Where am I going, and why am I in this hand basket? I tell you, things are falling apart around here. The beds are unmade, the laundry is piling up, the dishwasher needs unloading, there are crumbs on the floor, and we are not even going to address the dust issue. So why can't I keep up with my household tasks? Because I am sewing for an hour every day that is why. Something had to go, I told you that. I jokingly suggested sacrificing exercise, but I don't really do that, so I can't give it up.
My schedule is insane. I am working two part time jobs, around 45 hours a week, not counting commute time. My family still thinks I should shop and prepare most of the dinners around here, so I have to fit that in. But, I have stuck to my guns and have scrunched in one hour of sewing every single day. More if I can. And I am making slow but sure progress on my Summer Wind/Wuthering Heights quilt! But, man alive, is the house a disaster!
Here are my star blocks laid out on the floor but not sewn on as the next border. You get the idea of what it will look like.
So, is the sacrifice worth it? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is just the best pattern. If you don't have it, go buy it. It is Summer Wind by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. It would look fabulous in any fabric group at all. Anything.
Isn't this corner block fun? Just a little sumpin' sumpin' different to jazz things up.
76 responses to “Where Am I Going, and Why Am I In This Handbasket?”
Congrats on your quilt time!! I have always held the theory that I will not be remembered for my housekeeping but I will be remembered for my quilts! Besides, a perfectly clean house does nothing for my creative side!LOL And the bed still feels just as good whether it was made or not…I have one word….designate!!LOL
Congrats on your quilt time!! I have always held the theory that I will not be remembered for my housekeeping but I will be remembered for my quilts! Besides, a perfectly clean house does nothing for my creative side!LOL And the bed still feels just as good whether it was made or not…I have one word….designate!!LOL
clean houses don’t last….great quilts do!
clean houses don’t last….great quilts do!
I agree with Shelley….designate! That’s what I’m learning to do around here. Also I’ve lowered my standards…lol
I love your quilt! Wuthering Heights is one of my all time favorite collections. The Summer Wind pattern is also just amazing and I think I’ve got it, I’ll have to check.
I agree with Shelley….designate! That’s what I’m learning to do around here. Also I’ve lowered my standards…lol
I love your quilt! Wuthering Heights is one of my all time favorite collections. The Summer Wind pattern is also just amazing and I think I’ve got it, I’ll have to check.
Hmm, this all sounds quite familiar. The only difference here is that my husband is on a totally insane project at work and works about 60 hours a week himself. So here we are 2-50 somethings trying to do what we love, he plays classical guitar,all the while being pulled in about 20 different directions. But like you, I do fit in quilting everyday even if it is 15-20 minutes. I do love the Wuthering Heights/Summer Wind quilt. Let the housework wait, it is not going anywhere!
Hmm, this all sounds quite familiar. The only difference here is that my husband is on a totally insane project at work and works about 60 hours a week himself. So here we are 2-50 somethings trying to do what we love, he plays classical guitar,all the while being pulled in about 20 different directions. But like you, I do fit in quilting everyday even if it is 15-20 minutes. I do love the Wuthering Heights/Summer Wind quilt. Let the housework wait, it is not going anywhere!
I have a sign in my studio that I made during the counted cross stitch years. It says: A Clean House Is A Sign Of A Misspent Life.
I have a sign in my studio that I made during the counted cross stitch years. It says: A Clean House Is A Sign Of A Misspent Life.
The quilt is looking so good!! There will be plenty of time for the dust bunnies later on but the quilt will be around for generations to come. Good choice!
The quilt is looking so good!! There will be plenty of time for the dust bunnies later on but the quilt will be around for generations to come. Good choice!
I hear you! I haven’t been able to designate even a moment to quilting lately because of work and my house is still falling apart. Eventually, it does get so bad you have to pay attention to it–the dust bunnies can get really nasty. It happened for me when I couldn’t lay out a new top on the floor.
