opportunities for creative interpretation

i cannot believe i have yet to post about the amazing three days

my sister and i spent sewing (and eating) in little compton

a few weeks ago now....

after the winter crafting weekend

we vowed to take a bit of time

each season

to throw ourselves into our piles of projects

and boy

oh boy

did we come with to-do lists

(and yes, of course they were a bit on the looong side)

first up were the quilts for my niece and nephew

yes, certainly ambitious, but we decided to each take one on

and figured we could cut everything in one afternoon

and piece each top over the next full day.

it started out well and good...

by monday evening we had well over 900 squares for each quilt cut

and then, i looked again at my (type-A, instruction reading, over analyzing) sister's diagram.

the quilt was not made up of 3" squares as she had instructed we should cut

but, rather, 3x5.5" RECTANGLES.

yeeeeee-aaah.

so, tuesday was spent sewing squares together and ironing seams flat.

to undo what we had just done.

8.5 hours EACH

sewing and ironing.

a little exercise she so cleverly named

"opportunities for creative interpretation"

i think she was slightly concerned

i might never forgive her

but really,

when your sewing machine is here:

can you really complain?!?

not so much.