“As John Ruskin put it in 1859, in our hands, we have ‘the subtlest of all machines’.”
Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
Andrew Langlands
Hello and Happy Friday!
Better late than never, I guess? I know I usually post the blog promptly at 8am each Friday morning, but...Alas...I thought today was Thursday! Hahahahahahahaha! :) I was sewing along this morning, thinking about things that need to be done and contemplating the blog when I realized that I have been thinking a day off! I have been doing this all week. I find it odd, too, that I have had such a hard time with the day of the week because we are getting back to more set schedules. My husband returned to full time on campus at the University this week...why have I been so off? I cannot tell you why. I just have been. As I say: Alas. I did giggle quite heartily at myself, though!
My subtle machines have been busy, though! I have pieced more quilts, consulted more clients, made plans for studio organizing and shifting, done more mask work, and I have sewn half square triangles...just not enough to be finished yet. I know. I am slow, but I am also acutely aware that I will likely continue at my current pace until my oldest gets back to his campus. Once I take him back, I think I will be more on track. Hopefully, I will at least know what day it is!
I do have a lovely item to share this week, though! I went to visit my parents last week, and my mom gave me a beautiful business anniversary gift. You can see a picture of it below.
My mom is so sweet and talented!
Now you know from where I get my love of sewing! I love it! Now I just need to find a great place to hang it in the studio, which is part of my studio organizing plan! I will try to take photos of it once I get the studio worked out (I have enlisted the help of my boys!) and the quilt hung...maybe studio organizing will be a whole blog post. Don’t worry I will not abandon our Anniversary Quilt!
Have a great week. Stay safe.
Sending Quilting Love,
Ginger
Coming Next Week: Whatever comes...I won’t make any promises until I make sure I have my days straight! Still Friday, right?
I am Reading: Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts by Alexander Langlands (I told you it would be a good source of quotations!) and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (unabridged). I love Edmund Dantes...he is in prison right now and I mourned when he was so wronged, but things are looking up! I am also reading various poetry---Anne Sexton mostly still. What are you reading? I would love to know! I haven’t started Mozart’s Starling yet, but I am still thinking about it.