I hear you! I haven’t been able to designate even a moment to quilting lately because of work and my house is still falling apart. Eventually, it does get so bad you have to pay attention to it–the dust bunnies can get really nasty. It happened for me when I couldn’t lay out a new top on the floor.
I have a little sign that says, “Housework done properly will kill you”…. I can live with a few dust bunnies, crumbs and clean laundry waiting to be folded because “sterile” belongs only in a hospital (LOL)…. As I have gotten older the larger the herd of dust bunnies because I’ve come to realize how short life really is and what truly matters in the long run. So go quilt without guilt!!!!
I have a little sign that says, “Housework done properly will kill you”…. I can live with a few dust bunnies, crumbs and clean laundry waiting to be folded because “sterile” belongs only in a hospital (LOL)…. As I have gotten older the larger the herd of dust bunnies because I’ve come to realize how short life really is and what truly matters in the long run. So go quilt without guilt!!!!
Housework smousework – that quilt is fabulous!
Housework smousework – that quilt is fabulous!
When I first started reading your post I thought you were at my house. Stick with it girl.
When I first started reading your post I thought you were at my house. Stick with it girl.
Great quilt! I’ve had this pattern for a long time and keep waiting for just the right FQ bundle. . .now you’ve got me thinking I should pull from my stash and just get started. . .here we go again! The house will wait!
Great quilt! I’ve had this pattern for a long time and keep waiting for just the right FQ bundle. . .now you’ve got me thinking I should pull from my stash and just get started. . .here we go again! The house will wait!
Your post title is a bumper sticker on my car.
And hire a maid. Really they are much more reasonable than most people think. My lady comes every two weeks and charges me $90 for a 2000sqft house.
And just think of all the sewing you could get done if someone else mopped the floors.
Your post title is a bumper sticker on my car.
And hire a maid. Really they are much more reasonable than most people think. My lady comes every two weeks and charges me $90 for a 2000sqft house.
And just think of all the sewing you could get done if someone else mopped the floors.
Beautiful quilt!! There’ always another time for housework, but never enough time for quilting! I say, let the dust settle (and hopefully it’s lint dust from your sewing machine! Thanks for the lovely posts!
Beautiful quilt!! There’ always another time for housework, but never enough time for quilting! I say, let the dust settle (and hopefully it’s lint dust from your sewing machine! Thanks for the lovely posts!
Don’t worry about the dust…keep quilting! And now I HAVE to find that pattern!!!
Don’t worry about the dust…keep quilting! And now I HAVE to find that pattern!!!
I love the center! It would be a great start for a round robin.
Try having two grandson’s full time during the summer! It’s like chasing squirrels! I can’t get anything done, including sewing. But I will prevail. I have to clean my sewing room today and get some things ready for a luncheon. Then I will purpose to sew an hour a day. And clean, and chase the dog, and garden…..I think I better go lay down!
I love the center! It would be a great start for a round robin.
Try having two grandson’s full time during the summer! It’s like chasing squirrels! I can’t get anything done, including sewing. But I will prevail. I have to clean my sewing room today and get some things ready for a luncheon. Then I will purpose to sew an hour a day. And clean, and chase the dog, and garden…..I think I better go lay down!
You can clean when you retire!
I’m rethinking Summer Wind! I own it. I just have to find it.
You can clean when you retire!
I’m rethinking Summer Wind! I own it. I just have to find it.
good for you, if you clean your house, it just gets dirty again. But your quilt will always be around….I can say this ‘cus I too, don’t do much housework. You will be rmemebered by the beautiful quilts you leave behind, not how clean your house was.
Sharon
good for you, if you clean your house, it just gets dirty again. But your quilt will always be around….I can say this ‘cus I too, don’t do much housework. You will be rmemebered by the beautiful quilts you leave behind, not how clean your house was.
Sharon
OMG it is beautiful! Keep sewing! No need for housework.
