Curing Myself

This has been a quiet week of routine colds, coughs, snow, 

and general slowness. Sewing has been going on, but not a 

lot of actual completing, largely because my current projects 

are complicated and, well, a bit silly. To distract myself, 

I thought I'd make more nursing covers, for more friends 

expecting spring babies. Which really was an excuse 

for another visit to the cloth, oops, I mean fabric, store. 

Considering how hard it is for me to buy all-purpose cotton 

in general, not to mention non-plain cotton (aka solids), 

I am proud to say I think I might have cured myself of my 

floral/print aversion. At the cutting table, the patron behind 

me asked, "so, what are you making?" I often cringe when 

asked this, because my answer is never politically-correct. 

So too, this instance, when I thoughtlessly blurted out, 

"nursing covers" and watched the smiles fade from the faces 

of the staff worker and the lovely patron who had so 

unsuspectingly engaged me in conversation.

Spent the next five minutes explaining, with growing 

discomfort, what nursing covers were. Polite nods, while 

they were no doubt thinking, "Another of them non-quilters 

got lost in our fabric section". The last time someone asked 

this question, I answered, "crowns!" and was met with 

the same blank, pitying response. Next time I am going 

to lie and say I am making a quilt or a tote.

Still, putting these together will be a nice distraction 

from the usual nonsense I am working on.

One last update - Bandit was found a few days ago, lurking 

in the shadows behind the bedroom mirror, none the worse 

for his long absence from general society. We found suitable 

accommodations for him until a trip can be made to the 

post office to return him to his new owner.

P.S. I know I am somewhat cheating by posting about 

non-events like this when I am supposed to be actually 

completing projects. Especially since the sun finally 

came out today after a whole week and I have nothing 

to take a picture of! Bah! Maybe next week, provided 

no one else gets sick (like me, I mean). 

Have a great weekend, all!