Whenever I’m in a slump, as I have been the last two or
three months, mindless stitching is one of the most therapeutic activities I
can enjoy. So, I recently pulled out a
baggie of precut triangles a friend gave several years ago. I began matching darks to lights, and when
the baggie was empty there were 400 + half square triangles measuring 1 ¾ inches
per side with NO fabric repeats! Of course, I had to circle around and get the
back story for that little baggie. The
friend who gave it to me admitted they “may” have been off cuts from flying
geese blocks in a 2000 millennial quilt project. That explains the variety and age of the fabrics. At any rate, I
enjoyed the process, and I’ve since cut some
white fabric from my stash to use as alternate blocks.
I’ve made a few more house blocks for my Kim McLean quilt.
Last year’s chrysanthemum gave me bonus blooms this year.
This sweet little girl visits us regularly outside our
fence. One evening she brought seven of
her friends.
For a while I thought about retiring my blog,
because the motivation to sit down at the keyboard simply hasn’t been there. I
love the connections and comments and inspiration from other bloggers, but am
just having a hard time doing the work. I
decided to at least finish out 2024, before making a decision.
3 comments:
Mindless stitching is so important after a break, or between other projects. I hope you don't close down your blog.
I agree about the mindless stitching. It's the trimming that makes me crazy - lol!
I read and comment on other blogs daily but I really don't understand why so many folks post every. single. day. Maybe they like to keep a journal of their days?
I'm also thinking about retiring my blog. I haven't posted since August and just don't have the spark anymore. Whatever I have to post can be done on Instagram.
Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I like reading blogs and do keep a daily blog myself although I too have thought of going to every other day or some other schedule instead - mine is more of a journal of life and progress on projects. There are not near as many blogs out in quilt land as there used to be. I do post on Instagram too but not daily.
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