AMANDA'S BASKETS: Another Quilt Finished...

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Another Quilt Finished...

MONTHLY THOUGHT

Smells of harvest bring thoughts of family.

WEEKLY JOURNAL PROMPT

Take a walk and be open to simple pleasures along the way.

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Another day with books and quilts. My aim is to have all the books packed by tomorrow evening. And I am going to make it. Better than that I'm coming in well under my goal.

When I had the stuff from the storage unit delivered, I had 16 boxes of books. And many of those were in larger boxes than I am using now. When I am finished packing tomorrow, I will have 6 boxes. 6 BOXES!!!! (I love my iPad!!)

And, I finished tying and binding another quilt...

Nice looking, right? I love backing with fleece. So, the tally is two quilts done, five quilt tops ready for tying and binding and blocks cut for the remaining two quilts. Not too bad for the middle of October.

Thanks for stopping by...

(Football tonight - both college and pro...)

See you tomorrow...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.