I cannot believe that is is already the end of July, 2020!! Actually, it feels like this year is kind of stalled but time keeps flying by. I usually have some fun road trip planned or quilt retreats to go to or visits to or from my wonderful friends and family. But most of that is on hold or cancelled. There does not seem to be much to look forward to or plan for. Until I decided to take control of this madness and enjoy every day as its own adventure. So here goes!!
This is kind of philosophical but sometimes I feel like my "groove" (a good thing) becomes a "rut" (not such a good thing) when I hang out in the groove too long. So, to that note, as I was walking around my neighborhood on Monday, my curiosity about a paved road just 20 feet off the end of one of the small dead end streets got the best of me. I climbed through the bushes and started exploring. Oh my!! I was on this fabulous drive through forests with a little lake and flowers and....... uh oh! The little drive has a gate! Uh oh!! I'm on the side of the gate that has a sign I can see from the back side that says "No Trespassing"! Now I'm about 1/2 mile from where I came through the bushes and I am TRESPASSING!! Now what?? Well, since I already was treading on the wrong side of right, I decided to see what was at the other end of this drive. Apparently, it is a very long, private driveway through acres and acres of beautiful forest land! I found these colorful mushrooms while I was where I should probably not have been. They made me think of Hobbits.
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| Hobbit mushrooms |
So now that I have found a wonderful peaceful little world for walking and enjoying nature, I must admit that it is not my world and I really should not go back to explore again. That is not to say it might happen again but I will not tell anyone unless I am busted in the act! The adventure did get me out of my "rut" for just a little while.
Other than this tiny little adventure, most of my time is spent cutting up fabric and sewing it back together into quilts. So far this year, I've finished 24 quilts for family, friends and community and whoever else comes along. I love to make quilts!!
I feel like I should set a goal for how many quilts I can complete in 2020. Maybe I'll get my friends to give me a challenge number. I am thinking I might be able to get 40 done this year. These are the 3 finished in July. "Finished" means the quilt is quilted, bound, washed and dried and ready to be used.
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| Dreamweaver design by Becky Lomasney |
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| Big Log Cabin |
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| Dot Matrix |
I'm kind of running out of big pieces for backs for these, so have started piecing the backs, too. Here are 2 of the backs. These are 8" finished squares. Kind of makes the quilt reversible, eh?
Now to see if I can figure out how to get this linked onto FB so maybe someone else can share in my life and make me feel not so isolated.
And sew on and sew forth ...............
