The good news is that after almost 20 hours, I finished tracing the Wonder Under on the newest quilt. Last night. At like 1 AM. But it’s done! Anyone who thinks I get lots of sleep on breaks is crazy nutso. I should. It would be good if I did. But I don’t. I’m in full art mode. Plus grading stuff. So I got myself back on the one-assignment-graded-per-day schedule yesterday…four down, four to go…with two of those four being awful brainsuckers. I’m going to do another one today. Probably not a brainsucker today. I’m doing OK on the grading. Not great.
The Wonder Under took over 5 hours yesterday…tracing some intestines here…
The hair was just Wonder-Under-wasteful. I managed to put some small pieces in between hair strands, but they wouldn’t fit together very well.
There’s 8 yards plus in there to cut out. I’m hoping to be on fabric by Friday or Saturday. I do have NYE plans, but not until late, so I’d like to spend most of the 31st with fabric if possible. We’ll see.
We did a spontaneous hike yesterday with the dogs…it was hard, but not deadly. Being cold helps me…
Top of Cowles Mountain…up the back way and down the service road. A gorgeous day for it…
Girlchild’s photo of Calli and us further down the service road, waiting…we missed the sunset mostly.
And this was in the driveway when we got back. Frozen like that until I started inching closer to them. Obviously plotting world destruction.
If you leave a quilt top anywhere flat, then you should expect cats to lie on it…
Apparently the same is true of college kids. This is why they love having the kids home…they lie still long enough to be lain upon. Or laid upon. Or something.
Girlchild loaned me this for a chuckle…yes, it’s a cookbook, but a very snarky one.
We did eventually get the dogs tired out for once…
Today is grading and cutting shit out, plus I made it to the doc and the chiropractor. I’m done with the have-to’s for the day (well, except for the grading, dammit).
This quilt is not small. It’s gonna take me a while to get it done. I should remember that when I design the two for either side of it…or accept that there will only be one on one side of it. Or something. Ack. Thinking that far ahead hurts my head. Plus the 24″ piece I need to do before April. OK. I got this.
*Beck, Go It Alone
Kathy Nida 