The Bare Essentials

After all my big plans to be sewing right along in my new sewing room by now, I seem to be going backwards. First, painting the wood trim and doors is requiring two coats of paint(I hope not three)....not at all good for my back! So, while I was taking a couple days off from painting I moved some of the sewing and cutting tables into the hallway and finished moving most of the smaller stuff (temporarily), into the huge closet of the new room. It's a bit overwhelming, since I really don't have a plan for setting the room up yet.

Anyway, while taking a break from painting, I thought I'd get back to sewing and start on some bee blocks. It was rather chilly upstairs so I plugged in an oil filled heater and made the mistake of turning it on high. Well...just as I got started sewing, everything went dark....with so many things plugged in the same power strip the heater pulled to much power. I lost power in three of the upstairs rooms. Ughhh.....it would be three days before my son would be over to do the wiring for the light and fan in the new sewing room.....so I would be without  power upstairs for all that time.

The following evening I decided to lug down one of my machines, a drawer full of bee block fabrics, rulers, iron etc. and set up a little area in which to sew.  I had now gone from the prospect of a new sewing room to invading the living room area with the bare essentials.  As long as I could do some sewing I didn't care....I was looking forward to getting started on the February NuBee's block swap.

This machine resides in the above sewing cabinet. Sadly, needles are no longer available.A friend is going to modify some needles so I can use it.

As the evening went by I happily cut and sewed and proudly thought about how great it would be to have all my blocks done in a couple of days! Within a couple of hours I started having chills and getting a scratchy throat....I kept plugging along determined to finish the block I was trying out. The next day I woke up with an awful head cold/allergy attack.  I could hardly function for five days......and had ample time to dwell on my disappointment over the work still not finished upstairs.

Pinwheel Rose traditionally red or pink with green tips.

The past couple of days I've started to feel a bit like my old self again.  My first thought was to rush right back to painting....but if I paint it leaves me no time or energy for sewing.  So I decided to skip painting for a few days in order to catch up on the QAL's and get my NuBee and 3x6 blocks completed.  This will at least give me a sense of accomplishment and I hope renew my enthusiasm for the home improvement work I still have left to do!