Is it fall yet?

Just discovered that I can get back on here and blog while on my work breaks, YAY!  I might actually return to blogging now.  I can not seem to find the creative juice to do it when I get home in the evenings.

Look for more later next week....

Summertime

ok so I have been a bit busy and neglected my beloved blog.  Not to worry though I have still been crafting.  Finished a rag rug for a nephew, and did not take a picture.  Finished a ripple crochet blanket and did not take a picture (still weaving some ends in on that one).   Awaiting a new Webs yarn order so I can start on some baby surprise jackets for the gbaby and other babies that are coming this fall.  Havent done much sewing though, still have that last baby quilt top laying on the ironing board ready to be made into a sandwich and basted. 

But I do have lots of pictures of boating this summer.  YAY! So I now give you the following:

So begins a new project

I cut this up last night.  It was really hard as it is part of a recent purchase online of designer fabric.  I think I got it from Fabric Worm.  I get most of my fabric from the local fabric store that is nearest me, Hancock Fabrics, which is fine but after reading all the quilting blogs, I wanted more.
I cut it into all 6 inch stips, then cut again into various lenghts of rectangles, anywhere from 5-14 inches or so. 
Now I am going to just sew them end to end into one big long strip.  Then cut that strip into the length or width (does it matter?) of the quilt size that I want.  I am going for a baby quilt so I am thinking in the 40inch to 50 inch range.  Square or rectangle?  Not sure yet.  Just gonna wing it, cause that is how I like to roll with this creative process.
I planned on sewing up here tonight in the art studio, but then the BIL and nephews made a stop by my house.  Had to feed the nephews popsicles and sit and chat with them on the deck.  Oh the shame of it all.  Stopping to enjoy life with the little ones in your life.  Makes you realize that that is what is important.  Not our boring uncreative jobs, the mortgage, or the bills, but life with little people.
Oh, to be 8 or 9 years again, it was all so simple then, huh?
I am going to try to remember that when I get bummed out in the future.
Ok, now back to crafting...

I,Jolene Rau pledge to talk more about my processes, even when I can’t quite put them in the in words or be sure I’m being totally clear. I’m going to put my thinking and my gut feelings out there.