Where does the time go?!

Yes, I know I haven’t posted anything in over a week!  It hit me yesterday, when I was driving home from a Craftster meet-up, and I happened to be behind a car with the license plate BLOGGER!  I took that as a not-so-subtle hint from “somewhere” that I need to give my little space the attention that it deserves! Believe me, I have had the desire to post many times over the past week, but I haven’t been able to find the time!  You would probably like to know what I was doing with all of my time, and to be perfectly honest, so would I!!  I know I felt like I was extra busy last week, and I don’t mean just with the shop, but in my “real” life, too.  But now that I am thinking about it, I can’t figure out why last week left me so drained…Perhaps it is the change of seasons messing with me…Yes, that has to be it!  (we will blame it on that, anyway.)   

I did snap this picture on Tuesday, the first day of SPRING – See, I really was thinking about my blog – I found it to be quite ironic that there was so much snow on the ground that morning.  And yet the daffodils were still determined to make an appearance, too!   So there was snow (on the ground) on Tuesday, and then on Thursday, the temperature reached a record-breaking high for the day in

Lancaster

!  (It was 72 degrees – the previous high had been 69 degrees…I can’t remember what year it had been set, though) 

I have been spending most of my free time (at home) working on a quilt for my brother and his fiancé.  It is my wedding gift to them. I am making the Spice Market quilt by FunQuilts (Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr) featured in the April 2007 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine. I love that the fabric is called Mendhi, because of the wedding connection….If you aren’t’ familiar with the art or tradition of Mendhi, you may want to do a Google search.  I am not an expert on the subject, by any means, and that is why I am passing the explaining off onto Google! I have shown it to his bride, because I really don’t want to invest the time into making a quilt (king size, at that!) just to have it go into a closet, because it doesn’t suit their style.  So, I made sure it was okay before I got too far into it, and now it is coming along quite quickly. It is certainly simple, maybe too simple…I am getting bored with it already!  Not the fabrics, or the finished quilt (I really love the finished piece!), but the monotony of sewing strip after strip after strip is starting to drive me batty!  I only have 15 more strip sets to stitch together before I can start cutting and arranging!  Since the cat is out of the bag, anyway, I will be sure to show you all some pictures of my progress soon.

Since I am on the subject of my brother’s upcoming nuptials, I will mention that on Saturday, after working in the morning, I attended his Love’s bridal shower.  It was really fun, and she got some lovely things….I never had a bridal shower, or a “real” wedding (Hubby and I did it at the JP’s office) or any of the other fun (?) involved in planning and having a wedding, and I must say, the only regret I have, is that I missed out on all the GIFTS!  I am constantly having to go out and buy myself all of those little kitchen-y gadgets and other home-keeping goodies that so many brides are given as gifts.  It can get pretty expensive when you realize you don’t have enough serving dishes (or spoons, or trays, or wine glasses!) for the Christmas dinner you are preparing for your and your hubby’s entire families!  Lucky for me, I have a wonderful family (and my Hubby has an equally wonderful family) and they don’t require me to have an entire set of matching anything!  (Although I certainly wouldn’t mind if I did!)

Speaking of matching sets….Did I mention that I got the Yellow Quilt from Patricia?  It is so cute!  We have picked out a border design to use…we originally were thinking stars would be good, but ended up with a cute bow pattern.  And, progress on the pink quilt has been continuing….everyone in the shop has spent a lot of time on it…The girls have been working on it during their lunch breaks and whenever we are all caught up with orders.  There is only one block left to be finished, and then I get to bind it!  I can’t wait to get them both done so they can be given to the Kim girls.  One thing is for sure, a lot of love has gone into these quilts, and you can see it. 

Thanks to everyone who is still reading my (poor, neglected) blog!  I appreciate it!

Comments

[Cherie]

Daffodils are such wonderful flowers, willing to bloom even as the snow refuses to give way to spring :) I too love the Mendhi fabrics and love the simple but beautiful Spice Market pattern. The real fun will be in the quilting, don't you think?

[Dawn]

Just wanted to let you know I made it through!!! :) Nice to hear your doing fine!

[Liz Stracener]

My daffodils just opened today! I am enjoying spring break and had lots of "projects" planned, but it is 80 degrees in March and I spent most of the day outside. I empathize with your comment, where does time go?