Scrappy Green Weekend

 

It is great to be home again. Sadly, I have not had much sewing time, though my crumbs sit next the machine waiting patiently for a few free hours. They look happy there, don't they? 

I might do a bit of string sewing as well. We will see where the weekend takes me. 

I learned last week that my job has been eliminated by our district and so it is up to my school principal to see if he has room in his staffing budget to save me. I should know before our big junior parent night this week when we roll out the college application process, invite seniors to share wisdom, and have colleges present relevant sessions. I don't feel comfortable promising them that I will be there to help them if I won't. It has all left me feeling a bit unsettled. I am fine with retiring early. I have plenty to keep me busy and would be happy to shift gears if that is how things end up. But I love my job and would love to keep doing it for a few more years at least. I offered to work part time which I think would be a perfect fit. Nothing is decided though, and so sleepless nights and distracted thoughts have me caught in paralysis trying to keep pushing forward with a doctorate that is so dependent on my job that it would be impossible to finish If I were not working.  So I think I need to finish a few revisions on my methodology section and them perhaps some time in front of a sewing machine would be therapeutic. Dear Jane is still loaded and ready, lots of ways to keep myself busy and distracted. 

How are your green scraps coming along? Even though it is a short month, there is still one more green weekend to go. I hope that you are making good progress. Misterlinky is below, please share with us all. 

ScrapHappy Saturdy - Greenday

 

We are in North Carolina this weekend for the celebration of life. We met Christine's family last night for dinner and the actual event is today. Anna and Ryan are here, but Sydney chose not to come because it is Valentines day. I did some sewing of hexies in the car, and combined with what I was able to get done on the bus, there are quite a few hexies to add to the collection. I tried to get my graduate school work done during the week, but there is just a tiny bit to finish off. I will try to get that done this morning before things get rolling. How are your green scraps coming along? I am enjoying seeing the glimpses of spring as the weather finally starts to thaw. There are still a few snow piles here that haven't melted, but it is generally recovered from the record snow. 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge on the Road

 

I am almost done with my giant tour of Florida private schools. We have been to 8 so far, with 4 more left to see. Here is part of our group at NSU. They do a lot of graduate programs. 

This is the founder of FIT, this is the school in my hometown where some of our seniors do dual enrollment classes. 

This is Stetson. Notice the statue with the hat. It has been a lot of time on a bus which I put to good use sewing hexies. I will be sure to show those off next week. 

I took some time to do a bit of green sewing before I left for the trip. These are the tiniest of crumbs. They are sewn onto cash register tape. The random sizes are because they are recycled. If a crumb is too small to cover the three inch width, then I sew them end to end until they are long enough. Then I just trim them to 3 inches. I will save them for now.

How is green coming along for you? Misterlinky is below. 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge Green for February

Welcome to a new month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. It is time to put away the blue. It's OK if you aren't done, the pastel shades will have another turn down the road. For now, dig into the green! Think of spring and brighter days to come. 

I am plugging away at chapter 3 of my dissertation today. Every so often when I need to clear my head, I get up and quilt a Dear Jane block. I think that I am on row 3 now, no rush on this one of course, she has been patient so far. 

I know that so much of the US is a blanket of ice and snow. The celebration of life was postponed, which turned out to be a very good thing as that part of North Carolina has snow being measured in feet instead of inches. I think that someone let the spigot outside drip last night so that it didn't freeze and burst. It made this beautiful ice sculpture on the foliage. I will try hard not to go anywhere today. Watching the steam roll off of the crashing ocean waves is fascinating.