I haven't been able to sew a stitch since I finished the last little top; there's been so many things to do that I can't afford even 15 minutes. Our long weekend was entirely taken up with computer work and visiting family, and I was so tired when I got home each night I just went to bed. I'm thinking that Great-Aunties can get just as tired as Nannas when it comes to running after little people.
I haven't seen Max since he was 18 months old; Mereth has visited him a lot more, so he knew she was Nanna. But Logan kept talking about OtherNanna, and Max wouldn't have that. 'No', he kept saying, 'only ONE Nanna'.
When I arrived at the playground Logan was triumphant; 'See!! Two Nannas!' Max thought about that for 10 minutes, then went to his mum and demanded 'I want two Dads'. He had a meltdown when told he was only going to have one daddy; I'm sure it was reasonable to his nearly 3 year old logic. If there could be two Nannas there could also be two Daddys. So funny.
In the interests of my sanity I'm going to iron some fabric tonight, so I can cut it out tomorrow, and maybe sew it later on this week. I'm going to finish the blocks on the design wall first, and then I will start planning a quilt to use up two lots of fabric that I have far too much of in the stash.
When I organised the blue drawers I realised that there were heaps of blues that had red prints, and that I always passed over them when choosing blues. So I pulled them all out, and they are going to have a project of their own.
I've also got a lot of shirtings with red prints,
so I want to combine the two and make a quilt that uses up a heap of them.
This fabric is ancient; I'm thinking it was printed in the '80s, though I bought it after it had sat in the quilt shop for a few years. It's always been precious, but now I look at it and think it's too bright for my taste. It's precious because I've had it so long, and had so many plans for it, but I think I could actually bear to cut it up now.
This paisley is lovely, I need to make sure that I choose a block pattern that will show off those big swirls. I'm thinking this is rather elderly too.
Got to love those shirtings, but I've got to use them too.
How much sewing have I done this year?
I found these behind the machine while I was tidying up, and there were another two in the drawer. Mereth and I usually add these empties to a large jar in the workroom, just to remind us of how much we've achieved. 2000yds of Masterpiece cotton, 1300m of Aurifil cotton, and six 600m spools of Rasant polycotton. That's a lot of thread, and a lot of seams.
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