I made very little progress this week. Between work responsibilities and family needs, Quilting time has taken a back seat. Unfortunately this is happening way too often. I know I am much less stressed and much happier if I am creating something even if I am on a deadline. But I have to work and I have responsibilities to others. So I am trying to find and set healthy priorities. I can't come first all of the time.
So what is happening. A project at work, that I am the lead on, is actually kicking off on Monday. In preparation for the kick off, I worked a split shift last Monday and late most days this week. Plus I went in early three times. My schedule is so messed up that I am not sleeping well. That has resulted in me being too tired to quilt. I know that when I sew/quilt tired my precision is off. Not that I am a perfectionist when it comes to my quilts but I am trying to improve and therefore quilting tired is not a good choice. The more accurate the piecing is the easier it will be to quilt.
So long days has been my time constraint. Lack of energy has been my physical limitation. What about the distractions.
My distractions, well mainly that has been my grandchildren. I find when they are here, I am much more interested in watching them than sewing. I watch TV with them and watch them play and create. It has occurred to me that they won't be around forever and I want to enjoy them.
Another distraction has been my daughter. She has a school project due and well, she doesn't do anything small. She has created and huge castle learning center. She doesn't have time to make it as in depth as she would like but it is amazing. If she ever gets her own classroom, I have no doubt that it will be added on to.
The last distraction is my husband. He came home Friday night and well, I am spending time with him while I can. He works so hard and is away much more than he would like. When he is home it is important to be with him. After all we are married for the eternities. Our relationship like all relationships need nurtured. He will always come first in my priorities.
Priorities need to be set on the right things. Family has to be high on the list. Especially my relationship with my husband.
So I have not made the progress that I wanted too. I did, however, get rows 2 through 4 sewn together and onto the 1st row of Winry's quilt. Two more rows to go before adding the borders. I really need to get moving on this quilt. Although I am tempted to make this one Viri's quilt. The colors are less pastel than the layer cake for the second quilt. Viri strikes me as a little more bold. Not that I think any girl child of my daughter would be less than bold. I think I will change this quilt to Viri's. I am not fully decided though.
We are going to leave on August 29th to go visit Viri and Winry (and their parents but lets face it we are going to see the girls). If by some miracle I have the quilts done by then great but if not they will have to be Christmas gifts. I am only able to do what I can do. Hopefully things will settle in instead of getting more hectic.
Hope your week was productive. Happy quilting
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