Happy New Year!

Well, it's a dull, dreary, but mild, day. A good day to devote to a bit of organizing in the sewing room? Maybe!

I think every year at this time I try to think of a new way to become a more organized person, and it never works :(    There must be some method that will help. I do have to say that little by little there are items in the studio that are finding a nice, labelled home and once they have a home they seem to stay there. So maybe the secret is to just perservere, slowly but surely? I guess the state of the studio gets me down at this time of year because since I'm on "vacation" the last 2 weeks of December everything seems to get stuffed in there over Christmas. Tomorrow is "back to work" day, so it would help to have a bit of a fresh start.

In another "what was I thinking" moment, I purchased a new pattern over the holidays. It's a quilt called Life Is Beautiful and you can click here to see a picture of part of the quilt. What drew me first was the beauty of the book/pattern itself.....

In the foreground is a lovely fabric that will be used for the embroidery. Now to find my small embroidery hoop which I haven't used in years. A quick trip to Port Dover this afternoon may be in order!

I don't know when I expect to work on this project! I'll have to make it a certain kind of project, maybe one that is worked on at guild meetings? Or just tell myself to complete two little "circles" per month? hmmm....

I think I'll get a block ready soon, though, as it is embroidered using a variegated floss and I'm looking forward to seeing how that looks.

Now I'm procrastinating so I'll say "have a good day" and be heading up to the studio to start a bit of organizing....or put the last 2 blocks of Grand Illusion together!...haha.....