Procraftinating

I am about ready to tear apart my sewing space and rearrange it. Everything is spread out over four bedrooms. I get a lot of steps in while I am working, but it’s not as efficient as it could be and it’s driving me nuts.

Yesterday afternoon—as a way to keep myself from beginning that project and creating a huge mess without a clear plan—I cut fabric for a quilt I started a few months ago. The pattern is the Fat Quarter Fancy Star from the Sew Can She website:

I cut the print fabrics from a collection of greens. Green is one of my favorite colors:

Rather than do a solid white background, though, I am using a variety of white and off-white fabrics. I got about half of them cut yesterday. As soon as I get the rest cut, I’ll put everything by the sewing machine and begin the process of making half-square triangles. HSTs are so versatile. They can be made into so many different patterns.

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It is summer. It is hot. Overnight temps are still getting down into the 50s, so we’re sleeping comfortably with just the fan running. I turn the water on in the garden around 6 am and shut it off a few hours later. The tomatoes, squash and cucumbers are loving this weather; the peas, not so much. The hollyhocks are blooming:

Ripe currants need to be harvested and I ate a few raspberries yesterday. I’ll do some work out in the garden this morning, but after that, I need to tie myself to my office chair and tackle a pile of paperwork.