Necessity is the mother of getting me to my sewing machine

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Quilt top DONE! A quilt top that's been on the wall for, um, weeks. A quilt top that until yesterday afternoon was loose squares, waiting so patiently for me to, um, get to it! Git 'er done, as my daddy would say.

I put it up there well over a month ago, in anticipation for rain that came and went, followed by copious storms that didn't make a single dent in all those squares. Aligned they rested, lingered, loitered.... Then yesterday morning I had a new shiny pop into my brain, but to attend to new shiny, old faithful had to go.

LOLOL!

Maybe that's what I'll call this quilt, Old Faithful. Made up mostly of Anna Maria prints, it's some of my oldest and newest faves. Made for.... Maybe me, maybe. Or maybe it will be for someone else, because let me tell you, the corners are PRECISE! Some of the best nesting of seams I have accomplished, which makes me wonder if it's going to again wait for the perfect moment to be gifted. Of course, I need to finish it first.

LOLOL!!

Yet in a way, it's done. It's the third (Maybe fourth, but who's counting?) completed quilt top I've managed in the last several months, which is NOT MY USUAL WAY. Typically I fashion a top, make the sandwich, then engineer a finish either quickly or leisurely. Yet lately those quilt tops are starting to carve out a home of their own in the fabric closet, kinda like how the chickens are making the garden their second residence. Very little sun shines there now; before I snapped the quilt photo, I captured the hens gathered in the far northern corner of the garden, soaking up the precious sunshine.

They do like to hang out close to one another, hehehe.
 

I did take them for an outing before I sat at my sewing machine, wanting them to soak up some warmth in their chicken bones. But in crooning to my girls, saying chicken bones sounded sort of, well, weird. Not that they cared, but....

LOLOL!!!

It's a laughing out loud kinda day, in that a quilt top is finito, chickens are relatively happy, my husband's fave football team (Green Bay Packers) garnered a victory, and it's better to laugh than cry. It's Christ the King Sunday, and Advent starts in a week. Thanksgiving lands in a few days, but we're having ham, minor lol, and I'll make Gluten Free brownies from a mix as my delectable treat. With some walnuts as an option because hey, it is Thanksgiving and despite all the political trauma, there's lots to celebrate. Like chickens digging the sun. And grace. And, well....

Getting a quilt top finished because a new shiny is the mother of me getting to my sewing machine, ba-dump-bump! Lol's a'plenty, you know....

(LOLOL!!!!)

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