Friday, February 3, 2012

Success Depends On Your Perspective

I was starting to feel a tad down on myself because the urge to stitch seems to have abandoned me for a bit and this is FIUF, after all.  But, I said to myself, what else (if anything) have I managed to accomplish this fine Friday?  On that note, I give you my Non-Quilty version of Finish It Up Friday...

*I changed out the toilet seat in the front bath (hey, it's the little things, okay?)

*I walked 2 miles before picking up the Co-Defendants

*The dishwasher's emptied, the house is clean and the laundry's done...look quick 'cause it won't last

Which means I'll now have time to sew this weekend, guilt-free...and there's a ton of sewing to be done.  I keep a running list in my head of all the WIPs I want to complete hopefully before I die by year's end.

*Co-Def 1's airplane quilt

*Handquilting Mary Ellen's Sunflowers

*My obnoxiously colored placemats

Not to mention the Civil War quilt I haven't even started for my Dad.  I'm trying not to sweat it because it's a self-imposed deadline which in and of itself is just ridiculous.  Hopefully by this time next Friday, I'll have something fiber-related actually finished but for now, I'll be happy with what I've accomplished and call it good!  I'm linking up to Amanda Jean at crazymomquilts

Happy quilting, y'all!

3 comments:

  1. Looks like you're off to a very good Friday (even if its not as much in the quilting dept. as you'd like-- but its the weekend now!) I agree about the little things-- they can really make you feel like you've accomplished something. You have some great projects in the works there!

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  2. I hope the weekend of sewing goes well for you. I admire that you stuck with what needed done. Now you can sew!

    Last week I read somewhere about someone stopping house work for 15 minutes every hour to sew. Thursday I thought I would try it. I TRIED to stop at X:45 and go to my sewing room. Then I would leave when the clock chimed the hour.

    That didn't work so well for me. I had to run to the basement and put in a load of laundry before I sat down. Burning up some of my sewing time.

    After three hours I had the upstairs cleaned (including windows and baseboards) and decided the downstairs was gettting dusted and vacuumed and calling it good. I close my eyes when I go to the basement!

    The nice thing about those WIPs is they give you something to look forward to on days you can't plan anything new.

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    1. Geez, it takes me 15 minutes just to get my schmit together to get ready to sew..I don't think that'd work for me either. I think the walk I took gave me the energy to get the housework done. God's way of telling me to excercise more? Maybe, 'cause it certainly helped!

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