a little luck...

for the weekend

quilting again

it's snowing small snowballs outside and so i decided to make a quilt for the writing house, rather than do something otherwise constructive, like empty boxes or paint. and no, i'm not done with the lap quilt yet (the binding is a bit of a stopping point for me), why do you ask? 

on this quilt, i'm going to cheat a little bit, by backing it with a fleece blanket, rather than using batting and a neutral fabric on the back. i think it will enable me to finish it in one day. that's my goal anyway.

that's the fleece i'll use as backing right there next to it. it matches better in person than it does in this photo. it was fun to actually USE the writing house for laying it all out. i only used three different fabrics, but i think it works really well. i've got it all pinned together now and i'll start sewing it together after i run and pick up sabin.

what are you doing this weekend?

weekend activities...

...included quilting a lap quilt:

and making crowns...

for far:

and mommy:

and an additional fez-like crown for far:

and far as the king of kings with ALL of the crowns:

and lots of playing Wii with cousin owen across the atlantic

which didn't make for much of a photograph.

TGIF

"My favorite time of day is just at dark when all thoughts of what must be done stop & small pools of light come alive on tired faces everywhere." --from Brian Andreas' Story People

there's just something about a friday. the notion of the weekend stretching luxuriously before you, full of possibilities...laughter with friends. some good food labored over lovingly. the satisfied feeling that comes from folding the last load of fresh, clean laundry. a long walk on a beautiful spring day. a stolen hour or two devoted to reading that haruki murakami i started. maybe a bit of sewing up something from my cute new owl fabric. meeting a friend for coffee in the city on sunday afternoon.

what will your weekend bring?