A couple of projects…

Hana’s duvet cover - I finally finished it. Check that one off of the (very long) to-do list. Now, I need to make her bed skirt and a few other things for her room. It has taken a long time, but it’s coming along.

Project details: I saw a rather expensive quilt on the internet that was sewn this way - raw edge circles appliquéd onto the quilt. The circles were uniform size and small. I wanted to give ours extra punch by making the circles many different sizes, bigger, and spacing them out randomly. We are both happy with it. I did a duvet because I found some sheets for the backings on a great sale ( about $8 each - two for duvet front/back and one for sheets for the bed), as well as 75% off for the duvet insert. Love that.

Hana’s birthday cake. Care to count how many candles? 13 - hard a couple of them overlap in the picture. Yes, I’m feeling it a little. Frosting has become challenging since we can’t use powdered sugar any more as Kael is allergic to the corn starch in it. Thank you, Better Homes and Gardens (my nearly 15-year-old cookbook is falling completely apart) for the frosting recipe without powdered sugar. Thank goodness he’s not allergic to eggs.

Creativity Question: Are you taking steps toward your creative dream, or steps away from it?

For a long time I stepped back and stood still. But, now, I am trying to inch toward my dream - I’m trying to infuse my every day life with creativity and… hopefully, I will get brave enough, and tough enough on myself to take a few steps toward painting regularly again. I suppose a better question would be, “what is holding you back?”. I won’t get into that just yet (that is all discussed in my Morning Pages - see “The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity” by Julia Cameron). Right now, we’ll just talk about the steps. Yours?

I’m so thankful for my local tech support guy (aka, Rich). I will be posting a couple of things soon that I have been working on. But in the meantime, give a cheer for Rich. Thanks!