Hubblebird's Quilt Blog

The 'to do' list keeps getting longer I have a very long list of things to do ... and it keeps on growing.  Every time I see something that someone else has done, I think to myself, "I can do that - if only I had the time!" Upcomers include: a soft cover for my new sewing machine; my interest in embroidery has been reignited after seeing a few cross stitches lately; and I've recently bought two sewing kits for cushions (I never buy sewing kits but these were so lovely that I relented). From reading various blogs it looks like most people quilt or craft every day, but I have a lot of difficulty with that, mainly because I have so many other interests and my husband would get very tetchy if I disappeared into the sewing room every night. As it is, there were complaints that the light I use while handsewing the hexies for Red Centre at night was too bright, and reflecting in the television!  This was just the excuse I needed to treat myself to an Ottlite

My main problem with having a blog is actually finding the time to write it. I ask myself how this can be, since up until December last year, I wrote every day for work and churned out all sorts of stories for press releases, our newsletter and our website. Believe me, sometimes it was difficult to turn some very dry material into something that was readable, not to mention interesting enough for the media to become involved.  Now I find it hard to put pen to paper, as it were, and I think it is mostly because I wonder who on earth would want to read what I have to say.   Then I remind myself that the blog is mostly for me to keep a record of what I’ve been up to. Last time I wrote about a cushion that I was sewing for my friend.   Curved piecing was doing my head in, and as the date for the house-warming was coming up fast, I abandoned it in favour of finishing another Jen Kingwell cushion.  The first cushion has taken a back seat for now, but it will be finished one day!