Just Do It

Last year I wanted very badly to try my hand at paper piecing. The hexagon cut outs were purchased, but there was always an excuse in my head of why I could not get started.  For some reason I was really intimidated with the process and thought that it would be very time consuming. HA, as if cutting, machine piecing, basting, and quilting isn't time consuming. So while listening to one of the boys read and write sentence, I decided to JUST DO IT.

There was nothing to be intimidated about. It was actually calming and relaxing. 

(Huh, who would have thunk  it.)

Not sure what I am going to do with them yet. I was thinking 

of a heart shape for a pillow or for the wall. It has been decided that

this will become a regular task. It will be a good idea to always have some on hand and ready for a small or even larger project.

If there is something that you have wanted to do but have not started for whatever reason, 

JUST DO IT!!

Leave a line with that thing that you have yet to start on.

Thanks:)

:)

So On & So On

I have been meaning to post since Monday and now its Friday. First I wanted to talk about my goals for the year which started out like this: 

January is in full swing and will be soon approaching it's end(much sooner now), and I have yet to set goals. As I read through blogs, it seems that everyone has set their goals. There are always tons of things that I aspire to accomplish that inevitably sometimes prove overly ambitious.  Vision casting is a strength of mine, where as accurately strategizing the steps to get there is my weakness.  So as an attempt to improve in this area, this year will be full of short term goals. As it relates to my quilting projects, education, spiritual, parenting, etc. one month at a time is my motto.  So my only goal at this point for January is to finish the top, back, and sandwich for the Florida quilt and to get the backing and basting done for my friends vintage patch work

 Last Friday I called Fat Quaker Shop back and they had more of the fabric I needed in stock. So this weekend gonna getter done (get the top and backing finished that is).

The vintage patch work quilt is basted, pinned, and ready to quilt.

Unfortunately, my patch work cross is a disappearing cross because of trying to piece 

while finishing school and a headache.

Well this post is done, now back to schooling the boys