1) Your Facebook page reminds you that you haven't posted on it in a month.
2) When your friends ask you what is wrong because you are so "quiet".
3) Your email box is filled with inquiries and requests that have been neglected.
4) When you see your to do list and wonder if there is a special governmental department you can make an appeal to. My proposal would be to extend the year 2014 several weeks past December 31st. I mean, a extra month every year would be nice, right? We could call it Catchyourbreather.
Ironically. I have no sad news to share. No amazing story that has kept me away. No fabulous trip to keep me away from the studio.
Nope.
The studio ITSELF has kept me away.
The very organized soul in me just could not see past the massive clutter, chaos, and disorder to work on anything. My computer was unhooked. I didn't know where anything was. Or rather, I did? But it took about 6 hours to get all of my stuff out, I knew it was going to take longer to get back in.
However, the GOOD news is that is 98% complete. A few fixer-uppers are needed here and there.
I also found time to focus on some projects for the studio itself. Especially my scrap bins.
They are COMPLETE!
My lovely scrap bins.
In case you've missed my past post, these buckets are from the book, Sunday Morning Quilts, by Amanda (co-author) at
Crazy Mom Quilts
I could not leave them in their original size, however, I needed them to fit inside my cabinet. So skinnier, longer, and taller were my goal.
I also skipped her vinyl pocket to put the color of the bins. I just pulled out my embroidery machine and played around.
The things I love about the project are:
They are custom made for my cabinets.
I could take off the doors to my cabinet and look at this beautiful sight!
I used up strictly stash for this project.
Even the some of the interiors are pieced so I could stick to scraps/stash.
I have been able to stick to
my pledge of no new fabric because I already had so many stash busting projects to complete this year!
However, I must be completely honest. They seemed like they would be a really quick project. I could not understand why so many quilter friends were not getting them done in a speedy manner.
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Project started in October |
Twenty-eight weeks later, I finally have it all figured out. Approach them as if you are putting together a nice sized quilt. Improv pieced blocks, quilt-as-you-go, construction of fabric, and fabrication of inserts are time consuming. I recently timed how long it took me for the last three and they took about an hour and a half each. HOWEVER, that was including the fact that I already had all the fronts done, batting cut, and inserts prepared and fabrics chosen. Otherwise, my guess is upwards of 2- 2.5 hrs each.
Buuuuuuuuut..........
Can we reiterate?
All my scraps are inside scrappy bins!
As for the rest of the studio makeover....stay tuned.