A Productive Day!
I just wanted to get on here and share how good it felt to be productive today (and yesterday, too). I stay at home with my 4 year old and babysit two other toddlers two days a week. I don’t get nearly as much time quilting as I would like. It felt amazing to do the prep work that I did today. My DH cut a 3’ x 4’ piece of plywood for me to use as a cutting surface on top of my ironing table. The table is just a plastic one that I covered with batting and a canvas top to use as a large ironing surface. I use bed risers to bring it to a comfortable working height. It works well enough for ironing but is terrible (read: not flat) for cutting. I covered it with a piece of flannel to avoid the rough edges. I got to ironing my ten yards of fabric for a planned quilt, followed by starting to cut strips. I couldn’t be happier with the new cutting surface. I had to stop that cutting project when DH wanted to watch a movie we rented. I switched to cutting and prepping hexies. I spent about three hours cutting, gluing and ironing. I was just as pleased as could be. I’m excited because having the hexies prepped gives me something to do on weekday evenings when my DH likes to sit after dinner and enjoy a movie. He wakes up at 5:00 am so we try to make our evenings early. I also don’t have any friends that are quilters close to me, so I love being a member of this board to share my joy!