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Baby Steps

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

My butterfly tendencies are rather to the fore at the moment as I’m bubbling over with so many different things I’m trying to do all at once, so I’m making little bits of progress on a whole lot of different projects. As I get older my powers of concentration seem to be getting worse and […]

Tripping the Light Fandango…or June Bug by another name

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Maybe procrastination was what it took, or maybe writing about procrastination made me feel guilty enough to do something about it. Whichever was true, last night I made some decisions about a new quilt and also worked on novel planning for a piece of work that I started ages ago and got stuck with. In […]

A little gentle stashbusting

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Today I’ve been pondering, writing a little and generally trying to be open to new thoughts and ideas. Nothing mind-blowing to report as yet, but so far I’m enjoying it. It feels new and different. I’m also trying to lose a little weight. Not so enjoyable and also not much to report yet. It’s early […]

Hand-quilting

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Today I’ve been quilting a little on my Winter White Schnibbles top. I seem to have been picking this up and putting it down again for months. Which is crazy really, because it’s so small I should be able to rattle it off in no time. In the past I have hand-quilted, oh, I don’t […]

No staying power…

Friday, February 11th, 2011

305 4-patches! Was I dreaming? 305? That’s an awful lot for someone with the attention span of a flea… …..or a butterfly… (I’ll take butterfly – it sounds much nicer..) It’s not that I don’t have self-discipline. I do. But just not in one big block. I’m the sort of person who comes back to […]