A Productive Weekend

This was a very productive weekend. I was able to get a large chunk of things checked off of my To Do List. I got a needlepoint blocked, two purses made for a customer and I quilted a quilt for a friend. I think that I am starting to get a handle on machine quilting. I tried the machine quilting thread again, and this time to worked great. Go figure! I also got to work on two new bag patterns. One I finished (more on that later) and one will be completed soon (more on that later, too). I can’t believe that I am about to say this, but my To Do List is getting smaller and smaller and I am loving it. I am going to spend this week making purses, but there are no pressing deadlines hanging over my head. I almost don’t know what not having a deadline feels like. I might actually have time to give my house a proper cleaning, because who knows when the last time that was. I haven’t worked on quilting since I came back from the retreat at the beginning of May. I have been itching to work on the Pinwheel quilt again. I am doing a UFO (Unfinished Projects) Challenge and I put the quilt for my friend as my project this month. I feel like I was kind of cheating on that one since I had to do that anyway, so I should make working on the Pinwheel my real UFO for this month. Maybe I’ll even piece it on my new featherweight. I haven’t even had a chance to use it since I got it. My new job is going great. My first week went well. I had fun and I meet a lot of nice people. I wasn’t able to work on Friday because Fletcher was sick. He was up Thursday night with a 104 degree fever. We thought it was strep, but the doctor said it is just a virus. He is doing much better now, thank goodness. Those high fevers freak me out. The poor little guy was just burning up. I hope everyone has a happy Memorial Day and that you take time to remember all those who have served.