“Later, the Perfect Time to Do Anything”

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It’s my favorite quote from the old (i.e. early-90s) “Garfield and Friends” Saturday morning cartoon. My mother hates when I use that quote and always insists I should do whatever it is I am putting off right away.

I have always been a great procrastinator when it comes to things I don’t want to do, especially homework. I avoided classwork and homework from the time I was in Kindergarten. Particularly because I never felt the need to do something multiple times to prove to someone else that I knew it. (I felt the same with lectures, especially in math. I perfected sleeping with my eyes open through my high school math classes and still got near perfect scores.)

Lately, I procrastinate on things I like to do as well as things I don’t like. I have found the easiest way to procrastinate is to follow links at the bottom of web pages to read related articles. If you get a long enough chain going, you can put other things of for days at a time.

The other way I personally like to procrastinate is to do something that may be on the bottom of the to-do list. When I was still in school and approaching a deadline on a project, I often found myself cleaning my room or doing laundry (necessary, but not the most important thing to do).

If all else fails, bake brownies. Brownies are a great way to procrastinate.

How do you like to procrastinate?

My First Quilt: Project Linus Blanket 1

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I worked at a quilt shop for a few months this spring, and one of the first things my boss had me do was take a simple Friday night class. Using Eleanor Burns’ “Whirligig” pattern from her Quilt-in-a-Day series, the three-hour class gave each participant the pieces to make the large quilt and the smallest quilt in the pattern. I chose to make the smaller blanket for my first quilt because it would give me some practice.

I hand-dyed the fabric for the background, binding, and backing and assembled the blanket top using my Kenmore sewing machine. I quilted all three layers in a simple checkerboard pattern, keeping it simple for my first project.

This blanket will go to Project Linus, a non-profit organization that gives blankets to children in crisis. Recipients range in age from newborn to 17-years-old. They are delivered locally to ill or traumatized children.

To find out more about Project Linus or find your local chapter, visit their website at projectlinus.org.

Happy Hanukkah (Chanukah)!

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Here are a couple Hanukkah/Chanukah cards to email to friends and family. I have included both spellings, for whichever way you spell it.

Click on the picture to go to the Flickr page and view all sizes to pick which one you wish to send. Then download it and paste it into an email! It’s that simple.

 

Happy Hanukkah!