no more may today

can you believe we've made it to june?

may was starting to feel just as long as march did... and it was starting to get REAL BAD over here, guys.

physically, mentally, emotionally... all over the place.

but we're here!  we made it!

how did the last week of may span out?  let's dive in.

monday was memorial day, and we decided to brave joann's.

we (mom and i) went to the furthest one in our area, since we hadn't scoured the flannel at that location like we had the other two closer to us.  at first we were going to go after lunch, but a quick change of plans got us there 2 minutes before opening and in the door in the first wave.  after about 30 minutes in the storem we had flannel, binding and a few skeins of yarn.  once we came out, the line had already grown and wrapped the building in the other direction.  thank goodness for our change of plans or we would have been there in the hot hot heat.  and monday wasn't even the worst day!

hung around my parents for a bit, made some chex mix and then headed back home to do exciting things like finally take off my flannel sheets.

tuesday was a work day.  back to the grind of it all.

i also knocked out the rest of my masks needed for my aunt's staff and battled the tiredness 

wednesday i was able to pop in a zoom "graduation" call for a few of my preschoolers, and it was the cutest thing ever.  and made my heart so sad at the same time.

3 pairs of pajama pants were completed, and i bought 2 new quilt patterns from then came june, and i already have plans for one of them very soon!

thursday...
all i can really remember is moving things around in my classroom to get ready for the new version of summer camp.  i'd like to blame the heat for the forgetfulness.  this should have been the last day of prek, where we all got to go to the park, hang out, play and look at our memory books, but instead we have been apart for 2 and a half months now and it has been so bizarre.

friday was another long day at work, and it felt like every time we got the ball rolling, it was time to clock out.  once 3pm hit, i went to the chiropractor and then home.  a smiden later, i got chickfila for the first time in forever before settling in to get ready for our friday night hang out zoom call.  i revamped my set up and got it loaded on my ipod so i could sit and make binding while chatting (my laptop is still elsewhere) and managed to bind one of my quilts as well.

saturday came, so i rolled out of bed, got ready and delivered the village quilt to jenny for her unbirthday.  i told her it was an open adoption, because the longer it took to make that quilt, the more i wanted to make sure it went to someone who would take good care of it and then i'd see it every so often when she does posts.  after a stop at in n out (long time craving with always long lines) i delivered masks and pjs to my aunt before returning to my dungeon.  granted, it was much cooler than two days prior, so it was an easy decision to bind 2 more quilts, get some jimboys and plan out some future projects.

sunday was a lazy day for sure.  

lugged my 3 finished quilts to my parents to photograph (having nowhere to hang them at my apartment as well as no useful human quilt holder) and left them all there because they're getting donated.  boy is that a bitter sweet (and slightly weird) feeling, since i started to really really like 2 of the 3 quilts in the batch turned out.  though i did come home with my mom's wall hanging to finish, since the binding fabric is being shipped here since i FINALLY found some.

this means that the last quilt i have to bind is the jelly roll race 2.0, which is taking a little longer since i committed to only using my stash as well as doing the time lapse video sets.  i surveyed instagram regarding the binding color, so once that is finalized, then finishing things will be underway!

here's to another monday to kick off the week.

i'll be working a full week this week, which will prepare me to go back to the job that has been on pause all this time that i've returned to child care.

i'm super excited! (and no, that's not sarcastically said either)

