I'm making progress, I tell myself. I will get there. I am a little dismayed to be faced with another heavy barrage of decisions, yet again, less than a month from the move. Every time I think about that last week in Willoughby, it seems more like an evacuation than a planful move. I still don't see how that happened since I truly was preparing for some sort of move for two years. Who knows.
After being in a creative funk/hiatus for a while (OMG--6 months?), I saw this free pattern and felt inspired. I am hoping I have enough of the right prints to make a version of it from stash. That will have to wait until my room is put back together and the quilting boxes are unpacked but, it will serve as inspiration to meet that milestone.
I went to my first local guild meeting last night. I have to admit it was a bit nerve-wracking. Many years ago, I decided I was never going to let it stop me from going somewhere just because I wouldn't know anyone there (or anything about what would be happening at the event). When I was on the way there, driving a route and part of town that was completely unfamiliar, I started to overthink it. When I got there and couldn't figure out which of the 10-12 conference rooms might hold the meeting, I continued to overthink it. I lucked out and saw someone carrying a sewing machine. She showed me where to go on the condition that I hold the door for her when we got there. :-) There were probably 35 members there and there were quite a few guests in attendance too. Apparently, they have about 80 members but many are staying away from the heat at this time of year. The group was very organized and energetic. For their program, several members had stations set up with live demos of the Westalee rulers for free motion quilting on your domestic machine. Check out Westalee on YouTube for more information. I can attend two more meetings before I have to make a decision. I think I'll give it a go.
Keep on emptying those boxes; sooner or later it gets done and it will feel so good when it is.
ReplyDelete"Give it a go" sounds like a good plan for the quilt guild; it sounds like a good guild. I always thought that Northcoast Needlers with 100 or so members would have been my guild of choice it I lived on the west side. With a larger membership they always had something to offer without the problem of worrying about whether or not they would have enough participation.
Looks like a good start! There is no pressure (except your own )to unpack it all at once. Now you can enjoy the process.
ReplyDeleteVery true. There are some puzzles to be solved to determine the best way to keep important stuff within reach without it feeling like a jumbled mess.
DeleteLooks like a good start! There is no pressure (except your own )to unpack it all at once. Now you can enjoy the process.
ReplyDeleteBaby steps, Lori, baby steps.......those domestic machine rulers are really popular right now...watched a demo at the IX Center and it seemed very interesting!
ReplyDeleteThe guild members doing the demos clearly had taken the time to learn how to use them. At first, I thought it would be really tedious to learn then I thought ... it is less tedious than the Golden Threads paper, for example.
DeleteGood job on the sewing studio progress The good thing is that when you were moving there was a deadline....now no deadlines. Good way to get to know your stash all over again!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are right about that, Fran. As with the rest of the house, after being pretty discriminating about what we packed/moved, I am surprised to find that I've already made one charity donation drop off with things that went straight from unpacked to donate. I'm seeing some no so fabulous UFOs in the pile. Hmmmm. Prizes ...
DeleteHa, I did the same--downloaded it and emailed it to myself and saved it to a folder. I will still find a way to lose it. I'd like to say that I might work on it at the weekend too ... if I can get my act together soon-ish! I know that quilt is a fairly small lap quilt but the kit sells for just over $100 on Heather Bailey's site. That didn't seem too pricey but I think I will try to make it my own (aka harder).
ReplyDeleteI've always found that you have to live there a bit to figure out the best way to store your stuff. Maybe just get the stuff out of the boxes, move out the obvious (always takes me a couple rounds to do this), and tweak it later. I just came back from the website. Nice quilt!
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