It's been a long time since I've devoted a full day to relaxing with some piecing up in the quilting loft. I ventured up right around 8AM, turning on Virgin River, and continued piecing some blue string blocks for the Dawn's Early Light quilt. A fair amount of time has clearly been spent in the quilting loft lately, because I only tune in to Virgin River while quilting... and I recall beginning the series right around New Year's.
Folks, this photo is quite misleading! The tidy piles give the impression that much of today was neat, petite, smooth and organized. Bahaha... but this is the current state after about 8 (EIGHT!) hours of piecing and burning through most of my scrap blue strings!
The bag be empty, folks!
Half of the necessary blocks are completed, with the remaining half partially started. The plan for tomorrow will be to check the 1.5", 2" and 2.5" bins for blue strips to trim down into strings; if not, some yardage will be pulled to finish these up.
The red/white star block subunits for Dawn's Early Light have been machine-side as my leader-ender.
... and this was my sign to call it a day.
With another 4-5" of fresh snow, the fire's been burning away all day.
There are zero plans in my mind to head out running, much to the NON delight of Bailee girl.
I've officially allowed the weather to win and beat my mindset. Ugh. I've been in a funk...
I've officially allowed the weather to win and beat my mindset. Ugh. I've been in a funk...
Perhaps tomorrow though...
A batch of soap was also prepped this afternoon while lunch was cooking. This "Lavender Rose" is a new-to-me fragrance. It came home with me from a Florida flea market last summer, and seems to be holding its scent during the initial phases of saponification. Some ground up oats were also added to the mixture to act as a light exfoliant. Unfortunately, I'm on-hold for any more soap creation until I reorder some olive oil - going to give this olive oil pomace a try; seems to be a good deal.
Linking up with SoScrappy's Rainbow Scrap Challenge today.
2 comments:
It's easy to fall into a funk in the winter. Looks to me like you have some really great string projects in the works.
Wow to using up all those lovely blue scraps...these are beautiful strings. And great red blocks too. How neat to make soap...clearly you are very talented! I gave in to Ned's soulful pleading eyes and took him for a walk today in our little snowstorm. I got a bit of a chill and am trying to warm up. You are probably best to stay indoors and stay warm. Happy Stitching from me!
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