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Procrastination In Action

 

Welcome to a peek at how I procrastinate. I am the QUEEN of procrastination. As you know, I am supposed to be making the back of that quilt. Do you see a quilt here? No, of course not, that would be out of character. I am in the midst of doing what I do best - pushing aside what I am supposed to be working on. My friend, Alicia, sent me this wonderful book, A Forest Of Stories . In our facebooking back & forth I filled her in on a quest of mine to see ten trees that I have on my "bucket list" before I die. She saw this book and thought of me. 

 

Both the story & the illustrations are captivating and magical. Even the borders are beautiful. So beautiful in fact ...
  

 

that I had to copy them. I folded up the quilt and carefully placed it on my husband's pool table - I knew it would be safe there. I pushed aside my quilting supplies and made room for my paints. I haven't painted in a LONG, LONG time. I had to reacquaint my self with my supplies. No worries, though. When one is procrastinating any extra work is no work at all, as long as it doesn't have anything to do with the project I am avoiding.
  

   

I had so much fun. I kept right on going. I expanded a bit on the border and ended up with this:
 

Which then, of course, made me do this: 

 

Can't you just imagine an ultra thick polar fleece green poncho with an embroidered 3" ribbon down the front? And while we are at it why not get those boots and legs like the ones I drew on her?

As my fellow procrastinators in this world know, it never ends there. It is like a bacteria that keeps on growing.

  
 
 
 
 

 

Somewhere in Delaware

My new friend, Alicia, lives there. If I get in my car and drive without stopping I can get to my new friend's house in just about 13 hours. If I do it, though, I would have a mighty problem finding her once I got there. You see, I don't know her. You read correctly, I don't know her. In fact, I don't even know what she looks like. I met her in Blogland a few days ago and the typing has been fast and furious between us since. To celebrate our new found friendship we have decided to do a project together. We both will be blogging about it simultaneously. Alicia will post her progress on her blog, Possibilities. You can click on the highlighted word to get to her blog to check it out. When you are there scroll down and see the terrific bag that she made.

And now to the business at hand: We have chosen the book Sew Serendipity by Kay Whitt. If you click on the highlighted book title it will take you to the Amazon page, look for her book under Sewing, she should be the first book in that category.

 

Now I have to tell you, Kay Whitt , is a God send. She has produced a book for the rest of us... yup... the newbies to sewing that still want style and flair.

 

Alicia and I have chosen the dress (below) as a first project. I looked at the instructions, I probably should start with the skirt but typical me, we have decided to go with a little harder project. Now Kay, if you are reading this, I PROMISE to do the skirt if I flunk the Romantic Floral Tunic Dress. You see, Kay says, in black & white (actually black & pink) for everyone to see, start off with the skirt if you are new to sewing. Alas, neither my new found friend, Alicia, nor I have listened. So the Romantic Floral Tunic Dress it is.

 

Early this morning I set out to photograph the fabric for the project. There wasn't a soul down at the lake.

 

I could shoot anywhere I wanted.

 

Since there was nobody around I took a quick dip. It is an odd, delicious pleasure to be able to swim in nature with no other human beings around.

Do you see the little bag on the dock?

 
Take a peek inside it. I don't want to leave you with the mistaken impression that I can go to a fabric store looking for fabric for a project and ONLY come out with the amount called for in the pattern. At all times my addiction must be fed.