Big Plans for May

As I am working on putting sewing back into my routine I made a few decisions.  Ask me again in a week about those decisions and who knows what I will say, but today they are good.

First, do the summer giveaways again this summer.  In my recent cleaning and reclaiming of the sewing room I have come across more than a few things that I don't need and can share.  A giveaway is more fun that bagging it up for donating.

Second, make the effort to do something sewing related Every Day for the Month of May!  I think "sewing related" will keep me on task since there is a wide range of things I can do that are sewing related.  Cleaning up the sewing room is at the top of the list!

May Giveaway

Every now and then one of the local thrift stores has quilt books.  I will usually "splurge" on a new book since they are only $1 to start with and then on the weekends, which is when I go, most things are half off.  But now I have several books I need to decide if I really want to keep or not.  I paged through a few of them last night as I waited for Little S's band concert to start and made a decision.

 I enjoyed looking through this book a few times, but I do not need it anymore.  I liked the crazy quilt on the cover, but will I make it - not likely.

There are some nice designs, but I never made anything from it and it is unlikely that I ever will.  I already got my money's worth out of it!

If you would like to win this book, please leave me a comment telling what your favorite quilt book is.  I will pick a winner at the end of May.  Make sure to include your email in the comment so I can contact you if you win.

Every Day for the Month of May - Day 1

Before

Hmmm.  There are a lot of things I should be doing - updating resume, updating application, grading papers, cleaning the house, cooking dinner - but none of those sounded like fun.  So I decided on this unsewing project to clear off the corner of the sewing table when the remains of the most recent project land.

After

I loved the colors from the Storm at Sea quilt.  I don't really have many more sea glass colors in my stash, so I decided to unsew the edges of the piano key border that got cut off when I made the scalloped edge.  There is also something a little therapeutic about mindless seam ripping.

So my plan is off to a great start.  Hopefully it will continue to be just as successful tomorrow.