It has been almost six years since I wrote on my blog. It feels like so much more. I can't believe I allowed 6 years to pass me by without writing here. You would have thought that I might have jumped on here while I was isolating in 2020, but I was still teaching the first part of the shut down and because I was on the computer every day for hours, I didn't feel like adding anymore eye strain or computer time to my life. Then I decided to retire from teaching. Boom. Just like that. I had taught for 35 years so the transition from school to nothing was a bit weird - for about a week. It felt like a typical summer break. Everyone said, wait until August when school starts up again, it will feel strange then. It didn't.
I am still isolating for the most part. Okay, I am an introvert and a hermit so I may call it isolating, but you know, I'm just being me. LOL. I stay home A LOT. I get out for a few things, but where do I really need to go? Why get dressed and put on make-up? I don't usually see anyone except at the drive thru or picking up groceries or through my office window. I do get out though. I am not a complete hermit. I quilt with my group, keep the books for volleyball and basketball, and have started teaching quilting at a local quilt store.
I have been sewing quite a bit even these last couple of years though I've slowed down some this year. I finished 21 quilts in 2021!! That's an accomplishment. (finish means, quilted, bound and label on) I also made a ton of quilt tops that need to be quilted and finished. (hopefully by 2023) I need to put the binding on the last of the little cousin's quilts. The last two are for my youngest nephews. One has been finished for quite awhile, the other just needs to be squared up and binding and label put on. (I have until July to get that one done) I will have made and given away 23 quilts. (or will have as soon as I get everyone's quilts to them. I still have a few that have been sitting here taking up space at my house! I am just too lazy to make a couple of trips to drop them off. IE: hermit)
Last summer my mother said she should probably give her nieces and nephews a quilt and I was like, "that would be nice" then realized that was my first cousins and I had given all of their children a quilt for high school graduation, so why not them? OOPS! My first cousins on my mother's side will all be getting quilts soon, too. I am raiding my quilt stash, putting on labels, and getting quilts ready to give to each of them. It's hard to give away a quilt that wasn't made specifically for a person; at least it is for me. When I am making a quilt for a certain person, that quilt really belongs to them as I sew it up. I hope they all know that if I need the quilt back to show for whatever reason, I am coming to their homes and taking it back!! LOL. I don't think I would ever do that, but there are a couple I just might have to go snatch back for awhile. I really loved a few and didn't want to give them away.
If you have made it this far and are still willing to follow me on my blog, thank you. You won't hurt my feelings if you want to excuse yourself from this blog. It has been sitting idle for 6 years so you may have not felt the need to delete it from your list. I hope you stay, but if not, thank you for following me on the first part of the journey. Now on to the second. (or 3rd or 4th)
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