Silly Suggestions

I have two sick kids at home today. And a sick car. Oh happy me! Having spoken to a variety of garages said car is now booked in to be fixed. Meanwhile, I still  have two sick girls. Who were getting bored. Because they were too sick for school but not sick enough to lay in bed all day dosing and leaving me in peace.

So there I was, happily starting to cut fabric for my Stitch Tease block that I need to make for Danny - Mommy for Reals.

This photo should scare the crap out of Danny.
All that dark fabric.
Oh Danny, you'll find out what I have done in 12 months time. Ha!

Next thing I know Emily wanted an idea of something to do and I suggested make something. Never did the words fabric and sewing cross my lips but before you could say 'boo' I was no longer cutting for me but cutting and pressing for Em. What on earth was I thinking when I suggested she 'make something'?! She wants to do a stack and whack quilt. I am sure that those two girls of mine must have about a dozen projects on the go. They are more adept at creating WIPs than I am!

Emily's favourite fabric ever is that dragonfly fabric.
We are almost finished the yardage I bought.
She is going to be devastated when it is done.

So with little happening here constructively today - for me at least - I thought I would tell you that I have my courses for the FQ Retreat. Thanks so much to the Fat Quarterly team - Tacha in particular - because I completely stuffed up filling in the form for class preference and managed to put them in the opposite order of how I wanted them. Therefore I got quite a shock when I looked at what classes I had and they were all from the bottom of my list. Tacha to the rescue and now I have Portholes, Clasp Purses, Freezer Paper Piecing and the FQ Design Challenge. Phew! Things I really wanted to do. Happy me!

And do you remember the problems I had with my original Go! Baby so many months ago? (Brief summary - the actual Go! was showing big signs of wear and the cutting mat looked like it had been attacked by a rottweiller after minimal use.) Well, I thought you deserved a little bit of an update. Because I have used my new Go! Baby, that was sent as a replacement, on a fairly regular basis since that drama and want to tell you that everything seems so much better. I have cut more with the new Baby and cutting mat than I ever did with the first one and the difference in wear is noticeable. Extremely so.

I am finding it hard to get a photo that shows the difference
between the original chewed up mat and the present one.
You can see the bowing, and how it is warped out of shape
compared to the current mat.
What you can't see are the cracks, and bits where the plastic has
actually fallen apart and left gaps.
Suffice to say those problems no longer exist.

And I have nothing else to report. Just waiting for bed time. How sad is that?!

Susan