Whew! This year has simply whizzed by. Some of you have noticed my absence from my journal for the last two months and I have to say—I have no excuse. My absence may be compared to being on a diet and deciding to eat just one brownie—-before one knows it the whole plate of brownies has disappeared and a small taste was all that was planned!
At first, I skipped a couple of weeks of posting in my journal because my work schedule was heavy. When it was definitely time to make an entry, no great ideas of things to write about came to my mind (and no one had complained), so I skipped a few more weeks (still no one complained)…..and, before I knew it two holidays and two months had passed!
However, recently a few of you have given me the hint that you are missing my postings. So here I am—back again with no real reason for being away–just a busy life.
As a brief recap of my lost time, I have spent lots of time with family…..
The article I wrote for January 2009 issue of The American Quilter was released in early November and work got very busy again…..
Then I was off for a week’s visit with my daughter and family. I came home two days ago with “home work”—-a very long table runner to be machine quilted and returned by mail before Christmas.
Wait a minute….did this hand quilter just say something about machine quilting??
Believe me, I am not a machine quilter, nor do I plan to take it up in the future, but the table runner is not very wide and I am pretty good at sewing straight lines on a sewing machine. So my trusty Singer Featherweight and I are going to be putting in some serious hours over the next few days. I’ll post a picture of the table runner when I finish and tell you the story of my Featherweight.
I am off to get started on the table runner and I promise to keep you posted!
Mary Says:
December 15th, 2008 at 10:51 pmVisit Mary
Hi Jeana,
Glad to hear from you! I seriously thought maybe the coyotes had dragged you away. Life sometimes gets in the way. Mary
Barbara France Says:
December 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pmVisit Barbara France
It is a very good thing to just take a break from the rush we all get caught up in and I’m glad you had that fun time. AND I’m glad to see your posting, I’ve missed your entries. Merry Christmas and Happy Machine Quilting.
Cheryl Says:
December 18th, 2008 at 9:14 amVisit Cheryl
Good Morning and welcome back. I did miss you and kept checking back. Looking forward to more stories!
Jeanne Hurst Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 8:20 amVisit Jeanne Hurst
I also missed reading your journal. Glad you had a good fall visiting with family. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Jeanne
Mary Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 10:47 pmVisit Mary
I enjoy your blog, and I’m glad to see you are back. Have a merry Christmas.
Mary
Rondi Leslie Says:
December 21st, 2008 at 11:21 amVisit Rondi Leslie
Jeana,
Glad to hear from you. You have been missed. If all it took was someone to complain I would have done it! Glad to hear you have been busy and not ill. I was starting to get worried. I enjoy your journal. Take care and Merry Christmas.
Rondi