mundane monday

i am honestly struggling to remember what i got done all last week, so you can look at this doofus cat instead.
i can say that last week was weird.  it rained a few days if i remember correctly.  which was weird, but nice.  by friday, the impending heatwave started to rear it's head.
we're looking at 108 on wednesday this week... ACK.
monday... what happened on monday...
oh!  i finished up the final mask for the first round of pajamarama for my aunt and loaded up my car to drop them off that evening.  after that, i went and got chando's tacos from the taco truck nearby, because i just couldn't bring myself to have another cheeseburger.  (i had like... 3 last week it seems, simply because it was the most convenient on the way to longarm.  oops!)
also, erika revealed the gender of her upcoming little one... and it is officially girls across the board!  well, with the exception of my cousin's wife due in july.
tuesday i battled the exhaustion that i felt the last two tuesdays and GOT STUFF DONE.
well, only one thing.  i phoned in an order for binding and picked it up.  on my way home, i got a call from the dentist asking if i wanted to take an appointment that opened up that evening.  so i did round one of attaching the binding to my village quilt, went to the dentist, and then finished it up in the evening. 
wednesday i went to my parents after work so that mom and i could do a masked joann's trip for some flannel and yarn.  found nothing that i "needed" but i did find some stupidly cute ballerina kitty flannel.  grabbed a few more battings, just to be on the safe side, and then made our way out.  photographed THREE quilts as well, so now they can be edited, delivered and eventually blogged.
thursday i worked a long day, and i can't really remember what i did after work.
i'm PRETTY sure i came home and watched the masked singer.  but i know i wasn't any more productive than that.
friday was a struggle.  spent a lot of time trying to figure out what to eat for lunch (landed on mr. pickles) before coming home to veg out.  i was easily ready to go to bed at 7pm... and yet, i decided to make chocolate chip muffins at 9:30pm.
saturday i attended a virtual tea party, played a round of "ice t or mr. t" and "spilled the tea" on some confessions.  granted, they were pretty low key like "who still has their beanie baby collection" and "who is the biggest disney fan" so its not like they were MAJOR gossip points.
mixed up some cookie dough, ate some nachos and then made a "normal" grocery store trip... meaning i went in and walked the aisles and didn't have someone do it for me.  i can tell that shelves are starting to restock, since i was actually able to see bags of flour on the shelf and buy one.
sunday i got a smidgen of things done.
cut out 3 pairs of pajama pants for my aunt's staff as well as the coordinating masks for the remaining pairs.  i would have cut out all the pants, but i'm current missing a few sets of measurements and that doesn't bode well when things aren't one size fits all.  luckily, they aren't needed until the later half of the year, so it isn't a true crunch time... yet.
and now, monday is today.
i'm off work and probably going to make a joann's attempt.  my aunt filled in the final fabric for this pajamarama fiasco, and since it is on sale, might as well make the attempt.
this week is supposed to be a hot one, and i am so not looking forward to it!

whelp. its still may.

hello!
we're here at another monday!
hm... that might be a bit too peppy.  i should probably tone it down a bit, just to be on the safe side.
how did last week go?
well, the weather was all over the place, so that should have been a sign.
actually, it wasn't too bad overall.
i'm still employed, so that's a plus.

i set up my week for another 2 long arm days.
monday was the first of those two after work, and i got 2 lap sized quilts done.
once i got home, they joined the "to be bound" stack, which seems to be ever growing.
tuesday... i can't remember much of what i did.
OH.  this was the day i started working on the pajama pants stack for my aunt's next round of staff gifts.  i got 4 of them to the point of having their waistband casings ready to be finished on wednesday.  which happened after i stood in line to get in to joann's for an HOUR only to walk straight to the flannel section and find the 10 yards they kept cancelling my 2 yard order from.  UGH. but i also impulse bought some stupidly cute kitty ice cream cone flannel... so at least my hour long stand was worth it... ish.
thursday i hit up walmart super quick, and then hunkered down to finish up the final things i would need for long arming on friday.
did i put any laundry away or bind any quilts?  no.  but all pj pants for may & the start of june are complete, and i had to cut out coordinating masks and another mask order as well... so those need to be finished this weekend and mailed out.  i also watched this interesting documentary about the only female autistic savant twins while doing so, and it was fascinating.
friday was long arm day!
i got 3 quilts of varying sizes quilted, varying from wall hanging to jelly roll race size.  i'm pretty stoked about how the jelly roll race one quilted up, so i cannot wait to show that off!  didn't get very productive the rest of friday night, though.
OH!
check out what came in the mail on friday.
i feel super fancy right about now.
i think i'll start wearing it every day.
though the fact it says "scram!" on it might not draw people closer.
saturday we had our monthly guild "meeting"
it is so weird we are on month three of having our meetings virtually.
after our meeting ended, i ran out to a quilt shop to pick up binding for one of my baby quilts, drove thru carls jr (which has been my weirdest quarantine craving... and ALWAYS followed by regret) and headed to my parent's.
trimmed up friday's 3 quilts, prewashed binding, and finished this pile of masks.
i was planning to bind my mom's quilt while there, but that didn't happen, so it came back with me.
as of saturday night, here's my stack of things to bind.  whaaaaat.
you're looking at 7 quilts, since i left the wall hanging at my parent's (had to order fabric for that one) and the patriotic picnic quilt was already done and bound.
my next problem is figuring out how much binding i can pull from my stash, and how much i'm going to end up buying.
sunday was spent asleep.
all. day. long.
ha. if only.  the very rainy morning made it hard to feel energized and ready for action.  not that i'm complaining.  i love rainy weather.  instead, it was spent ignoring laundry and getting ready for this week.  being cautious about cross contamination and having multiple clothing changes a day is really making my wardrobe get shuffled though more regularly.
the masks are packaged and ready to mail, while the pj pants are folded and ready to deliver along with the most recent installment of deconstructed photo albums (can't remember if i mentioned this, but it was something my aunt offered to hire me for when unemployment was on the horizon.  i'm currently reliving the 90s at the moment)
and now, today is monday.
let's see how this week is going to go, shall we??

