So, after a busy week at school teaching and getting ready for a conference, attending the conference Friday and Saturday, hosting a National Officer through Sunday morning, a doctor's appointment, a staff meeting, four busy days of teaching, helping get ready for the State Student Government Association meeting at our school, having the coffee stand open Friday and Saturday, and then taking Bert to the airport, I finally have had some time to myself. If that run-on sentence doesn't typify my life at the moment I don't know what does. In the midst of all this I also lost my thumb drive, one of those bic-lighter-size storage devices, that had my entire school life on it. And no, it wasn't backed up. After panic and then resignation, I started recreating some items only to have the thing fall out of plastic wrappings I was getting ready for recycling. I almost sat down and cried with relief.
Anyways, I was back from the airport around 8:30 and by 9:00 the living room looked like a quilt studio. I had fabric and projects spread out on the couch, chairs, floor and even the dining table. I was in full swing to hit the ground running Sunday morning and that is just what I did. I even took a personal day off from school on Friday so I have had a three day weekend to really make some progress. So here is what I've accomplished so far.
The Christmas Tree skirt is quilted. The nine-patch stack-n-whack is quilted. The baby quilt (started this week and only three years late) is almost finished hand-appliqued and then will be layered and tied. The Hanakuh Star Menorah was pieced yesterday and quilted today. The queen size block of the month from 5 years ago is trimmed.
Tomorrow evening will be a marathon of preparing bindings and sewing those on. Should that get done, I will have those set aside to hand sew to the backsides in the evenings while watching Dark Shadows videos.
That should leave the rest of the week to make two 6 inch by 90 inch "bell pulls". I made a T-Shirt quilt several years ago for a friend that is a college level VolleyBall Referee. The schools at tournaments often trade pins and she has hundreds from 20 plus years of reffing. She wants something to put the pins on and this will work so that she can hang them on each side of the T-Shirt quilt. Layering to quilt them should be interesting since I will also be placing some twill tape into the layer for support to help prevent sagging from the weight of the pins.
Parent Conferences on Thursday and Friday and that will leave me Friday evening and Saturday to get things cleaned up before picking up Bert at the airport late Saturday.
Busier than I should be but it is such fun, and really relaxing, to dive in and quilt for several days straight. Promise that I will post pictures when all are done and sent off or put away for later use.
Thought that I would stop in and say hello and update you all on my week. More later.
Steven Alaska