Got the blues, but I am happy

As I am still recuperating from the 7 hour road trip on Friday, I spent most of  the weekend indoors, sewing.   On the home front, my grand-daughter Sarah was discharged from the hospital on Friday and will be recuperating at her parents.  Sarah needs to stay off school for at least two weeks, and off work for a few weeks more.

When I first took up quilting my friend J told me to always have a least four projects on the go.  One should be a `wanted to do` project, one should be `a have to do ` project, and the other two should be of various skill levels.   That way, when one project was causing problems, or if I just wanted to sew for the sheer pleasure, I would have an easy project to work on.   Now that I have a room dedicated once more to sewing, I can have two or three projects on the go.  Most of the weekend I spent sewing my cottage block swaps, being extra careful.   With five weeks left,  I have more than half the blocks completed.

By late yesterday evening I wanted to do mindless sewing.  Nothing fancy. Nothing that required extra attention or care.  Digging through the numerous bins of not quite finished projects I came across the blue quilt.  This quilt I started last year, but put away when the house was went on the market.   This straight seam project was the best mindless sewing I could fine.   The blocks were already cut and simply required being sewn together.   Rather than a design wall, I used the design door to hang the completed rows.  The plan is to use a 4×7 block of every blue fabric I have in my stash with few repeats.  So far so good.