Grateful

The first official week of school is over.  It went better than expected.  Surprise, surprise, I’m exhausted.

And, surprise, surprise, it was a struggle to find time and energy and children-calmness to make it downstairs to sew.  I finished up one last blue hexagon flower and cut the fabric for purple ones.

I made two courtyard steps early in the week.  Next week, I think I’ll make one more round of purple ones.  Then, only three sets remain.  It’s amazing that I’ll be assembling this quilt in a few short months!  Isn’t it funny how the pandemic has disrupted our sense of time?  On one hand, the kids and DH have been home “forever,” but somehow the “old normal” doesn’t seem five months ago.  The days are both too long to be around everyone and too short for everything to get done (and there’s never enough sleep!)

My finest sewing accomplishment this week is the finished flimsy for Flying Stars, also known as “Due South.”  At the best of times, I don’t love borders, and this week the math and time to wrestle with it were elusive.  Here we are!  (The borders are hiding on one side.  The Assistant’s arms aren’t quite wide enough, and we were in a hurry.)

I’m going to try to make it downstairs to sew, but since it’s taken till afternoon to finish this post, it may be challenging to get anything properly done all day!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.  

P.S. I’m linking up to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, but I’m not savvy enough with the new setup to link here!