Vocation / Avocation

Yay, the heater at work actually seems to be heating both floors today!

Got up this morning, washed last night's dishes, ironed the quilt strip sets flat, pinned the third row to the strip sets, and hemmed two Christmas tablecloths for my mother. Then I had to come in to work. But overall, a moderately productive morning.

I think I'll challenge myself and see if I can finish this quilt within a week. Since it's theoretically a simpler design than the kitten quilt, with less fiddly bits....

Also, you know you're grown up when you get excited about the "practical" presents as much as or even more than the "fun" ones. Either that, or maybe my definition of "fun" is twisting/twisted.

[rd][fic][Transformers 2007 movie] Stardust 1/3

Have decided to just start writing some of my plotbunnies out as vignettes, as otherwise they may never get written out at all.

( Ashes to Ashes )

Color Me Pleased

Sewed on and ironed third strip. Set out cutting right angle triangles from the strips wherein the hypotenuse was along the edge of the strips. I'd decided to be clever and, since the strips would end up 2" wide, I offset the three strips each by 2".

This has enabled me to minimize waste and get an extra triangle out of each strip.

This pleases me because I'm doing this out of too little fabric already. The quilt pattern as in the magazine wants me to have fifteen alternating blocks in a 3x5 grid. Because I was able to get those extra triangles, I squeezed out twelve alternating blocks and can do a 3x4 grid! Which means I'm losing the length of one block and the sashing strip, but assuming the measurements all turn out correct, it'll go from 81" long to 68" long. Still plenty long enough to snuggle under. ^_^

So today I have written and I have sewn and in the morning I shall pin lots and then maybe sew more. In between now and then, however, I am intending to sleep. 'Night, all~!