Tuesday To-Do #36: Ahem

If you can't get excited about quilting this time of year,

maybe you should check your pulse.  Are you alive??

No mojo issues allowed among all the colors of fall!

I should have lots to share on that next week but

today I'm keeping it short (ahem) as I link up to

Texas Quilt Gal's Tuesday To-Do.

First, it's time fess up on the fabric tracking issue.

It was not that long ago that I was blissfully in the

negative, getting things used up.

Enter the busy months, a shop hop, store closings...

And just like that I found myself "up" over 46 yards.

Today I'm sitting at a +37.  Sigh.  

And do you want some real brutal honesty?

I've added over 144 yds of fabric this year.

That is just more nuts than a squirrel in fall.

Some gifted and/or won but mostly purchased.

This is no problem if I just use more than I buy

which is the only reason I track fabric

(only what goes in and what goes out).

Oh if time would just allow me to get in that 

sewing room more, the stuff I would be making!

(More on that next week, too.)

Last week my major to-do was to work on

my current [unnamed] fall quilt.  I made it

as far as getting it into one piece and the

adding on the first border.

Aaaand then had to set it aside.  Again.

(Maybe I should name it "Set Aside"?)

When you've been quilting long enough, it's rare that

anyone in your life still needs a quilt but here I am

in the happy position of needing to supply my

grandkids with quilts for their new-to-them beds.

"Poolside" by The Flemings Nine (Etsy)

So, "Set Aside" was, ahem, set aside and I'm now

working on the first of two twin-sized quilts.

Moda's "Goldenrod" by One Canoe Two

I've been making great progress but there seems

to have been a little, ahem, misfiguring on my part...

Well, more fabric is on the way.

This was probably not the best time for me to finally

(after 4 years) take my long arm in for a tune-up

but I guess I like to live on the edge.  I've been assured

(ahem) a short 1-2 week turn-around, though, so I'm

going to focus on completing the tops and things

will time nicely.  I'm just sure of it.  (Ahem...)

So my to-do's for next week:

*Finish "Gwynnie's Goldenrod" top

*Choose Jonah's pattern and fabrics

*Set Aside will just stay set aside

(I'm not really naming it that, btw!)

Go show your machine some love!

Happy fall quilting!