OK. Better. A little. I made art. It’s amazing what that daily dose does for me. Well and a counseling session. Mindset needs to flip about some stuff. Trying to do that without feeling more stress about it. That might be the hardest part.
So first of all, I delivered this commission, Owl 3.0, last night…
To its rightful owner, Julie…who has been around me and my art for a long time and is one of my two Number 1 Fans.
We stitch every month together at a Barnes & Noble…this was my name on the cup last night…
Creative spelling. Or just hieroglyphics.
I worked on one of the Sue Spargo blocks. These are very relaxing to do…and more appropriate in the space than trying to cut Wonder Under out.
Although with 105 bullion knots just in the flower, I think each block might take 8 months to do…
I really do like to hand embroider. I just don’t do much of it any more on my own pieces…no time. Maybe that’s something that should be in the solo show. Somehow. Because I still have no time.
I’m followed everywhere by this pod of mismatched dogs…
They mill about and occasionally settle…I don’t know if you can see the Golden on the floor under my feet.
She put her bone on the coffee table for safekeeping. Seriously. From the puppy. Who is on my lap.
I finally settled them all enough that I could start cutting out the Wonder Under for the piece that was supposed to be done last week. And I was getting emails about it yesterday…for photos of the piece in progress. Well. Um. Here they are.
Lots of doggy interaction going on…
But I cut them all out in less than an hour…
I even sorted them into two bins (there’s only 200 pieces). So if I have any energy or brainpower tonight, I can pick the fabrics. Certainly I should have them done over the weekend. Cutting pieces and ironing down next week…which means figuring out the construction issue…by next weekend. I’m quilting this, but not trimming and binding it. Not for this show. I might decide differently later on…but for this show, it shouldn’t be.
So that will make it easier to get it done. A little. I also need to make a slide show of my work for a presentation tomorrow night. Which is a little nerve-wracking. But I guess I know about 5 people in the group…so it won’t be totally like standing up in front of 40 people you’ve met. Just about 35 people I’ve never met. It’ll be fine.
OK. Progress. My brain is in a much better place this morning. Those alpha waves save my ass…
*Bruno Mars, Count on Me
Kathy Nida 
My quilt is being held hostage in the post office over the weekend because the mailperson was too lazy to come to the door and see if I was home. I was.
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