This was a challenging year - with students, with staff, with personal things.
I have a list of things I want/need to get done. I have also posted Pins to Try in 2015 on Pinterest. We will see how much gets done. Every year I have have big plans, long lists and I never finish.
Firstly, my quilt group meets once a month. The block exchange is star blocks this time.
Here is what was in the bag I received this month. I especially like this one - green is my favorite color. The owner of these blocks made the top, center block. It is called Rolling Star and is paper pieced. I like how many different fabrics can used in this block. I am planning on making a whole quilt using that block - yeah, in my spare time!
This is the block I made. It is called Solomon's Star. The blocks can be found here Rolling Star and here Solomon's Star.
I have still been working on my Fire Island Hosta. I have completed the Leaves and Feathered Leaf Borders. I have also done ONE Clam Shell. And while I am really liking this quilt I decided that I am unwilling to give it the time needed to finish it for fair this year. So...
I have left it on my design wall, but got Old Crow back out. All the blocks are pieced. I finished piecing the Flying Geese borders today. Now to piece the top, add borders, quilt and bind.
And, in between all of that I am trying to declutter and reorganize this house - a never-ending process. One that needs lots of breaks! I am working on this post in between working on the reorganizing.
My son came home from school on May 26. He tells me he does not plan to go back in the fall. It is a decision I am torn about, but I am being supportive. When he came home he also brought along all of the things he needed and accumulated at school. Things that he doesn't have room for in his already overstuffed bedroom. Kitchen things that do not fit in my already overstuffed kitchen. My house seems to be getting small from the inside out as there are partially unpacked bags and boxes sitting around my house. He starts to unpack, can't find a spot for the things being unpacked and stops. He is slowly working at it, but this could take all summer.
I am working on the kitchen. My dad built a cabinet for me using old windows. I love it, but I noticed recently that one of the shelves is really bowed and I am concerned that it might all come crashing down. I am moving the heavier items off that shelf which means they need to find a different spot to live. I also have to keep in mind that certain items need to be easily in reach for my son who is a wheelchair user. I need a bigger kitchen; one that is horizontal, not vertical. The cabinet is unpainted, except for the windows, because I cannot decide on a color. :)
I have created quiet a mess. I also am finding things I had forgotten about as well as things that just need to be thrown away.
I am also working on reorganizing my sewing area and moving most of it upstairs to the attic room, as I call it. A finished attic that is not heated or cooled, making it uncomfortable for parts of the year. Hopefully that will changed once I get serious about moving some things up there. First, I have to move some things out. Moving things out is hard for me because I hate to just throw perfectly good things in the garbage.
Well, I need to get back to working on the kitchen or there will be no cooking tonight. On second thought, maybe I should just leave it like that until morning!
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