#nonoptimal life choices crafting time

[awheckery]

NONOPTIMAL LIFE CHOICES CRAFTING TIME IS GOOOOOOO

so for those of y'all who've been following me since before I busted out the historical research gong fu, you may remember the saga of Tess Piggy and the Bella Dots Design Wall project

I did eventually finish quilting all the dots, but my immune system threw a bitch fit, requiring a substantial rest period, so the thing's done, save for doing the binding my beloathed

I'll get around to it. eventually.

but at one point I was over at my parents' house and my mom saw the bella dots project and was like, 'omg I love it, can I have it?' and I was like 'excuse me??? I don't suffer over this kind of bullshit for other people, this bastard is MINE,' and thus was my mother somewhat disappointed, but even then, six-ish months ago, I filed the thought away and recalled that I had the Hoffman 1895 Bali Watercolor Panel hanging over my ironing board at home

it looks like this:

I am following all the same steps that I did on the bella dots project, so I'm not gonna rehash any of that, except I put the walking foot back on my sewing machine and hooooooooooly shit, quilting diamonds is SO much faster than quilting circles, ilu walking foot, never leave me

so much faster. holy shit.

[awheckery]

it's december 23rd.

it's what-the-hell o'clock.

I am not at work because the temperature outside is hostile to life.

I'm sick. I'm broke.

and I just noticed that I have everything I need to make a present for my mother.

stand by for nonoptimal life choices crafting time