How I left things

I’m feeling a little twitchy. It’s been almost a week since I last sewed anything, since I last touched my rotary cutter or my iron.  And I won’t see my stash for another 11 days.

I’m in the middle of my annual trip to the Midwest, visiting family and friends all over Illinois and Wisconsin.  Normally I’d be sure to have a quilt (or three) with bindings attached, so I can do the hand-sewing while I’m here.  Alas, that didn’t work out this time.

The crazy circle quilt is basted and waiting to be quilted. I had hoped to do it before I left, but my machine went on the fritz (more on that later, ARGH), so no dice.

Thankfully, I had not given away or sold my old machine, so I was at least able to (mostly) catch up on Bee blocks before I left.

And, as I was getting ready to mail them out, I realized August is MY month for our Scraptastic Bee.  Since I won’t be back home until the very last day of July, I decided to cut up some fabric and send it early.  So everyone got a piece of Alexander Henry owls and I asked for wonky/funky square-in-square blocks.

The two Nicey Jane lake quilts were, obviously, a total pipe dream. Neither top is anywhere near complete.  Ah well, they can be my mom’s Christmas present!

A combination of heat/humidity and other life-gets-in-the-way things kept me from sewing as much as I had hoped before I left.  But my sewing space has been relocated away from my kids’ bedrooms and central air has been installed in my house, so hopefully August will be a pleasantly productive month.

What about you? Are you getting as much done this summer as you had hoped?