Not much sewing... Gearing Up for GenCon

Well, the title sort of says it all... I am falling behind on my sewing projects from simple lack of enthusiasm, and now with Gencon looming on the horizon (well, not that far ahead - it starts at 11am pacific time tomorrow), it doesn't look like my sewing mojo will return any time soon - or if it does, it will be preempted by my love of gaming.

I did spend a little time sewing this morning - I made block four of Pat Sloan's Picnic quilt...

Not exactly 'hot dogs and hamburgers' colors, but I loved chasing butterflies in the park as a kid, and so to me, this reminds me of picnics. 

Last week, I made these blocks for the Jolly Bar quilt.  I was actually caught up on this one - but a new pattern came out a couple of days ago:

And I made the four blocks that make the center star in the snowflake quilt below (there's more blocks released, but I haven't made them yet):

And two weeks ago, I  took an online class with Latifah Saafir on how to cut and machine piece a clamshell quilt.. It was all run on zoom - so we all sewed from the safety of our personal sewing studios.  Here's mine, all sewn together - just needs a back, some batting and of course the quilting.

All told, considering how much time I HAVE to sew, I'm not doing much... I hope after Gencon is over I will feel more like sewing...

The Relativity of Time

Einstein once said: "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it's two hours. That's relativity."  Well, he was right.  Time is very relative... Seems like it's been forever since I posted here, but it's only been a week (that's still too long, but time just got away from me this last week)...

I HAVE done some sewing... from time to time... but not nearly as much as I could have.   I have no excuses... I did do some online gaming with friends (playing Pathfinder  - kind of like Dungeons & Dragons, as in it's a fantasy role playing game, but different rules), and watching a few movies and of course Hamilton repeatedly.  Still, I could have sewn more, too. 

I sewed my first block for Pat Sloan's 'Going on a Picnic' quilt.  I really had fun with this one:

 I've done several blocks for different projects:  First is my sparrow tracks blocks for the Jolly Bar Sew Along by the Fat Quarter Shop:

And my spool blocks, also for the Jolly Bar Sew Along:

And my first four blocks for the Jelly Snowflake mystery:

And I picked all my fabrics for the Meadow Mist 'Morewood Mystery' which starts next month.  I am happy with them, but with a month to go before it starts, I will probably start rethinking things, which is usually dangerous... I hope I don't have time to start changing things around, I LIKE these fabrics, even if they go against what's recommended (she recommended a tonal or solid for the background, and use non-directional prints, if any used, in the other four fabrics).  I am using a non-directional print for the background and tonals  for the other four fabrics.  We'll see how it goes!

Have I finished anything?  Of course not!  Have I put borders on any of the quilts that are waiting for them?  No... Have I put sashing between the rows of my Whale quilt and sewn them all together?  No... Have I made a binding for my Out of This World quilt? No... I'm... um... working on growing my UFO pile... yeah, that's the ticket!!!  It's all intentional, lol...