticed that I grind my teeth when I am stuck in traffic. I need to retire before I break my crowns.
Plus, I have a lot of fabric to sew.
Speaking of sewing, I have been doing a little of that lately.
At the end of August I was invited to a 1st birthday party for a co-workers daughter. In their culture the 1st birthday party is very important. They had a huge party. The day I got the invitation I began a quilt. The first time I presented a co-worker with a quilt they did not even know that it was.
It is from 'The Big Book of Strip Quilts' from that Patchwork Place. The quilt is called Flowers for Nana Girl. I choose that pattern because I had pink and yellow 2 1/2 strips from a strip exchange from many years ago. More years than I can even remember. I only used a small portion of the strips.
After I completed that quilt I wanted to immediately cut out a new quilt. I resisted and instead picked up a UFO. Several months ago I had started a flannel quilt to give to one of my daughters. As I was sewing two of the rows together I had flipped several of the blocks. When I discovered it instead of ripping them out and fixing it. I stuck it on a shelf. I took the time to rip the rows and fix them then get the quilt top sewn together. I have not taken a picture of this yet.
Since my daughter had quilted a couple of my quilt tops I have been working on binding most recently. Right now I have a stack of quilts that need the binding sewn on. Winter is coming I have plenty of quilt to sit under and stitch.
I also need to work more on the house blocks. It has also become a UFO for lack of me working on it.
When we moved I had a quilt top together except for the boarders. I am still looking for it. I had another top together that my daughter was going to quilt but said I needed to move a block because she knew I had given it a turn and had to much of one color in one area. Can't find that one either. I keep looking. Much of my fabric is still in bins. I am hoping that I put the tops in one of them. Now that we are no longer spending time on the old house and I am about to retire I am hopeful that I can finish unpacking the fabric. I have to admit that I need to purge fabric but it is really hard.
