memphis in June

 

exotic fruit

car caddy

the baron used fabric left over from toddler x's quilt to make this car caddy.  it's not nearly large enough to hold all the child-related stuff that floats around her car, but it's a start.

let's be creative

the baron is always and forever trying to think up interesting and stylish ways to showcase the children's artwork.  this is her latest - and favorite - display.

another palate cleanser

in the last few weeks, the baron has made several summer shirts (knits, no less!) for things 1&2, and also the jacket above, which has just sleeve hems and buttons to add.  she started these clothing projects from a sincere need to pad out summer wardrobes (well, not the jacket; the jacket is for a nephew, for next fall), but now she's feeling a bit of dread about returning to the as-yet-unfinished quilt.

on one hand, the baron regrets her choice to spiral quilt a 7ft. square quilt (1/4 inch spirals, really, the baron?).  on the other, she really likes the look of the spirals, as they so nicely set off the straight lines of the quilt top.  also, it's come on summer now, so the thought of sitting at a table wrestling with a heavy, uncooperative blanket does not appeal to her. sometimes it happens that, mid-way through a project, the baron falls out of love with the pattern or the fabrics she's chosen and can't fathom, even a little, why they appealed to her in the first place.  in those cases, faced with regret, wasted time, effort and money, she guiltily tucks the project away, to be finished at a later - much later - date.  that's not happening now, though: the baron still really loves everything about this giant quilt, from the simple block pattern to the colorful fabrics and even the fabric she picked for the binding (the baron has been historically dissatisfied about her binding fabrics).    

so, in summary...the baron, she's feeling all the feelings, and perhaps just needs to grit her teeth and finish (as seems to be the case with so many of her sewing projects).