monday fun-day?

so last week was a whirlwind.
went back to one job, another job put on pause, and a third job still MIA.
weird world we live in right now, that's for sure.
also involved in that roller coaster is my productivity levels.

last monday, i finished the 2nd quadrant of my wonky stars quilt
tuesday, i was dead to the world after work.
no seriously.  i came home, ate lunch, and actually laid down and rested my eyes for about an hour.  then i just sat and had a binge fest of my newest show "shitt's creek"

wednesday had me quilting 2 quilts, to follow in to thursday, where i trimmed them up at my parent's because there is no way that my apartment floor could handle them right now (if at all).  one was my village quilt, and the other was the jelly roll race you got a peek at last friday.
friday was also another long arm rental day, where i quilted 2 smaller size quilts bringing the total up to 4 needing binding and 4 tops remaining to be quilted.  the two christmas ones aren't high on my priority list right now, so they might wait until the summer.

saturday i was more productive than i anticipated being.  the double dose of caffeine may have helped that.
i managed to battle the heat to get 2 quilt backs done, 1 ispy top finished AND a quilt bound.  all before 11pm, which is quite a feat!
if all goes well, there will be a finished quilt post later this week!

sunday left me to piece some batting... oy.
i had to construct a 75" x 85" piece and a 55x60 piece.
but the more big scraps i can clear out, the better i feel about purchasing more batting in the future.
anybody else frankenstein their batting together for some projects?

today, i'll be working until noon and then heading out to long arm 2 more quilts.
one for my mom and then a second stashbust quilt that i anticipated being a mess when combining the fabrics, but actually turned out pretty cool.  the rest of the week i anticipate putting a few more quilt backs and battings together to get ready for long arming again on friday.  hopefully i'm not knocked out on tuesday like i was last week... because THAT was not any help.

in the meantime, and since i've posted this everywhere else because i love it SO MUCH...
here's a peek at my village quilt.
ok. so it is less a village quilt sneak peek and more of a silly spud cat...
but it is necessary!

so about last week...

so here's my new pet ladybug.
it came in through my gaping window screen that can't be replaced until the covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
yeah, it's been real fun around here.

so i figure i should at least check in weekly during this weird time of life, just to show i am in fact, alive.  this last week was mostly just go to work, come home from work.
i did get a little crafty on the week days, prepping curved blocks to sew for one of about a half dozen baby quilts that will be sprinkled through the next few months.  after about a week, i think i'm finally adjusting to getting up on time.  now going to bed on time, is another story.  i haven't quite seen midnight much during the week, but i have absolutely seen 11:40pm on the regular.

my car crossed the 200k mile mark on it's odometer.
when lockdown began, i was certain that wasn't going to happen any time soon.
but with a 5 mile commute to work, it has absolutely made my gas tank last a whole lot longer.
it for SURE needs a carwash though.

my aide and i zoom bombed some of our our preschoolers on wednesday, and it was the cutest and most chaotic thing ever.  one of the mom's asked "is this what circle time is like?" as they ran to go get different toys to show off.  one. hundred. percent.
i was really struggling at times to feel the passion i had a few years ago quite a bit during this school year.  i think last year really wiped me out followed with so many littles this year.
i miss it so much.
i tried my hand at cooking something new on thursday, and finally made the meatball recipe erika shared with me forever ago when i was on the quest to cook my own food.
that's one thing that this quarantine has made me do... and i'm pretty sure it has helped save a fair amount of money as well.
oh, and here's that recipe, in case you were curious: baked italian meatballs
friday night i did a baby quilt start to finish.
boo yah!
okay, so my pieces were all cut out earlier in the week... but it's done and ready to quilt!
saturday was equally productive, but in spurts.
i sewed my house for our sacmqg shelter at home project that out guild president has come up with.
the basis was a house that represents that member during the current "shelter in place" period that we are all experiencing separately but together.
well... here's mine ;)
i'm quite pleased with it!
you will absolutely be able to tell where i live on the sacmqg street!

