It's been over two weeks and they have been busy ones. I don't know about anyone else but my house is in complete disarray. Projects that we've talked about for ages are actually getting done. My husband, who is having to work from home, is feeling all sorts of urgency to get things done. So my plans are changing daily. Plus we spent one weekend with family in Alabama. It was a really great trip and I really enjoyed the break.
When last I posted, I was working on UFOs. I did work on one. The Church Ladies Aprons in the blue colorway is assembled and waiting for a back. That makes two quilts needing borders and backs and two quilts needing backs. But right now I can't get to my bins of yardage fabric. I am trying to use what I have first so I want to go through the bins and see if I have something to use for backs. If not they may have to be set aside until I can get some fabric ordered. Heaven know that right now fabric is not readily available. While in Alabama, I got to see all of the work that Tatianna got done on the quilt we are tag teaming. I asked her if she wanted me to take it back but she is determined to sew all the little black squares on first.
Because of the construction zone that is my living space, I don't have room to to cut out the borders for the two quilts needing borders. In, fact I am rather limited in what I can do. I don't have a surface I can cut on, so no borders or backs can be made, even if I could get to my bins of yardage. I don't have any surface either vertical or horizontal that I can lay a large quilt out on. So that means I can't finish working on the Cobble Stones and Windmills quilt. If I still had a key to the church meeting house, I'd be tempted to take it there and lay it out in the cultural hall. In fact once church starts meeting again, I may ask to be allowed to do just that.
So what am I to do. I need to sew for my mental well being. Well I have lots of pre-cuts. So this week I grabbed some charm packs and started sewing. I expect that by this weekend I will have yet another UFO waiting for a back. But at least I am still sewing.
Sometimes we just have to find a way to create despite all the chaos around us. When fate throws us a curve, we need to change and adjust. So I will continue to go with the flow for now. I will get myself a timer and get back to my 30-30-30 to get things cleaned up and organized so the clutter doesn't drag me down. There is always more than enough to do and never enough time so I am just going to chip away where I can, sew when I can, and find my bliss where I am.
How about you?
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