Sometimes I look back at how I’ve spent my days, and I wonder how one person can be so lazy! Truly. I have done so little over the past week or so. Work has tuckered me out so much that when I get home, all I want to do is veg. And I do. I veg. I’m very good at it. If there were Veggin’ Olympics, I’d be a gold medallist in several categories! Heh.
Over the past week I’ve even stayed away from the computer for much of the time. Oh yes, I get online every now and again to check mail, but that’s about it. That feels good in a way. In another way, I feel like I’m neglecting my friendships that have been built online. Hmmm.
One of the things that I’ve been doing this past week (besides spending money – again – as if I had it!) is quilting. Last week I had gotten all my fabric cut into 2 ½ inch strips, so this week was a matter of starting the sewing. That meant that I had to actually go out and buy a sewing machine. Yes, I began this endeavor without actually owning a sewing machine. What can I say?
A couple of hundred dollars later, I am the proud owner of a nice Singer beginner. It’s not a machine that an avid seamstress or quilter would own, but it’s just dandy for me as a mere novice. It works!
On Thursday evening, Anne and our librarian and I got together after school and started our quilts. Gail, the librarian, is doing a fabulous quilted tablecloth. She has a huge table at her house. The style she is going for is kind of Southwestern, since that is the style of her home. (She has the most fabulous adobe-looking house I’ve ever seen. It’s fabulous. She and her husband designed it, and it’s just beautiful.) I am making a Log Cabin quilt. According to Ann, it’s a “no-brainer”. This worries me. What if I mess it up? What if it turns out like a big pile o’ poo? It will prove that I really do have less a complete brain. If it’s a “no-brainer”, and I can’t do it, what exactly does that make me? Yikes!
It’ll turn out. It had better!
We started cutting and sewing, and I could tell immediately that this was something that I was going to enjoy. Whether or not I would be good at it, I would enjoy it! It’s very calming. Even when there are little “oopses” it’s relaxing.
Ann got me started on a couple of squares so that I could actually see what I should be doing. I’m a very tactile and visual learner. I wanted to actually do some of the sewing so that I could interpret the directions from the book. I know, isn’t that awful for a teacher? I mean, I could used the book exclusively, but I do much better when I can see what to do. Then I have the book as backup for when I forget. And I will forget; it’s inevitable!
Although Thursday is my television night, I finished up the seven squares that I had begun with Ann. I couldn’t help it! I have a sense of accomplishment at times, and I just had to do it! Oh my. I’ll have to take some pictures of my first squares. It’s such a nice feeling. I’ve crocheted a hundred afghans, so it’s nice to be able to create something else. (Okay, I’ve not crocheted a hundred afghans, but it’s been a lot!) Today I finished up the rest of the squares. I now have a total of nineteen squares. I only need sixteen, I guess, for the size I have decided on. I was going to make a quilt for my bed, but I have a beautiful one already. Therefore, I’ve decided that a nice little lap quilt would be nice. Winter is coming, after all! Since I am so good at vegging, I know that lounging on the couch is going to be a favorite past time for the winter season. Heh.
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