Puffed Out!

I had such a busy week that I actually forgot that I had a long weekend. At first I wondered what I was going to do with it. Perhaps I should’ve planned to go away. I had two intense days of long arm quilting mastery teaching which went very well. I also gave a talk to the local Quilt group and everybody stayed awake so that’s always a good sign. It was great to see some of my quilts again which just live in a suitcase. I have been driving around with them all week because I can’t get a parking space outside and they’re too heavy to lug from three streets away.

I borrowed a lighthearted audiobook from the library which kept me company as I slogged my way through the puff Quilt. I have come to the conclusion that the French seam method is quite hard work and probably takes an awful lot longer than it should. My shoulders are aching from the effort of hefting the unwieldy Quilt onto my tiny sewing machine table. 

I was so desperate to get it finished in the end that I kept going on Sunday evening and attached the binding as well. Let’s just say that it’s a lovely looking Quilt and it will be super cozy in the depths of winter but I don’t think I’m going to hurry to make another one. 

I’m off to have a con flab with a pal to see if it is possible for us to put together a two person entry for the Festival of Quilts this year as I don’t have access to a quilting machine at my house and I will need plenty of time to do the quilting in my time off at work. Especially as the gardening season is approaching and this weekend I have already tidied up some pots and cut the grass. I even put up new fairy lights in the back garden because the other ones had conked out due to all the wet weather The next big job will be to repaint all of the shed and fencing. Who knew that living on your own would involve so many chores? But all the same, I do prefer living this way!