Creative Outlets

As a mom, there are lots of things I do that must be done again and again. Dishes, for example. No matter how recently I’ve done them, there’s always one more that’s just been placed in the sink. That’s why I think moms need a few creative outlets. It’s nice to work on something that will get finished and never be undone. Obviously, photography is one of those things for me.

Another one I recently picked up is quilting. Oh my goodness, I can’t tell you how much fun I’m having with this. After stumbling across a few quilting blogs like Cluck Cluck Sew, Film in the Fridge, and Oh, Fransson, I decided to try it. I wanted to make a “big boy” quilt for my little boy. He’s still in a crib, but someday he’ll move up into a twin size bed, and I wanted to make a twin size quilt for him.

Do you know how big a twin size quilt is? Yeah, neither did I! So it’s much larger than I anticipated, and I think I’ll have to make a couple of little baby quilts to practice on before I actually quilt this one. I’ve put so much thought and effort into piecing it all together and embroidering the label and everything, I would hate to mess it all up now!  

Here are just a few shots I took of my progress as I went along, and below is a very bad picture of the finished quilt top. I’m *almost* done with the back (also pieced a little), and then I’ll just have to get on it with my practice quilts so I can finish this one before Lincoln graduates from high school! :)

p.s. I had the following conversation with a friend regarding my priorities:

Friend: How do you know how to embroider?
Me: That’s what Google is for, my friend.
Friend: Oh, I never think to Google things like that. I usually Google stuff like how to get the gunk out from between the tiles in my shower.
Me: (wondering if there’s any gunk in my shower – probably is) Hmm, yeah… I never Google stuff like that! Too busy embroidering! :)