Staying Crafty

[lydamorehouse]

 
Image: Current "ugly" Christmas quilt

I actually started this "ugly Christmas" quilt earlier this last summer, but, as often happens, I forgot about it for a while. I finished piecing it over the actual Christmas break, and so, yesterday, Shawn helped me find a nice red backing. We also dug through the piles for an actual ugly (as opposed to "ugly") sheet to work as batting. Yes, I know I could use real batting, but we have so many ugly sheets already around thanks to all of Shawn's rag rug scrap collecting. Anyway, the sheet that's going on the inside deserves to be hidden from view forever because it has terrifying SOCK MONKEYS on it. 

Now everything is trimmed and pinned and on the quilting frame. I am hand quilting, not because I'm a purist, but because 1) I'm afraid of sewing machines (kind of seriously? They go so fast!), and (more of the real reason) 2) I started all these quilting projects as How I'm Getting Through The Anxiety of a Pandemic and so I'm just sort of continuing that way? Like, I guess I could make EVEN MORE quilts quicker if I decided to machine sew, but the point for me is the "having something to do with my hands," so hand sewing it is.

The snow has begun in earnest outside. Of course, today is a day that Shawn has to go into work until 3 pm. I'm hoping that the History Center decides to close early and/or the dire predictions will not materialize and/or I'll be able to get her home safely. Wish me luck.