A Fresh Week

It comes around every 7 days like clock work. A fresh week. I looked back on the last few weeks and realized I had wasted alot of time. I am always thinking "I need more hours in my day", but I think I throw alot of minutes out the window! If I think of everything I have on my "to do" list, I will go mad!! So now there is a fresh week ahead of me. I really like what JT is doing in her 1 hour sewing segments. She spends 1 hour blocks of time doing something. The Flylady system says you can do anything for 15 minutes. 15 minutes may be ok for clearing a counter or picking up a messy room, but if I am going to sit down at my machine, it takes me 15 minutes just to get my groove going! 1 hour seems more logical for machine sewing. I did make a pretty good dent in Judy's July, Hour A Day quilt. That's great considering August arrives at the beginning of the fresh week.

It is actually a fun quilt to put together. For me that says alot, as my machine still dislikes me. She only "beeped" at me once today, so I felt tolerated.

I got my swap partner in the stitchery swap over at Coffee Time Quilt Studio and drew out my design and actually got a large amount of embroidery work done on it. I would say it is 3/4 of the way done. I will hand quilt it though and that will take some time. It can only be 12x12 so I am comfortable with the timetable of getting it mailed no later than Sept. 1st. I am almost certain the recipient does not read my blog so I will give you a peek...

That is one little element. I (and it) am still a work in progress. Speaking of progress, Rachel finished another block. What is this now, 4? Introducing Tyrone... It's like he is waving to you, huh?! I have my first UFO where stitchery is concerned. I decided, while doing inventory of all the minutes I need, that I am wasting my time on this piece. I have no plan for it, I do not like it, and my stitching is not at all acceptable. I need alot more time and practice on the Lazy Daisy stitch. So, this will be set aside and I will move on.
Off the quilting/sewing topic for a minute, Joni shared a bee picture on her blog today. I thought I would share my bee picture.

Are those white things eggs? The dark things on the white things are bees. Not as pretty as Joni's bee. We need to get rid of this soon.

Another non quilty thing. The kids and I watched a movie on Saturday. I had a preconceived idea of the story and how it would go. I was so wrong! Charlotte and I cried through 1/2 the movie. It was very good, but a tad too sad. Worth watching.
So, a fresh week is appearing tomorrow and I plan to take advantage of it. More stitching on the swap piece, and piecing on Judy's July quilt (even into August), and some added applique on the Masterpiece block. I also plan to overcome my bagaphobia! I have planned to make a bag using the pattern Margaret shared with me. I can feel the fear just typing about it! I will spend some time preparing for school in the next few weeks also. I can't believe we start in a month. I think it was a good idea to set up the school area on the other side of my sewing room. Maybe that 15 minutes on the machine thing will work after all!