A Post! A Post!

I opened up a blog post window about 500000000 times in the last year or so.  And I didn't end up doing anything but stare at the empty space.

It is hard sometimes to convince yourself that your voice is important.

What do I add to the world?  Is it my sense of humor?  Because people are killing it with comedy-blogs-gone-books.  Hell, some people got twitter accounts turned into television shows.  I honestly expected that to be better, by the way.


Do I have the most boring blog in all of blogdom?  I feel like it's missing that fanciness everyone else has.  Because EVERYONE else has a blog.  Hell, last year, one of my fifth graders had a blog, and a few thousand followers.  This student smarmily asked me what I could possibly teach him that he didn't already know.  Humility?  Grace in obscurity?

I feel a little locked in with my url.  And I don't feel like stopping the auto-charge and changing it, so from this point on, "sweets" will cover baking, fiber arts, and basically anything at all.

I'm on summer break.  I am still not used to having that.  It's been far too long, but also, the days are dragging ass.  I feel like it's been summer for decades now, and I'm ready to have a purpose again.  I have trouble without a goal of some kind.  I should totally do a weight goal, but for me weight loss is like  some creature from the X-Files.  It only happens when I'm not looking directly at it, or actively attempting to do anything about it.

 So, in order to update everything that's happened since last I blogged, I shall share this interpretive dance to explain everything:

In this scenario, you're probably Meg.

So, I'm in the midst of a quilting project.  Have you ever heard of the double-slice layer cake quilt?  I am doing a variation on it using Kate Spain's Aria fabric and A Bella Solid layer cake.  I'm killing it.  It's going to be beautiful.  I have to totally geek out over this fabric line.  It just reached out and snagged me at a local quilt store, and I've gone gaga over it.  It isn't in the colors I usually favor, and it's nothing if not girly.  but, I love the shit out of it.

I mean LOOK:




I can see the envy on your face.

I get it. 

I'm also working on a top secret project to give a friend.  I can't show you the project, but please scope this amazing fabric:

Go ahead and click on it.  It's just spectacular.

I'm pretty sure I bought more than I need for the project, so I might also make a cover for a nook or kindle.

Which reminds me that I need to finish my nook cover.  I need to go do some sewing and ironing.  I'll post when I'm finished.  I got the CUTEST pattern at Tea Time Quilting here in Houston.  I love that place.  If you are local, I can't say enough about it.  It seems small, but the owner/operator is super nice, and knowledgeable, and she gets to know her customers.  That's where I found the Aria line.

Well, I'm not working on any of my WIPs, if I'm busy chatting around here.