I still have not heard from anybody about the new job, which I have been told is a "done deal," a "sure thing." It's a bit irksome. I need a target date to start. It doesn't matter if the target date is tomorrow or six months from now, I just need to know so I can plan my time.
My sewing/craft room is full of things to do. When/IF I start the new job, it may have to become my office (The Husband has taken over our "real" office). It is a total wreck at present and needs to be re-organized before ANY kind of new project gets underway. I could start cleaning now and probably finish today, having a clean slate for tomorrow.
But what to do tomorrow?
I need to make a quilt for Granddaughter #3. She is 8 years old.
When Granddaughter #1 was 6 years old, I asked her what kind of quilt she wanted. She said, "Hmmmm...a PRINCESS quilt!" I pondered a good while before finally deciding to use pre-printed panels showing various princesses in their finery. On blank blocks between the princesses, I quilted a glass slipper, a pumpkin carriage, a mouse, a tiara, etc. My skill set then was not quite as developed as it is now; I could do better now. But Granddaughter #1 is long past the princess stage, and her family has moved several times, so the quilt is now boxed up and in a storage unit, somewhere, and probably hasn't been seen in years.
Granddaughter #2 was 11 when I asked her what kind of quilt she wanted. She pondered and pondered and couldn't come up with anything. Finally, wanting to get started, I took her to a fabric store and let her pick out one piece of fabric - anything she wanted - thinking it would lead to an idea. She picked out a blue-green-black diagonal stripe (I think I've bitched about that fabric in several previous posts), which screamed "BORDER FABRIC," but a border for WHAT? I ended up ordering more of that fabric and chopped it into triangles to make diamonds and squares. I interspersed those squares with 3-D log cabin blocks. It would make your eyes go crossed to look at that quilt top. When Granddaughter #2 saw it (before I'd gotten around to putting the BORDER on it), her disappointment was obvious. By this time, she'd decided that she what she really, really wanted was a superhero quilt. I started over. She was tickled pink with the superhero quilt, but it probably won't be long until she will see it as "kid stuff."
I have not yet asked Granddaughter #3 what kind of quilt she wants, or even what color she likes. Maybe I should ask before I start something.
Or maybe not.
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