~Pondering & Puttering & Piddling ~

These cold and dreary winter days have left me on auto-pilot lately...I'm not drawn to any activity that requires critical thinking... Rather, I hone in on things that I just glide through. I like the easy-peasy stuff!! This happens to be the time of the year that I'm the most laid back...and that's good because I usually chart my course and decide the direction that I want to travel during the year...It's a great time for pondering life!!

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I have created some new dolls that I will be posting somewhere soon... I'm in a very extremely primitive mood this year so wait until you see what I have done!!! I've also been piddling around with some quilt blocks for my annual attempt at quilting!! I have good feelings about this year...

Please stay tuned to see what all my "pondering, puttering and piddling" brings!!!

Take Care and Stay Warm,

Tina

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~ To the Attic ~

Well, I made my way back up to the attic yesterday and today... I thought I would start the year with the focused determination of piecing and finishing a lap quilt for my dear mother...She has been hinting for one and she has been sooo patient for about 10 years now...so I have to do it!! Last year I decided to make her a patchwork quilt because I thought that would be the most forgiving of quilts for a mere beginner like myself...Boy was I wrong ~ the small pieces were much harder to align than I had ever imagined and it didn't work out... This year I decided to do a larger block and so far...it's working!!

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Geez, I hope I don't jinx myself now...I'm actually getting a little confident because the blocks are turning out the same size!! Playing around with all the colors and fabrics is fun too...As you can see, I'm a hopeless fabric-aholic (note full shelves of fabrics) ... and darn proud of it!! I'll post some more pictures as I move along...and clean my sewing room...wish me luck!! ....

Take Care,

Tina

~ Mind Over Matter ~

I actually got a few things accomplished today which is very good considering my slowness this time of the year...I spent the morning staightening up my office. It seems to be the magnet of the house, whatever needs to be stashed somewhere always ends up in this room!! I also like to keep my wool and paint in here so that can sometimes get out of hand too because it gets thrown everywhere... I didn't have the nerve or the courage to take a "before" picture...just an "after" one !!... Considering what it used to look like...this is a major improvement!

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I'll be heading upstairs to the attic to organize my fabrics and to play around with some quilt designs... I'm slowly shifting into gear...varrooom!!

Take Care,

Tina

~ Wynter Blues ~

I just wanted to check in to say...this is exactly what I have been up to lately...taking pictures of my cats staring out the windows!! I always take awhile to get back on track after the holidays...I don't know why...Others hit the ground running and creating but I always find my mojo later...I'm just sitting back waiting for my creative juices to start flowing...It could be tomorrow...

In fact, I'm hoping it will be tomorrow!! *LOL*

Until then...

Take Care,

Tina

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~ Happy New Year!! ~

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Take Care,

Tina