Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Crikey!*

Yesterday Todd took the kiddo outside for most of the day to give me a little free time. So what did I do? The laundry, the vacuuming, and I spent most of my time listing some maternity and baby clothes on ebay. Hmm. It feels good to eliminate a little more clutter from the apartment, but what a waste of a day. It remains to be seen whether my efforts will be worth the time invested.

On the other hand, I'm making progress on my first quilt. Talk about a time investment! I'm proceeding with a picnic blanket and taking frequent breaks to drool over the fabric I purchased at Purl, which will become a queen-sized quilt when the picnic blanket is complete. I can hardly wait to show you what I bought, but I'm forcing myself until the top of the first quilt is complete.

The picnic blanket has become a copy, more or less, of a Denyse Schmidt quilt. Which was completely unintentional. I happened to have a lot of light green and light blue fabric on hand and wanted to make a string quilt. So what do I find myself making but this quilt. Oops. I love it, but I hadn't planned to reproduce someone else's work. And it's making me crazy to press open all those seams! I will persevere. I'd like to finish the top in time for a trip home in two weeks, but I'll have to work really quickly to make that goal.

I doubt my ebay customers would understand if I told them I just didn't have time to ship their purchases just now, would they?

I'm leaving now. Must sew more straight-ish lines and press many, many small seams.

*in homage to the late Steve Irwin.

9 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:00 AM

    I know it's not really the topic of your post but doesn't Steve Irwin's death seem exceptionally tragic? I wasn't a huge fan of his and even occasionally thought he was a bit of a wingnut but still, I feel very sad. He was the father of two children and an advocate for the environment. What a lose.

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  2. Anonymous12:04 AM

    Loss...not lose. Oy

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  3. Anonymous11:29 AM

    My kids were surprised and sad, they're teenagers now but still watched his tv programs occasionally...on a much lighter note, your quilt colors are really beautiful, can't wait to see it finished!

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  4. Your quilt sounds beautiful, I'm looking forward to seeing it.

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  5. Please tell me that you are not selling any baby clothes that you have made, are you?

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  6. I like that Denise quilt. I hope yours turns out just as nice.

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  7. Anonymous4:34 PM

    oh the teeny tiny seams. makes me crazy thinking about it-- you are a better person than i for sure...

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  8. Anonymous3:50 AM

    Please don't take this the wrong way - I really am wondering - why are you pressing your seams open instead of flat? As a quilter and daughter of a quilter, I have almost never seen this done and can't imagine how time consuming that would be - especially on that type of quilt. (Which I love by the way, Denise has a simpler pattern like that up for free on the freespirit fabric website that I am making for a friends baby!)

    gji7

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  9. what is your ebay ID?
    I have a 10 month old grand daughter =)

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