i didn't get any more quilt tops or parts thereof done today, but after a round of laundry, joann's rejection, in n out failure and a mask wielding trek through a walmart grocery store, i was back at it and made 2 quilt backs.  one for the aforementioned baby quilt, and one to go with the jelly roll race quilt top that i made a few weeks ago.
FINISHED PROJECT POSTS MIGHT HAPPEN SOON, GUYS!

after a celebratory pizookie and another load of laundry because the 4 legged roommate sneezed on my fabric, it became time to turn in after a productive saturday.
and for the crime report, here's a mugshot of the sneezer to add to the crime file.
sunday was a day of being a lazy bum.
mostly because i knew today was coming.
so i decided to attack this:
so this laundry basket basically became my catch all the last few weeks for fabric and scraps and other randomness, so it was time to deal with the situation at hand.
fabric was sorted, organized and put back in cabinets and drawers where it should be and the laundry basket was retired to the closet where it belongs.
the rest of the day was essentially spent eating or binging shows on netflix.

and now it is monday.
guess what... i'm back at work!
yes, quilt shop work, but also child care.
today was originally the last date given that we would return to the preschool classroom before the district decided to shut down for the remainder of the year.
i'll be working the essential worker child care that is being held on campus where my classroom was... and will actually be in my classroom.
am i fearful of returning back to work?  no.
i miss being in the teaching realm so much, and i'll be working with kinders with some pretty great coworkers.
i'm mostly curious about how the schedule will run, and getting the feel of the "new normal" that is approaching.
oh... and getting up at 5:30 again... yuck.
i'll be going straight from child care to fabric chopping, so it will be a week of full days in again for me.
i guess my chunk of unemployment was all worth it for this in the end?

fingers crossed for some sewing productivity in the mix after all this!

quarantine day 562

i'm here to update you of happenings since the conclusion of spring broke 2020

things i have not done:
finished an entire quilt (not counting madeline's hat in this)
restored a normal sleep schedule
completed my virtual 5k (it got too hot...OKAY?!)

things i have done:
booked a long arm date (and we all know i'll need more)
ate a lot of chocolate chip cookies
played a whole lot of disney emoji blitz. i should be their spokesperson now.
put on real pants.
got a job.

wait what... got a job?
you read that correctly!
after a few weeks of unemployment and the mental roller coaster THAT was, i just happened to be at the right place (on facebook) at the right time.
a local quilt shop put out a post that they were looking to hire on more people to help fill orders
today is the start of week 2 of working, and while it is exhausting to be getting up at 7:30 again, it feels nice to actually be working and doing something with my day.
yes, there are social distancing measures in place and very few other employees in there at the same time.  things are wiped down when people switch around, we're at the same station the whole time and don't have to worry about going and grabbing things.
6 hours a day cutting cutting cutting.
chiropractor is for sure going to be seeing me a lot while my body gets used to this.
just to clarify, i will be returning to my teaching jobs once they become ready and available for me to come back.  best case scenario, i'll be staying on at the shop one or two days a week as well to keep that slight extra income as well as the fun of being surrounded by fabric.
can you blame me?
unfortunately at the same time of this upswing of income, my productivity of sewing has taken a hit.
which is a little decieving by these photos on this post, that's for sure!
i wanted to sew something, but sitting and zoning out at the computer felt just as great.
the weekend helped jumpstart things, since i didn't have to get up and head to work.
i managed to complete two quilt backs saturday night, and still have SO MANY MORE to do.
hopefully, now that we're in to week 2 of being back on a schedule, my evening sewjo will return and i'll be able to finish my wonky stars top by the end of the month as well get a few more quilt backs figured out before i go in to long arm on the 6th.
i scheduled that date prior to working again, so i will very likely need to add on a few more in order to get everything done that i have planned.
bummer, right? ;)

