All essentials in place

and I am ready to sew again.

First up: two bindings,

my Night on the Tiles,

a pillow case

a baby quilt ...

And an IBOL and a yarbol are on their way to Holland.

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Recycled Quilting - other people's progress

while I am dragging my feet, Anita is making excellent progress:
http://bloominworkshop.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/let-them-wiggle/.

For six weeks I have been struggling with getting my quilting vibe back and this was meant to be the project to do it for me ... but with my sewing room not yet up and running and us on the trot every weekend, I find it really hard to motivate myself beyond folding laundry.

But there is light at the end of the tunnel: I'll be off work for two weeks and I intend to sort out my sewing room and get on with my projects: ... I desperately want to finish my Night on the Tiles top for this year's retreat!

Support the Iraqi Bundles of Love

Kristin and her husband are sending Bundles of Love to Iraq. Find out more here:
Iraqi Bundles of Love

I am planning to participate as well.

Instead of cleaning up my craft room ....

... I am surfing and finding excellent tutorials such as the "Friendship Bag Tutorial" on Rachel's blog.

Kristin says that canvas is fabric too

Read her very inspirational post here: http://kristinlaflamme.com/musings/?p=1081&cpage=1#comment-23227

Getting worse before it gets better ....

So what do I do in all that spare time now that I have one less "kid" to care for? I drag my stuff from the basement up two flights into my craft room ... which consequently looks like it's been hit by a tornado. Next weekend I will busy myself with shelving and such things. And then it should finally get better after it now got a LOT worse.

And I need to replace that lamp that I ran into countless times these past two weeks!