Whitniffic Whatnots

I can't believe I haven't written the final post about Ed's t-shirt quilt! I shared photos of it on all my socials, but apparently a detailed blog post slipped my mind (as most things do these days). This beast of a quilt was finished just before our quilt group hosted a show & tell/mini quilt show in the church lobby on a Sunday morning. It was September 22- I remember that distinctly because I was sore and stiff from my 15 miles at  Ragnar Trail Wisconsin the previous two days... which seems fitting, as this project was a huge monument to Ed's running career. Last you heard from me, the quilt top was finished and ready to be quilted. That was in May (!). I finally made the time to get into the studio at the NWTC Artisan Center to get this thing quilted on August 22. It went shockingly well in comparison to my last long-arm adventure ! I decided to try binding this by machine, as I didn't think I could hand-stitch nearly 50 feet of binding in tw...

Wow. I haven't posted in a long time. There has been some crazy stuff going on in my life lately, and as much as I love sharing my creations with you, I just haven't had the time or energy! I will try to get back up to date with some of my more notable projects... I recently left my full-time job of 12 years, and I'm having a wee bit of trouble transitioning into the freedom and flexibility of managing my own schedule. Ha ha. There are just so many things I COULD be doing, but prioritizing what I SHOULD be doing has taken a bit more effort than I expected. Task #1: Make Money I'm working ever so slowly to open my own business (which I'm sure you'll hear all about when I get to the point of launching!), but in the mean time I need to make at least a little bit of income to help pay the bills and whatnot. Adulting blows. I had heard about upwork.com on a Podcast, so I figured I'd give it a try. Upwork is basically an online marketplace where people ...