The last month before school gets out for the kids is the fastest of the whole year. My personal accomplishments have been few & the clock is ticking til summer break with the girls home & many more things I'd like to finish (or at least put a dent in).
I finished the tote bag in time for Mother's Day for Mom. All I had left was the handles which I wasn't sure how I was going to handle (get it?!) I ended up making small fabric tubes, turning them with a large safety pin (quicker than I thought) & running a 3/4" nylon rope thru. She loves it & makes a point to use it as much as possible & show everyone what her daughter made for her. She's very proud of it & the compliments make me want to make one for myself, different colors, of course. I'm so not good at designing for myself.
I haven't touched the sewing machine since that weekend & it sickens me that such a mess is brewing all around it. Which then paralyzes me to work on anything because I have to clean up before I start.
The No-Guilt Art Quilt group has a challenge for this month. At our last get-together, the hostess provided us each with 60 small pieces of 6 different colors of suede to create something out of. Since they are dark colors the motivation to get moving on it isn't there. I am an instant gratification kinda girl & if I make something now, I want to use it now. Dark colors make me think WINTER & our winter was long enough this year! I have a picture of a suede petaled tote that I like, but that is a back up plan if I don't come up with something of my own.
