Today it is supposed to stay in the 40’s and rain, but I will make a point of noticing the beautiful work of spring unfolding….

Mini-daffodils bloom near our crumbling front steps… I make a point of seeing the yellow trumpets!

This morning, the taxes are done, a big luncheon is over, and it is time to ‘get back to it’ in the studio… I have many things to finish and so, even though spring is so much about new growth, I vow to make this a week of finishing things that have already sprouted!  Such as:

• Worm Moon (last week’s Journal Quilt)
• Zero Tolerance (yesterday’s Journal Quilt)
• Gingko Ground
• Adam & Eve IV
• Global Warming IV
• a pin cushion…

And that’s not even getting to the layers of stuff in the IN PROGRESS PILE!

The cleaning, also, must continue.

What you see above is only about 1/3 of my stash… the black board is a piece of 1/2″ insulation covered with black felt, which is WONDERFUL to use as a pin board… but is HUGE, because it is part of my booth.

Goals —

• to redesign booth for shows so that we don’t have to cart around 8′ x 4′ pin boards
• to redesign booth so that I could erect the damn thing by myself
• to cut existing 8′ booth-boards into easily-moved pin boards for studio
• to hammer triangular wedges on existing shelves, where boards can live while holding works-in-progress
• to get rid of more fabric
• to organize my patterns better

Victory list —

• threw out at least 3 laundry bins full of fabric
• instituted a 3-ring binder for holding ideas that I print off of computer (this is BIG!!)
• a new table for cutting grid and rotary blade — it is low (the right height) and just needs light, now
• felt all in one place
• several boxes labeled ‘Precious Bits’ — for those chips of fabric I adore and will actually use
• Christmas fabric and images and transfers are now congregating in ‘their area’!
• sold my first quilt on etsy!!  (more on that later in week)
• convinced my guild to take my quilts into the May show even though I was a month late (more on that later, too)
• finished Schedule C (who knew I was a fantasy writer?)
• tomorrow will mark the completion of 14 days of ‘Awakening Prologue’ with Holosync… (more on that soon!)