spring broke 2020

wasn't much of a break over here... or probably anywhere for anyone.
same four walls in my room with the same four pairs of leggings in rotation.
i think i've forgotten what wearing jeans feels like.
right now, everyone is on the mask making train, and i wanted to have the energy to do it to the extent others did/do... but in all honesty, it was hard to bring myself to sew the 8 that i did for friends and family.  and it made me feel SO guilty, and a little ashamed i wasn't "using my talents" in the way that everyone else was.  so after personally struggling with it, i decided to just breathe a little bit, and in the words of a certain ice queen... try and "let it go" and release the guilt.
so here's a recount of how i did spend my spring broke... i mean break...  no, i think i do really mean broke.
being on unemployment but still technically having all my jobs is weird.
sunday:
sewed 5 masks for friends and family
cut out remaining festive fir quilt pieces (basically just the ornament balls remained)
i also looked at buying a nintendo switch lite so i could play animal crossing like the cool kids.
reality and unemployment quickly snapped that back to reality
monday:
ran to the post office to mail masks to TX.  that was an experience.
i finished the binding on one of my disney ispy quilts that has yet to be put up for adoption.
turned the ornament ball pieces in to "snowball blocks" as i restarted parks & rec from the first season for the 4367th time.
2 more masks made for my sister and her husband, since my mom ran out of appropriate themed fabric.
tuesday:
decided to download the strava app and go for a walk this morning.
i sure felt it after basically 3 weeks of sitting and confinement.
wait... it's only been 3 weeks?  oy
sewed more on the festive fir quilt and made chocolate chip cookie dough like i have been planning for since pre social isolation.
wednesday:
walked again, almost 3 miles in the morning and then drove to leatherby's to shop local and order curbside.  ice cream creations were half off... how could i resist??
sewed some masks.  so tired of masks...
thursday:
shins were achey.  no walking today.
sewed 2 more masks and cut a LOT of fabric for my wonky stars quilt that i started forever ago.
one quadrant was done after i took the class with some of my sacMQG members, so i cut the rest of the pieces needed for the 3 remaining quadrants to make this in to a final quilt top.  well, at least the background part.  the grunge stars will come later... this is also the reason why i haven't used up my grunge scraps.  once this project is complete, my grunge will be free range again.
also started another cross stitch... because why not?
friday:
today was also zoom day for sacMQG, which was nice to have something to look forward to at the end of the day.  one of my unemployment "jobs" has been demolishing my aunt's old photo albums ad putting the photos in to storage boxes.  because of the sound of tearing pages out and even running a hair dryer... i was mostly listening with my microphone on mute.
i also got jimboys for dinner... and that was easily the most satisfying take out meal of my entire week... or three weeks even.
ordered online, picked it up fresh and drove home.  still hot.  still delicious.
will do again.
saturday:
this was a mess up my sleep schedule kind of day (not that it isn't already messed up...)
stayed in bed FAR too long, did some laundry and then cut some fabric in to pieces.
at least 5 years ago, i bought 2 yards of big bang theory fabric for the reason of just to have it... i know, because that's exactly what my post online said about it.
tonight, it became 4 pillowcases to be donated to a children's hospital.  the more fabric i use up, the more i can buy post quarantine, right??
celebrated my pillowcase completion with a pizookie from the aforementioned cookie dough.
sunday:
my sleep schedule is SO OFF.
probably went to bed after 2am.  when i say probably, i mean that is exactly what happened, and i stayed in bed until nearly 12pm.  oy.
had to do some revising on the layout of my festive fir quilt top, since it ended up with some strong diagonal lines of similar colors.
now that it is all set and ready to go, it can hopefully become a quilt top by the end of the week.
it was also easter, so there's that.
monday:
well this was supposed to be the last day of spring break, and clearly that isn't the case.
i woke up at 9:30, and stayed awake... granted, i stayed in bed until 10:30 because i was playing emoji blitz... BUT I WAS AWAKE.
that's the moral of the story.
i spent the greater part of today completing the festive fir quilt top, which was a success in of itself.  i got on such a roll that i wasn't paying attention to the pattern and had to rip out and redo half my blocks that i sewed the piece to in the wrong order.  and then i sewed the row with the star block upside down.
that's what i get for blasting my music too loud.
also... i realized that i have played emoji blitz so much, some of the graphics are burned in to my screen... so that's cool.

and now here we are...
tuesday.
should have been going back to work today, but instead...
i sit and wait and hope to get called in for emergency childcare services.
and if not... hope that summer camp doesn't get cancelled.
i fully understand the precautions, but i need life to start moving forwards again.

throwback thursday - pj quilt club?

2006 vs. 2020
some things never change.

like that i'm PRETTY SURE my dad still has that blue cutting mat and rotary cutter.
i am pretty sure that is NOT the same blade in it though!

i've got a tripod, a handful of cameras and plenty of time on my hands. 
consider yourself warned.

