Work demands continue

But I refuse to stress myself over it all.  I've had to accept that what doesn't get done, doesn't matter, and have set up a priority system, and some long range production goals.  Right now, the goal is to complete two new exhibition pieces by mid-August.  I think this is achievable.  I have the preliminary work done on both, and a significant amount of the actual thread sketching done on one.  I am allowing myself to work on a few other smaller pieces and/or charity quilts as a change of pace. I read on the internet about some people setting a goal of making one applique heart a day during May.  I thought this might be one way of practicing the use of my new Apliquik tools, and had a such great time making them, that I've completed 39.  Thirty-six will be turned into a charity quilt, with the addition of a border, and the other three will join my pile of "orphan" blocks.  I can't believe that the bottom "orphan" block was sewn onto the wrong side of the background fabric. Must have been asleep when I did that.  But they are ready to be put together and finished, when the time is right.  I hope to complete one charity quilt per month over the summer, and already have a second one ready to quilt and bind.  The dark plum strips hanging beside the Heart blocks, is the binding for that one.

  I posted previously about an exhibition sponsored by Textile and Fibre Art Manitoba, where I had entered three pieces. (http://mousefactorydesigns.blogspot.ca/2018/04/a-new-challenge.html) We have now  been given permission to make a replacement piece for any of the others that might sell, so one of those is almost finished.  I'm finding that I really do prefer to work in a smaller scale than many of these exhibitions require.  The two pieces I spoke of above, are some of the largest I've ever made, and it's hard to wrap my brain around the different proportions.  But, stretching our comfort zone is one of the purposes of exhibiting, so I shouldn't complain.