Sewing Obsessed!

The excitement of the last 4 1/2 months has been quite overwhelming to say the least!  New job, still working old job, taking on duties as president of the Quilt Guild I belong to and then being a participant in the McCall's Quilt Design Star contest!!  Who would have ever thought that I (me....ME!) would ever enter something like this and be in the second round of voting!  Certainly not I!  My entry for the second round is called "Breaking Free".  It had to take a slight turn with the design when I got clarification on what the "surface" actually means.  Everything was cut to go "my" way of thinking before I got the clarification.  I had actually had 1/4 of the braid strip sewn!   To me surface was the "inside" of the piece - not including the borders.  I mean if you put a "quilt" on the bed the borders are not on the surface, right?  Uh-uh .... it includes the borders.  I was so distraught that I really considered dropping out as...

The month of July and the first two weeks of August have flown right past me.... literally!!  "Work" that other nasty "four" letter word has taken over my lifestyle and for the next little while will "not" be letting go.  But I am enjoying my new job - don't tell anybody I said that!!!  It is very challenging and most demanding but so far I am holding my own, I think! LOL Sewing/quilting has gone by the wayside for the next couple of months, while I train someone to take over my previous job, so that means my nights are not my own for the time being.   BUT - (don't you just love that "three" letter word - it can hold so much weight!)  I have finished and upload my second challenge to McCall's Quilt Design Star http://www.mccallsquilting.com where the new voting takes place starting tomorrow (Aug 17th).   Now it's nothing to really "woo-hoo", but it is "me".   So don't forget to wonder over to the site....