Finished part 1 of my Carolina Christmas mystery. Love it! Bonnie makes her mysteries soooo fun and soooo easy. She's clear and succinct and fun to read. I worry sometimes that our little (1200+) chat group might wear on her a bit. She receives tons of emails with mostly the same questions and panics. LOL, I think some of the members of the group almost came to scratching each other a few days ago.Worked on another of my quilts yesterday, too. It's a black Roman Stripe Pinwheel thing in Amish colors. I call it "Going Blind". Very wild. Anyway, as I was stippling a few days ago I discoverd I had sewn a fold into the backing. I thought, no big deal since it's my first time stippling and the front still looks good. I consider it a learning quilt.
Folks, don't do that. What a mess that little fold became! As I got further along in the quilt (thankfully it was only an end) I discovered that one little fold made another fold later on, and another and another. Then, a huge bulge appeared in the front. I mean U G L Y!!!!! And not just one either, several. So, here I am, a few days later with a renewed courage, ripping out that whole end all the way back to that single fold. Lesson way learned. Honest.
I've been taking a vacation from my life (and writing) lately. Pretty much most of the summer until now. Every time I think I get stirred up and decide to do something, I get slapped in the face by a huge problem and retire back to my vacation again. I feel a nudge tho. There's only so long I can stand not being part of my world, so one of these times I stick my head out to see what's what, I'm gonna actually get up and swing back when a problem tries me. Till then, I'll play in my sandbox.
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