...or should I say, FABULOUS Friday? Because today was GREAT. Today I signed up for a gym membership and as soon as Piper was safely ensconsed with Mr Poppleton at home, I dashed off for some quality treadmill time. Oh my gosh. Did I mention how much I missed running? I was going to take it slow, but my feet got bored, and so I ran for a kilometer! It was pretty tough and boy, my dark meat is burned but dang. I feel GOOD. It doesn't hurt that I got to spend some time alone, either! I feel renewed, in more ways than one.
As promised, I have been "No Buy Novembering" but I decided to amend it to "No-STASH November". I do have a lot of stash to work from, it's true, but there are times when you pick out four fabrics and still need a little something-something. This happened on Thursday when I decided to start my mother's quilt. I've been kicking around with the idea of roses for a while, considering buying a layer cake, hemming and hawing, when I finally just dug out my pink roses from, er, a couple of years ago. And I had enough. (I was worried I wouldn't have enough.) But the truth was, it wasn't strong enough on its own. It needed some help. So I picked up a strong maroon and a nice woodsy green, both of which are perfect. We're ready to roll now.
Then, THEN! I was happily sewing and slicing my Sugar Pop charm squares (using a Kona Snow charm pack as well, natch) when I realized that the quilt I was working on wouldn't respond well to white setting triangles. I needed yardage. Sugar Pop is an older range and even though I know of one place that has lots, this was at three-thirty on a Thursday and I knew I'd never make it to Alexandria on time. So I gambled and went to Cottage Quiltworks, and, WHEW! They had some yardage!
Now, tomorrow is Southern Cross Quilters and I'll be there with bells on – after I head up to Craft Depot to buy myself a rotary cutter. I'm tired of cheap, crappy tools. I'll go Olfa or Clover or I'll GO HOME. (Or to another shop to buy an Olfa or a Clover cutter probably.) But the dedication! The dedication is what counts! As you can see, I have a lot of squaring up of blocks to do, and as you can see from my quilt plan here, I've got four flying geese borders to make. Whoa.
And that's it for Fabric Friday! I'm looking forward to tomorrow: should be busy but rewarding. I love seeing other women's work and the love and care for the craft of quilting. And by the end of the day I hope to have my blocks squared and at least one quilt top done!
I'll leave you with this: the way the sun looked coming through the trees when I came home from the gym. Totally beautiful.
