The weather is just perfect sometimes, hmm? Looking back at my recent posts, it seems that the weather must always be perfect on Sundays, since it definitely isn't as peaches and cream all the time as my blog makes it sound. In fact, Friday was pretty miserable.
The clouds, cool weather, and rain settled in just in time for the last day of classes, turning a Strummin into Summer concert on the lawn into Jamming in the Student Center basement. Bummer. Not to mention, my classmates and I thought it would be fun to bet how many minutes late our perpetually late professor would be, and when he walked in 15 seconds before the time I guessed, we all laughed....putting him in a foul mood for the rest of lecture. Coupled with the sinking feeling that the guy I have a crush on is gay (not really, but that's Olivia's postulate), Friday was not the most exciting last day of classes I've ever had. However, when my friend Kevin Marble finally started playing at the end of the concert and played my favorite song while we munched on free cotton candy and root beer floats, the night turned around. A walk at Herrick Lake on Saturday and a spontaneous dog pile in the grass with my freshman floormates solidified it. Classes are done. The freckles are returning. Summer is here :)
Today I picked out and cut fabric for two more Farmer's Wife Quilt blocks. May I repeat: I Love My Fabrics. I really want a quilt in them right now. I may have to buy more of a couple and whip up a picnic quilt for our research group lunches. How perfect, right!
Then I moved on to my Flying Geese quilt. I laid it out a couple times without settling on one I liked and then tried the random method. I mixed all the pieces into one heaping mound and, closing my eyes, pulled them out at random to create a formation that I actually quite liked. A little tweaking here and there, and I settled upon a quilt that was approved by both mother and sister. (Thanks, you guys!) I began to piece it together, and it is now in eight pieces instead of thrity-two. Progress I would say.
Plus, next week will be completely summer and multiple evenings in a row of sewing will begin! Hooray!
The clouds, cool weather, and rain settled in just in time for the last day of classes, turning a Strummin into Summer concert on the lawn into Jamming in the Student Center basement. Bummer. Not to mention, my classmates and I thought it would be fun to bet how many minutes late our perpetually late professor would be, and when he walked in 15 seconds before the time I guessed, we all laughed....putting him in a foul mood for the rest of lecture. Coupled with the sinking feeling that the guy I have a crush on is gay (not really, but that's Olivia's postulate), Friday was not the most exciting last day of classes I've ever had. However, when my friend Kevin Marble finally started playing at the end of the concert and played my favorite song while we munched on free cotton candy and root beer floats, the night turned around. A walk at Herrick Lake on Saturday and a spontaneous dog pile in the grass with my freshman floormates solidified it. Classes are done. The freckles are returning. Summer is here :)
Today I picked out and cut fabric for two more Farmer's Wife Quilt blocks. May I repeat: I Love My Fabrics. I really want a quilt in them right now. I may have to buy more of a couple and whip up a picnic quilt for our research group lunches. How perfect, right!
Then I moved on to my Flying Geese quilt. I laid it out a couple times without settling on one I liked and then tried the random method. I mixed all the pieces into one heaping mound and, closing my eyes, pulled them out at random to create a formation that I actually quite liked. A little tweaking here and there, and I settled upon a quilt that was approved by both mother and sister. (Thanks, you guys!) I began to piece it together, and it is now in eight pieces instead of thrity-two. Progress I would say.
Plus, next week will be completely summer and multiple evenings in a row of sewing will begin! Hooray!
{Check out the beginnings of this quilt and the almost finished product}