I've been out of town, sequestered in a windowless conference room for 11 hours a day, 2 days in a row, with 10 of my colleagues interviewing candidates for an open position at my university. It was an exhausting, yet intellectually stimulating exercise, and I left with even greater respect and affection for my colleagues. And I left energized and excited by the finalists we selected to bring to campus. But I was also ITCHING to sew!
I brought a quilt to work on, but never made a stitch. Instead, it just adorned my hotel room bed and kept me cozy warm the two nights I had to spend away from home. I also brought my GFG hexies out of retirement. I did end up taking a few stitches during breaks on day two, and managed to get one flower done and attached to another.
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| I made the one on the left yesterday, and attached it to the one on the right that was probably made 4 or 5 years ago. |
But when I got home, I realized the way I put them together won't work with what I have together already. Note to self - add just one flower at a time to the whole.
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| Looks washed out in the sun, but lots of scrappy color in this quilt top. |
I got home very late last night, and enjoyed sleeping in this morning as my kids were spending the weekend at a friend's house in my absence. But my Cub Scout meeting was this afternoon, and I had to prepare. I spent my entire morning and early afternoon measuring, cutting and drilling to prepare for our woodworking project. I didn't have time to make a prototype - I just had to hope that I had thought of everything and that it would come together.
And it did! The boys were thrilled with their projects, and spent a bit of time trying them out.
Now, the kids are in bed, I have a cup of tea and my new copy of Jennifer Chiaverini's The Giving Quilt, and I'm going to enjoy a bit of down time. The weekend was busy and full of interactions with other people, but everything about it was a resounding success!