OMG it is beautiful! Keep sewing! No need for housework.
I’ve heard a great saying – If you’re coming to see me, come anytime. If you’re coming to see my house, make an appointment.
I tell all my friends my living room is for living in and my house is not a museum. Enjoy your quilting time. I consider it a necessity, like chocolate.
Your quilt is beautiful and worth every second you’ve spent on it!
I’ve heard a great saying – If you’re coming to see me, come anytime. If you’re coming to see my house, make an appointment.
I tell all my friends my living room is for living in and my house is not a museum. Enjoy your quilting time. I consider it a necessity, like chocolate.
Your quilt is beautiful and worth every second you’ve spent on it!
Yours is my favorite blog – you have your priorities straight. Sewing first–Housework maybe.
Yours is my favorite blog – you have your priorities straight. Sewing first–Housework maybe.
Well we all seem to be in agreement on this topic, your quilt is beautiful, worth every second you can squeeze out to work on it, and housework will wait. Just think, if you cleaned your house on Monday instead of sewing, it would be dirty by today and your quilt would not have that lovely last border!!
I’m so glad you also make time for your blog, just a little sumpin’ sumpin’ to get us through our day!!
Well we all seem to be in agreement on this topic, your quilt is beautiful, worth every second you can squeeze out to work on it, and housework will wait. Just think, if you cleaned your house on Monday instead of sewing, it would be dirty by today and your quilt would not have that lovely last border!!
I’m so glad you also make time for your blog, just a little sumpin’ sumpin’ to get us through our day!!
This pattern is wonderful and your fabric choice is, as always, perfect. Nicole-you work too much.
This pattern is wonderful and your fabric choice is, as always, perfect. Nicole-you work too much.
Hey, the lack of housework is worth it for a quilt that gorgeous!
Hey, the lack of housework is worth it for a quilt that gorgeous!
You are simply amazing! I quilt all day long and have not even a single job to my name and yet you still get as much or more done than I do…plus you blog about it all!!!
Thank you so much for the inspiration and tell the family to buy some TV dinners so you can get a little rest!
Tricia
You are simply amazing! I quilt all day long and have not even a single job to my name and yet you still get as much or more done than I do…plus you blog about it all!!!
Thank you so much for the inspiration and tell the family to buy some TV dinners so you can get a little rest!
Tricia
That quilt is absolutely fabulous! Housework be damned!
That quilt is absolutely fabulous! Housework be damned!
I have that pattern but have not used it yet. You’re quilt is beautiful. I’m inspired.
ttfn 🙂 Yuki
I have that pattern but have not used it yet. You’re quilt is beautiful. I’m inspired.
ttfn 🙂 Yuki
Summer wind is truly a great pattern I have been meaning to make it again in another collection, I have a stash of wuthering heights too, life really does get too busy and at some point I need to put my foot down and slow things down abit…
Summer wind is truly a great pattern I have been meaning to make it again in another collection, I have a stash of wuthering heights too, life really does get too busy and at some point I need to put my foot down and slow things down abit…
You deserve every hour of sewing you can find!!! Don’t let anyone, (including yourself) take that away from you. If all you do is work, work, work, then you have no balance and no reward. What a beautiful quilt, such a wonderful reward. Even at 1 hr a day, it’s amazing how soon it will be finished! Put the white gloves in the somewhere under the bed!!! LOL!!!
You deserve every hour of sewing you can find!!! Don’t let anyone, (including yourself) take that away from you. If all you do is work, work, work, then you have no balance and no reward. What a beautiful quilt, such a wonderful reward. Even at 1 hr a day, it’s amazing how soon it will be finished! Put the white gloves in the somewhere under the bed!!! LOL!!!
When you look back on your life it will be better to be remembered for all the beautiful quilts you made than the lack of dust in your house.
When you look back on your life it will be better to be remembered for all the beautiful quilts you made than the lack of dust in your house.
