Sometimes inspiration grabs me and won’t let me go until my shoulders ache from cutting fabric. Until my eyes are watery with squinting at binding stitches. Until I notice a two year old eating corn chips out of the bag. On my bed.
I had that day yesterday.
I finished piecing a quilt. I finished binding another quilt. I finished drafting the pattern for- and cutting fabric for- yet another quilt. I took my son to lunch with his friend. I managed a shower and cooked dinner and read The House on East Eighty Eighth Street (three times). I changed fourteen diapers (this might be a slight exaggeration). I counseled one middle school crisis to conclusion. I volunteered some time for a cause dear to my heart. I had tea with my mother. I chatted with a neighbor. I watched 24 with my husband. I was superwoman.
Today I’m going to take it a little easier.
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Superwoman is right!
LOVE this post. I wish I could be that kind of superwoman everyday.
Seriously, you’re on fire!
Great quilt!
I love days when I’m on a roll and get a million things done… they don’t happen often though lol
i want to see a photo of you in your cape.
You are supermom! It is such a good feeling. Too bad we can’t be like that everyday. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the quilt, did I mention how much I love that quilt? Awesome!
Dorset quilt is wunnerful. Just wunnerful.
Superwoman, indeed! Love Dorset – how big is it?
You go Super Woman!!!! I need to check all your links but enjoyed your post. I watched 24 with my husband too. I’m with Erin…would love to see a picture of you in your cape.
What a day!!!
Your photos are stunning. What a beautiful quilt.
Andi
I’m impressed!! And that quilt is just stunning. Simple yet so beautiful.
you go gurl!
You’ve got a great eye for colour. That quilt is lovely.
ooh! What a fun day! so many lovely things! Can I just say, that we have read the house in east 88th st, a million times in this house too?
Lovely finishes! Lovely Moments!
Days like this make you glad to be alive !
I seriously love your quilt .
Super days like that are the best! You are super woman!!
Sounds like a busy day was had……hopefully the next one will be quieter.
The quilt is fantastic as is all and any support for Craft Hope and the fund-raising – I can’t believe over $15000 has been raised since Friday!
What a haul! I think that was a larger list of accomplishments than the goals I set for this year. LOL. Way to go!! (and now put your feet up.)
In love with that quilt. Can I pretend it’s my birthday and that I had a dream about those fabrics and that they perfectly match my house and anything else that will convince you that it was meant to be mine?
or I think I’ll just come peek at it here from time to time and smile.
p.s. I think you found your quilting mojo again. carry on. I love seeing what you create.
p.p.s. love the detail of Jake’s skulls peeking out in your header. what is it with all the skulls lately?
Yes, you are Superwoman! Haven’t gotten anything done. Have a few things stacked up on the sewing table waiting to be sewn….and waiting….and waiting……
Oh, I can hear you roar…Just love, love that closeup picture. The combo of the quilt colors, masonry jars and that china cabinet…such eye candy.
Love, love, love the quilt! What a great day
I love the quilt so much!! And seriously, I know it’s good for their brains with the repetition and all, but reading the same book over and over and over again……..I don’t know how many more times I can say tikki tikki tembo no sa rembo cherri berri ruchi pip berri pembo!!
Also love the banner!
Some days are like that! Love the Dorset quilt! Great use of the Hope Valley fabrics. lovely …
whew! tired just reading about it. Well, that and inspired. Quilt is gorgeous, btw. Go girl.
What an amazingly productive day! Feeling a bit like a lazybones now. And I love the quilt. K x
you go girl.
That is a beautiful, beautiful quilt…
I wish I had a superwoman cape for all of the women that have days like yours (you know we all do lol!) It sounds like you’re doing a fantastic job! Gorgeous quilt.
I wanna be just like you
Great job! And I love, love, love the quilt.
Love the quilt – very inspiring!! I love when I have productive days like that – I find it energizes me!
You are awesome!!
I want a day like that! Beautiful quilt! I love it!
Wow, that was the day! It makes me tired just reading it. Of course, I’m sitting around and doing nothing these days!
I know that feeling of being engulfed by inspiration. But I never get anything else done when I am there. I come up days later, like a drunken sailor, and survey the damage around me.
I love days like that. It seems they are few and far between sometimes but when I do have them, what a great feeling!
And I also love the “take it easy” days just as much….
What a stunning quilt, very well done.
I’m really enjoying your blog – your writing has that rare and brilliant balance of modesty and honesty that is welcoming, peaceful, and good for the soul. Kudos to you – and what a treat for me and your other readers.
oh my gosh – I love that quilt far more than should be humanly possible!!!!!!!
wow, I need some of your energy. Love the quilt.
This quilt is gorgeous! It’s the perfect patchwo4k quilt
Now that is inspirational. I was impressed after the quilts you finished! how many hours did you have in that day???
WendyB @ ThatSeamsFun.com
Love the quilt!
This is my favorite Hope Valley piece by far!
I LOVE those days – I wish I had more of them! Yay you! That quilts is great – sometimes simple is the BEST!