15 minute march recap

so here we are, at the end of the week and checking in for the results of 15 minutes a day in march.
granted, 15 minutes a day may sounds much better, and who knows... we might bring it back next month if april doesn't prove to create any quilty results.
so to recap:
the goal was to sew at minimum 15 minutes a day in march.
this plan was put in place before i was scheduled to work from home and then ultimately put on unemployment on march 27.
so the majority of the month was also spent sewing around a daily work schedule.
number of days in march: 31, despite what april ludgate thinks
number of days sewn: 28 (+2 for days that were quilty related, but spent figuring out zoom for meetings)
i'd say that is quite a success rate, wouldn't you?
now, i know you're here for visuals... so i'll show you the FOUR quilt tops completed during this time frame.  okay, maybe not the entire quilt top, just a little sneaky peek and the pattern so you can see what is going to be coming your way in the future when i'm allowed to go out in the world again.
juniper berry - throw sized
i'm stoked with the result of this quilt, and ended up using the metallic grunge in the inner border of this quilt.  i thought i was going to love the glitter grunge more, but the tones in the metallic were just perfect.
katie's quilt - picnic size
this was one of two quilt tops that mid last year i was on a chopping spree and cut out an entire quilt top set so that it was ready to go.
i really REALLY like how this one turned out, and will probably make it again in a larger size regardless of whether i keep it for myself or give it away as a gift (or a donation, like this one will be)
fast lane - throw size
this one was the second quilt top i chopped up last year, and i was certain it was going to be a hot mess.  EVERYTHING was from my stash, and i can tell you exactly what each piece came from.  this will be another donation quilt when this quarantine is over.
village - one size
this is the sew along that i started late on, changed my mind 3 times and then finished early... oh well!
it is made completely from kona cottons leftover from various paper pieced projects and solid white kona i bought from joann's.  i guess it is a little too fitting that during this "stay home" time of life that i made a house quilt.  and i have a whole set of other colors that didn't quite go well with this bunch... so there may be more houses.
i have already decided who this quilt is going to go home to... but i can't say anything because i may just have to finish it and mail it to them if this quarantine goes on any longer!

so...
what's next?
well, i've got a few things underway already that i've ordered some things for and will be waiting for them to arrive.  yep.  week 3 of quarantine means that i've hit the online shopping phase.
just a few things coming my way...
baby boy quilt (sewbrainy parallel paths)
baby girl quilt
festive fir quilt (another sewbrainy pattern - was march's WIP challenge quilt, but fell to the wayside with shops being closed.)
wonky stars quilt (april's WIP challenge)

ok... maybe a few is an understatement.
BUT i got 4 tops done last month with having to work at the same time.  no work means more time to sew, right??

and so it begins

for the record, if you're new here...
hi!
also, this was initially planned as an "everything" kind of blog, but quilting and crafting easily remained in the forefront.  so this post is going to be a bit of a life update as well.  and there might be more of those along the way.
but stick around!  my post 15 minutes a day march productivity post will be a great one!
so here we go...

today, march 30, officially marks my first day of "unemployment"
which is bizarre, because i have held a job since 2005.  the same job i still work at today.
because of covid-19, my main source of income and my secondary source of income have both been shut down.  the first being a non profit means if there is no tuition coming in, the staff can't be paid.  we've been shut down since march 13, so the last two weeks was all work from home.
now that the tuition for april won't exist, no more working from home.
currently, we're out of the schools until may 1st, but that will likely be reevaluated at some point along the way.
my dance class job is on hold solely based on the shelter in place/social isolation orders.  all my classes are held at community centers, which are closed and even our studio has been closed due to these orders.  so this is where we're at.
welcome to my lunch table.
the good news is, i have a ton of projects i can be sewing and things i can be cleaning.
i'm going to try my hardest to still get up at a regular time
right now, my alarm is set for 9:30 M-F and might transition to half an hour earlier next week... we'll see.  and i know what you're thinking... yes, i'm writing this post while i'm asleep ;)
my goal is to sew through a lot of my stash, in hopes that it will free up space and keep me from spending money.  the fact that i can't go to a quilt shop in person is also a key factor in my stash sewing versus new sewing.  even though i've got a handful of projects i need to shop for bits and pieces for!
this is a weird time of life we're all in...
at least there is virtual bingo with sacmqg peeps.
yes, that bigger card is my personal "do this stuff" bingo card.
if i get 2 bingos, i might get to shop for more fabric so i can make myself a quilt with the fat quarter bundle i bought at quiltcon.
and zoom.  2020 is sponsored by zoom.
in the meantime, let's stay inside, wash your hands and hope that this passes sooner than later.
i miss being able to do things without feeling like i'm breaking some laws and i just want to be back in my classroom doing what i do best.