Queue

We've all been there: a room with a hint of a suggestion of a loose idea of a line. Nobody's officially in charge, but every person in that room knows exactly their position in the invisible queue. Newcomers are eyeballed suspiciously--will they try to jump ahead? Fat chance of that happening; a gentle correction ("I believe she was here before you") generally keeps things well in (invisible) line. The only time I've heard any kind of disagreement in these situations is when one person suggests, "You were here before me?" and the other replies, "No, no--you go first."

This phenomenon isn't restricted to mere mortals, by the way. As various projects were coming out of Leader-Ender status and into Full-on-Project mode . . .

All the triangle squares for the Lady of the Lake centers, sewn into 3- and 5-square strips.

Lap Lady of the Lake Finished

53" x 66"

 This doesn't look much different from the last time I posted about it (gosh, nearly a year ago?!?), but let me show you what's changed.

A Quilt Block Winds Its Way into a Bar . . .

. . . and says to the bartender, "Tell me a funny joke. I like to be kept in stitches."

And so was I introduced to the "Winding Ways" block this weekend, quite unexpectedly!

A Finish and a Sandwich

This got bound, photo'ed, and tumbled in the drier today, ready for donation to Community First! Village. Diamonds and Pinwheels, finally ready for its new home.

71" x 90"

Slow and Steady

I'm definitely not winning any races with this approach, but things are getting done! 

Two weeks ago in my last post, I showed these columns, the medium lights and the darks sewn together.

Those were moved to a different location as the other half of the columns were created from the light and medium dark strings, filling the design wall once again.

And naturally from there everything got sewn together.

Overdone

My enthusiasm to enter my studio and start sewing did not wane once Competition was over. I've been sewing like a fiend for a week, and various parts of my body are the worse for wear as a result (I overdid it, plain and simply put).

The string project I thought was to be a long-term, add-as-strings-became-available type project, saw itself as something entirely different and forced its way to the head of the queue. Trouble was, I didn't have enough strings in some of the hues to complete the required number of blocks (which I had increased a few weeks back in order to make the top twin-sized).

The first plan was this size, possibly finishing out around 56" x 70":

The revised plan, requiring 15 to 24 more blocks in the various hues, and theoretically ending up at 69" x 90":

Doggy Bag

Last month around this time something internal switched itself off, and I've spent the last 4 weeks drifting through a depression. I could get the bare minimum done that any given day required, but for the most part I acted as a lap for Zoe and read Dick Francis novels, starting with his first and chain reading the days away.

Last weekend it became apparent that I was going to have to get my rear in gear and get some sewing done. The annual Competition for Sweet Adelines Region 10 is coming up this Saturday, and I wanted to make a couple of things for my chorus Secret Sister. I mainly wanted to make a personalized Cabana Mesh Tote bag for her, and I knew it would take several days.

I started with this, a hastily photographed signature on a sign-up sheet at one of our rehearsals. My i-for-idiot flip-phone doesn't do close-up photography well.