Haphazardly Hobbying

I have no idea if it’s just me or if many people are like this…but so much of my day is made up of half-formed lists running through my head. I’m a relatively organized person but I’m sloppily organized, if that makes any sense. I make to-do lists on the back of envelopes and post [...]

So you probably remember this quilt (which I’m now calling the Circus Tent): Thanks to your comments, I decided to back it with this fabric: but as you should know by now I can’t ever leave well enough alone on a quilt backing. In theory I love the idea of a solid-fabric backing but in [...]

I managed to get most of the quilt top done last night (I stayed up til 3 to finish it; does anyone else do stupid things like that when you’re immersed in a project and you just want to finish “one more row” and all of a sudden it’s 3 am?). I was talking to [...]

The fabulous Margueritte left to head back home yesterday afternoon. It’s likely the last time I’ll see her before she leaves for London for a YEAR, and I’m bumming out – I’m going to miss her!! I spent most of the week trying to juggle work and hanging out with Mags and other life-y things, [...]

So you might have noticed at this point that my blog title is pretty fitting (if also a little hard to spell, according to my “I’m-not-a-good-speller!” mother). My blog is a virtual representation of my slightly-ADD personality: I get on a kick and it is, for example, EVERYTHING QUILTING ALL THE TIME!! What I’m saying [...]

The top is finished and I’m putting the backing together – I can’t wait!!

Not much by way of an update this morning – I haven’t had coffee yet and am still pretty bleary – but I thought I’d share my progress: The finished top will be 7 rows of 6 squares and will have at least two borders, so I’ve still got quite a bit of work to [...]

Those of you that pay very close attention to my photos (I’m looking at you, Becky) probably caught a glimpse of things that look suspiciously like quilt blocks in Thursday’s post. This would be because I’m quilting up a storm lately. I have five – no, wait, six – quilts in progress at the moment. [...]

So about a week and a half ago my friend Maggie came to visit. You may remember her from such posts as this one or this one. This is Maggie: She is adorable. Maggie goes to school here but has been at home in Fort Lauderdale since May, and I have sorely missed her. Anyway. [...]

Saffy would like to take this moment to remind the internets that she is just as cute as Homer, thankyouverymuch. Please, sir, can I have some more? In other news, now that I’ve got my coupon binder out of the way, I’m trying to finish the baby quilts that should have been done, oh, three [...]

I need to get up & out of the house early tomorrow morning, so just a couple quick things before I make like a tree: The best nachos in Gainesville, hands down, exist at Farrah’s on University. Matt and I have agreed that the secret is the melted Velveeta. Even if they DO cause the coronary [...]

Even with all my company in this week, I managed to get some work in on various projects. Unfortunately, though, I added a few new projects to the list, too, so I don’t know if we can really count any of this as ‘forward progress’. You be the judge. Cat Cabinet Thanks to Dave and [...]

I’m dying to post new project-y stuff, but….I’ve been so busy I haven’t been able to work on anything! I started to work on my dog crate cover the other day, but since I’m doing it on the fly, well, I messed up the first attempt and have to start over. This time I need [...]