It seems like every time I decide I am going to do some sewing or crafting something else needs to be done. :( This adulting thing is hard! I had thought with the pandemic I would have more time, but as an essential employee I was still working just as much as before. My husband and I also ended up with a great deal more responsibility helping his elderly parents.
Finally, last weekend I was able to take some time and do something just for me. A friend at my guild had gifted me a couple of yards of a dark gray solid fabric last year. When I first received it I thought what in the world will I do with that? I mainly do scrap quilts and very little with solids. I had a Kaffe bundle I had gotten a while back and I thought maybe the wild colors would help the sad gray fabric get some life. I pulled out my Accuquilt and my Hunter's Star die and went to town. Let me say, I rarely use my Accuquilt because I had a bad experience with one of my dies a couple of years ago, but this was amazing! I was able to cut all my gray and enough prints to match in a matter of probably an hour. The gray was only enough to do these 64 blocks. When I assemble them together it will only be 48" by 48". So I know I will never be able to match that exact gray. I am thinking I will get some black fabric and do 64 more blocks, alternating the black and the gray. Then I can put a border on it and call it done. My daughter saw it and said if I don't have anyone specific to give it to, she would take it. That made my day. She rarely seems interested in my quilts so score one for me!
I hope to continue finding a little time here and there to do some sewing. I can't guarantee I will every week, but I will post more when I have a chance.
Have a safe and happy day!
Penny
