stuff I want to talk about.

Why?

well frankly for a better understanding of my view of blogging and sharing.

I want to talk about random stuff ......
what I don't particularly share on my blog
and maybe even why I don't.

**disclaimer**

I am not intending to offend anyone. This is about me.

1.

 I do not blog about fabric I don't like or love.

 I just don't say anything at all.

You know the old cliche "if you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all".

2.

I publish patterns in magazines and quilting books, therefore I am kind of 'in the business'.

That means I have to be very careful what I say on my blog, facebook, twitter and pinterest.

I once made the mistake of tweeting the approximate wholesale price of quilting cotton
and what the retail cost will be.

I saw this information at a quilt shop.

Let me tell you, that ruffled online feathers.

 I was viewing it from a consumer stand point...

not the seller.

I am educated enough to know that a quilt shop marks up the fabric.....

 They have to make a living somehow!!!

That doesn't matter as, I don't sell fabric

 but I am considered in the business by most standards.

 For me this was a tough lesson to learn.

Just don't share the wholesale costs.

I can't help but wonder what the lasting effects of my one tweet will be?

Will the offended 'online shop' continue to 'punish' me for that tweet?

Did they purposefully remove me from their blog list?

Am I imagining things?

I will likely never know.

I am just guessing who the offended shop is btw.

 I don't really know, I just have a hunch.

at any rate, now I keep my 'mouth' shut.

3.

I may submit 10 projects to magazines...maybe only 1 is accepted.
Sometimes there is no reply at all.

For Real.

and that really messes with ones self-esteem,
so sometimes I want to stop all together,
but I don't...

4.

I am not ashamed of my stash,
however, I do not show all the fabric that I buy.

People may judge that I have too much,

more than I deserve or will use.

btw, this is ALL true....

however, it doesn't stop me from buying more fabric IF I want to.

5.

I consider fabric acquisition as 'therapy in a bag'.

It's cheaper than a psychiatrist at this point.
I get depressed feelings like everyone else.....fabric eases that LOL.

6. 

I simply can't do everything.

I get help.

I have a housekeeper once a week.

Her name is Jamie and she's fantastic and worth every penny.

Without her I would have no time to sew.

7.

 I post my blogs ahead because Monday-Thursday I work 10 hour days and like other working parents must come home to my second job of caring for my husband and children.

That means I blog stuff on the weekend for the rest of the week.

8.

 I can't show you everything I am working on.

I sell some of my ideas and once it's on my blog the ideas are public domain-ish

and that is unacceptable for a paid designer. *note #2 and #3 above

9.

I had vein surgery twice this year and should have 2 more before the year ends.

This means I may be home in a recliner recovering.

My children may be on holiday with my in-laws which will give me more free time...

except that I will barely be able to walk the first week.

Surgery is still surgery.

And lastly......

It may appear that I have soooo much time to sew and quilt.

I sincerely wish I had more time to quilt. I look at my projects and long to sew them.

 Usually I feel this at about 7 o'clock in the morning....

just as I finish making the beds and head down stairs to leave for work.

There's one last look at my sewing area.....Sigh.

Okay I got that out in the open....whew.

I hope that my rambling on and on here didn't completely turn you off.

The truth is, is that I am actually hoping that you have a better understanding of me

 and what you read and see on my blog.

Now I'll get back to blogging more fun stuff.....
like the Applecore tutorial.

more hidden projects found.

this is a stitchery from a Nancy Halvorsen book.

I collected the entire fabric line that accompanied this book.

I have no idea #1 where the book is or #2 what the book is called!

Terrible,

I need to find it.

and I should finish it!

yeah like every other work in progress.....

I'm trying not to get depressed by the projects I have found,

but rather become inspired that they are half done!

Like I said, I'm trying.

Check this out...

a stack of cracker blocks....

and I found a bunch more blocks cut out.

Turns out I foundation paper pieced these.

there was a good stretch of my quilting life that was devoted to 1930's fabrics could you tell :)

 okay I'm off to work.

It's no picnic right now....

then again, it wouldn't be called work would it?

I have to say that for those of you that actually read my blog,

I have some issues to air or discuss in coming posts.

I have read some things that have sparked a side of me that I didn't want to 'put' out in the quilting/crafting realm.

Is this possible? absolutely.

I feel like I have to clear up a few things before I continue blogging.

More on that real soon.

talk to you later,

a pretty re-discovery

While I have been re-organizing I stumbled on these dresden plate blocks.

I made them about 8 years ago using english paper piecing and applique.

Needless to say, I only made 3.

I sure do love them.

1930's fabrics are one of my favorite.

I think instead of a bed sized quilt, I may just turn these into a table runner.

Just thought I'd share.

Turns out there are about 50 unfinished projects that I either haven't finished or haven't blogged about.

You will be seeing more of these in the next days.....

12

12 years today!

Nothing big planned for this year's anniversary.

I am still rearranging my sewing room, as we decided to paint yesterday afternoon.

Nothing fancy...just eggshell this time.

I did make a big breakfast/brunch this morning...our anniversary meal?

Eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and corn muffins....delish.

Now I MUST get back to helping my husband move the furniture back.

I don't expect taking pictures of this re-do until next weekend,

 however I have been running across some pretty nice unfinished stuff in my bins that I am going to share this week.

Have a great Sunday.

kind of a mess

For the last couple of weeks we have been working on rearranging my sewing/crafting area. 

This is as far as we've gotten. 

With work and children, it's being done an hour here and an hour there.

This is my cutting table.

Yeah.

It's as bad as it looks.

I am sincerely hoping that this will be finished this weekend.

okay, I'm back to organizing :)