I decided to participate in the Piecemaker’s (Spring Grove, Minneosota) Quilt Guild challenge. We got a fat quarter of the challenge fabric at our March 20 meeting, and the show is the Syttende Mai Fest the weekend of May 19-21. Syttende Mai is translated as “The Seventeenth of May”, and is the Norwegian Independence Day. Since May 17 is on a Wednesday, the Syttende Mai Fest is held the following weekend. Thank heavens. The few extra days are needed, since we only have less than nine weeks to complete our challenge projects.
I told you about the “rules” of the challenge last week. In addition to the challenge fabric, which is limited to the fat quarter, we can use three other fabrics, no more, and the project must be quilted. I’ve been squeezing out as much time as I can from my schedule to work on it, but it is getting to be crunch time now – less than four weeks remain. Some people may feel the pressure at this point.
Are you kidding? A deadline? Nothing could be sweeter when it comes to quilting – a deadline means I must work on my quilt. Dust and shower scum no longer have a hold on me, and if we can’t order it as a carry-out, we don’t need to eat it. I manage to bake a cake every now and then, but the rest of the time is spent designing and sewing and embellishing and grinning.
I’ve been meaning to learn how to post pictures to this dang blog, and posting a shot of my challenge quilt may be the motivation. Right now, however, I need to use my fingers for something a little more linty than a computer keyboard. I must! I have a deadline! The sweet pressure of it all…
It’s the best quilting excuse ever.
Copyright © April 2006 Kari E.O. Burns
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