for many people, the pandemic conditions of the past year have meant a lot of extra down time at home to focus on hobbies or learning new skills. it was one of the positives in a strange, suddenly jumbled new world.
however, for me, the opposite was true. even though we're homeschoolers and already home a lot, having all of us home all the time for-reals, plus the added stresses and requirements of quarantine conditions, meant i basically said "goodbye" to quilting.
i did treasure the added focus on family and time together, but there were the days when i thought, "can i just go quarantine in my sewing room like everyone else seems to be doing?"
if you browse the few posts here or my instagram account for last year, you'll see i did very little sewing ever. but one thing i did manage to do was quilt and trim a stack of quilts, as well as make the bindings for them.
this past saturday, i suddenly found myself with a few spare hours and decided to get some of those bindings put on by machine so i could do the handwork portion as opportunities arose. they were so close to being done and i didn't want to have them sitting around for several more months unfinished.
besides, the living room needed an infusion of new quilts and colors, and i knew where to find some fast.
three quilts i wanted for spring/summer service got their bindings attached.
done.
two days.
that's absolutely a first for me.
monday and tuesday evening, the girls and i watched north and south and i took the next quilt, sunny geese, along to some appointments.
well, it got done yesterday evening.
here we are on wednesday and it's time to report what's in progress: summer berry fields went along to the dentist this morning and is on its way now, too.
who am i?
apparently, i'm the lady who's going to have 3 quilts bound and finished this week.
all three quilts are beautiful
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree with you completely about the quarantine life. Mine was also complicated
Life as a caregiver to my daddy did not change, it just involved more of a struggle getting into his apartment complex. Apparently my status of caregiver was not high enough for their conditions so I had to push. that did not take long, but it was the less frequent visits, the delivery of items he desired, oh, just a host of things. Yes you had the homeschooling and the family home all the time, the care and feeding etc. We had our hands full. I managed to keep myself monitored adequately that I could venture off to see my 5 grand babies close by, oh! and hubbs had a quickie open heart surgery in May.
I also got some things accomplished in the sewing room, but also, that feeling of frustration.
I know that feeling. I have two siblings that are close by and do not help me with my father who is 97. whatever. I love my daddy.
Those first few months though that I had to limit my visits, I also stayed home and sewed.
Still my house looks like a disaster area... so many people have shared how this past year they purged the clutter and all sorts of inspiring accomplishments.
I just can't go there.
Your three accomplishments are monumental and worthy. The results are lovely
We just keep going. I am pretty sure we have our heads on straight ❤️