RETIREMENT: EVERY DAY IS THE WEEKEND!

        I am now officially retired! Not really sure what I should do now that I don't go to work every day. I have decided to make at least one tangible goal for each day. I have what seems like an unlimited number of UFO's so for now I am trying to accomplish SOMETHING every day.  I know I will never use up all this fabric but I plan to finish up all the UFO blocks and make tops. I figure if those are left behind someone will finish them and donate to charity. But a ziploc full of pieces will just get tossed. Note to self---good luck with that.  So for now I am reaching into the UFO tote and pulling out a bag and off I go. I am determined not to start anything brand new until each bag is used up. At this point they all seem like new projects. Some of them are years old! Off I go! So far I have 2 tops & backs on the pressing pile. Pretty good for a week!

    Well, I am now officially 2 weeks in and have managed to finish 2 bindings! This week has been probably the best weather week ever and I have discovered my front porch! I have never used it before because it was so nasty and the sun shines on it all day long. But my porch was recently replaced and the sun angle is better so I have loved sitting out there in my comfy chair with my bindings or my knitting. Pretty nice! 

I Need the Binding Fairies!

          Help! I have a problem! I am finishing UFO's faster than I can actually FINISH them. I really don't enjoy binding...or, let me correct that, I really don't mind binding IF I have a comfortable place to sit with lots of light. I can do it if I sit in front of the window on a sunny day in the moderately comfortable chair. I can handle it for about a half hour then I'm done.  The combo of poor eyesight, bad light, and uncomfortable chair is a bit much!

          I have a dream of a binding fairy showing up and magically finishing them up. Isn't she pretty? And so handy? I'll call her Bindi. Ok, now I'm just plain losing it!

I would even trade chores with another quilter. I'd rather square up hundreds of blocks. I'd rather press a mountain of pieces (not in the summer). I'd rather cut hundreds of strips out of a pile of scraps. Really!

They're taunting me!

Why?

        2020 has been quite a year, hasn't it? When the world shut down and everyone stayed home I went to work and faced the public every day. Thank goodness for quilting to fill the leftover hours. I took on a lot of busywork projects and after months of sewing I didn't make much of a dent in the fabric. A couple weeks ago I needed a different project so I decided to make  a couple dog beds for my friend Nancy to donate. I had accumulated a big bag of scraps which were taking up space. I got the idea to dig out the big box of cotton duck that I had leftover from my flag making years (over 25 years ago!) After making and stuffing 2 beds I made 4 more that need stuffing and still had a LOT of fabric left over. 

      So what to do with this duck fabric? The only thing I could come up with was tote bags so I googled a couple patterns and jumped in. Good grief. I refuse to stop until the fabric is gone but what in the world will I do with all these bags? 

      Then a ziploc bag fell into my hands with unfinished pouches and lots of zippers. So I decided to use up all the zippers. Still a lot of big zippers left but I'm done with that craziness. What to do with all these pouches? 

     

 Not to mention the knitting. I started knitting and crocheting hats for cancer patients after my experience. Mom gave me all her leftover yarn and supplies and now I am making slippers too! All sizes and colors and can't stop. Every few months I pick up a skein of yarn on sale for variety and just keep knitting along. What to do with all these slippers?

      I don't know. Why?