What a pretty quilt!! I agree with all the other posters….you’re getting your priorities straight! How about the dogs….could they be of some use cleaning up crumbs and mopping the floors?!!! That’s how my floors get cleaned up…..:-)
What a pretty quilt!! I agree with all the other posters….you’re getting your priorities straight! How about the dogs….could they be of some use cleaning up crumbs and mopping the floors?!!! That’s how my floors get cleaned up…..:-)
Just think of all those happy endorphins you are creating while sewing. After all, health comes first. Beautiful quilt, and time well spent! I love your blog!!
Just think of all those happy endorphins you are creating while sewing. After all, health comes first. Beautiful quilt, and time well spent! I love your blog!!
Beautiful, Nicole!!!! I have this pattern, as well as almost every other one Carrie has ever designed! hehe
I sure can’t keep up with my house in the summer. I think I am just going to give up until school starts! I don’t have time to sew either and that is making me very cranky!!! :~)
Beautiful, Nicole!!!! I have this pattern, as well as almost every other one Carrie has ever designed! hehe
I sure can’t keep up with my house in the summer. I think I am just going to give up until school starts! I don’t have time to sew either and that is making me very cranky!!! :~)
It is absolutely worth it! You have a great quilt growing and you are keeping your sanity! Housework is highly over-rated!
It is absolutely worth it! You have a great quilt growing and you are keeping your sanity! Housework is highly over-rated!
It looks just gorgeous nicole!
I was changing the bandaid (sticky plaster) on my finger this morning and I had one of those “You Know You’re a Quilter When” moments…I cut the dog ears off my bandaid!Just like you would off Flying Geese! LOL! I think I am gonna start a “You Know You’re a quilter when…” (YKYAQW)twitter and you should all follow it and post to me your YKYAQW moments 😀
It looks just gorgeous nicole!
I was changing the bandaid (sticky plaster) on my finger this morning and I had one of those “You Know You’re a Quilter When” moments…I cut the dog ears off my bandaid!Just like you would off Flying Geese! LOL! I think I am gonna start a “You Know You’re a quilter when…” (YKYAQW)twitter and you should all follow it and post to me your YKYAQW moments 😀
ok nicole & friends,
we are at http://www.twitter.com/quiltingmoments
i’m gonna get the ball rolling with my band-aid moment and y’all can share with me!
ok nicole & friends,
we are at http://www.twitter.com/quiltingmoments
i’m gonna get the ball rolling with my band-aid moment and y’all can share with me!
Your quilt looks wonderful. I love Wuthering Heights fabric. Have some in my stash set aside for another quilt. Might have to rethink that. I am a big fan of 3 Sisters fabrics. Keep sewing, the dust seems to return ten minutes after you wipe it away. Waste of time if you ask me……
Your quilt looks wonderful. I love Wuthering Heights fabric. Have some in my stash set aside for another quilt. Might have to rethink that. I am a big fan of 3 Sisters fabrics. Keep sewing, the dust seems to return ten minutes after you wipe it away. Waste of time if you ask me……
I do love that corner! Very nice. The whole quilt is fantastic. I can see it other fabrics, too. Great quilt and I have nothing good to say about housework. I’m deep into making Dresden Plates and I can’t do it all.
I do love that corner! Very nice. The whole quilt is fantastic. I can see it other fabrics, too. Great quilt and I have nothing good to say about housework. I’m deep into making Dresden Plates and I can’t do it all.
Oh, the housework can wait! LOL. Simple dinners with fresh healthy ingredients are the best and most delicious and healthy, and quilting should have a most exceptional amount of time in the importance department. There, you have permission. You are an artist…artists MUST create art! This is gorgeous!
Oh, the housework can wait! LOL. Simple dinners with fresh healthy ingredients are the best and most delicious and healthy, and quilting should have a most exceptional amount of time in the importance department. There, you have permission. You are an artist…artists MUST create art! This is gorgeous!