waiting for the muse

All day yesterday in the studio, it got so late that I had to leave unblogged!  Plus I left the camera here so couldn't even do my thing at home which was a good thing because we had people coming for dinner  and I was certainly running late after I stopped at the supermarket for rolls and watermelon!  This was all because the day before I had hiked on down to Costco where I did some heavy damage to the account, even buying a crock pot.  I need a crock pot like a hole in the head but the thing is, it enables me to make dinner at 7 in the morning and simply push the 'on' button and leave the house.  Which is exactly what I did yesterday, leaving 8# of Boston butt alone to amuse itself with a dry rub and a couple of onions.

When I came rolling back home with the rolls it was perfectly done, falling off the bone and I had a huge pile of Carolina BBQ.  Or, a cousin of it anyway, because I couldn't face hanging out with the Weber for 8 hours stoking it's charcoal continually just for the authentic smoke taste.  Maybe another day when I am tethered to the house for some other reason.  So, the neighbors came over to help us eat it and they sure seemed to love it-  I had shredded the meat and added the vinegar sauce and served it on toasted rolls slathered with mayo. (Yes, I broke down and made the real stuff!)  Also made a slaw out of two different cabbages and some carrots and hot pepper so some of us piled that on too.  Some of us also added a pickle too.  Anyway, it was sure good.  Thankfully I have enough left to give it another round in the next few days.  I had tried to find someone else to come share it but was a bit late in my calling friends to round up anyone else without a plan.

But, back to the studio yesterday.  The guy who is fixing the pipe leak stopped by to assure me I won't be living with the ladder forever and he is really working on it-  he says he has resealed the joint and tested the sealant but wants to give it another layer.  So, I wish I could haul this ladder around and throw things over the ceiling trusses to hang stuff from someday!  But if I fall the 15', it's a cement floor and I would be a squashed pumpkin- not an option.  I'll take my chance with other accidents, seems silly to actually ask for one!

I spent a good portion of the day working on the commission, putting in some grass on the left side.  I need to do several more thread layers to lighten it up a bit but the underneath part is good so far.  The problem is that the corner has distorted somewhat so I need to do some trimming.  But the Good News is that the end is in sight.  I hope to get the grass finished and the edge re-set today and perhaps get it layered.  OOps, forgot to crop it up!

The big job is done on the baby quilt too, now I just have to sew triangles together and decide about sashing/no sashing.  Here ya go with that one:

Here are the two center options:

either the orange ball and border.....

 

Or the blue pocket from my husband's 60's shirt...
    










Should I call for a vote?  Plenty of time, it will be days before I get these triangles sewn.  Now, back to work, enough fooling around.






hmmmm.  I think I am leaning to the orange polka dots.  I can put the pocket on the back.