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By lovinglylissa on December 13, 2016

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Lately I have been creating some new quilts that have me all excited until the top is done. Then I look at it and feel so blah about it. This is the second one this month where I thought I had an exciting design and then just feel disappointed when I see it. Maybe I will like it after it is quilted. I think this is how most UFOs are born.

“A Sashiko Still Life” is currently hanging in Paducah, Kentucky at the AQS Quilt Show. Doesn’t it look so beautiful hanging there. I am so proud of this quilt, one of twelve hanging in the wall quilts hand quilting category. . . . If you are there, take a picture with it and tag me!!! That way I can live vicariously through you 😂😂. Thanks to @cassandra.beaver for getting this picture for me. Wish I was there!! . . . #Sashiko #sashikoembroidery #sashikostitch #sashikostitching #handsewing #handquilting #hobbsbatting #hobbsinside #ilovehobbs @hobbsbatting @aurifilthread #quiltweek #quiltweekspringpaducah #quiltweekpaducah #quilt #handquilting #handquilted #quiltsofinstagram

Two projects complete today. I just want to keep going and not stop to clean.

There is this beautiful 200 year old oak tree in my back yard. Tonight I am sitting outside, taking in some fresh air, and just admiring it. I’m admiring how it has stood here for two centuries. There are time the family gets angry that it’s there. Whenever I am vacuuming up the gazillion acorns it’s dropped in the pool, when the kids can’t run straight through the back yard because it is gobsmacked right in the middle. But I always tell them the tree has more of a right to be here than we do. If you are looking into some deep meaning here, don’t. I’m not trying to be mindful of anything or teach a lesson. I am just in the fresh air, calming down from almost a month of solo parenting that isn’t over yet. Loving my children with all my heart. But keeping a wall between me and them right now. 😂😂 It’s all good. In a few minutes I will head back in and one of them will decide they want to watch some tv with me. And we will cuddle up on a couch and watch something. Years from now, one of them will say “do you remember that time Daddy went to France and we had lice? And he came home for a few days before heading to Orlando and we got lice AGAIN?” And we will all laugh. But not tonight.

I don’t know how I did this. But I managed to sew two separate paper pieces together when I was only supposed to be sewing one. It is definitely a Monday morning here. 😲

Another Sunday, another swim lesson. Today I’m making my stitches very random. Trying to keep them all the same size. I LOVE the variegated thread for this. #Sashiko #sashikoembroidery #sashikostitch #sashikostitching #handsewing #handquilting

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