I am leaving for a quilting tour to New Zealand in just 14 days. Steadfast in my procrastination, I am not worried about luggage, what to wear or what sights to see. My mind is more jumbled with what to bring along to knit while there is downtime. I am torn between a pair of socks or simple gift bags for my daughter, Nikki, to sell at craft fairs next fall. The bags are more friendly to starting & stopping and less prone to mistakes made by a lack of attention to detail. Ravelry.com has been a wonderful source of ideas for bag patterns to consider making. What fun that site is! My goal with the bags is to use up most if not all of my scrap yarn so as not to leave that closet as a legacy to my children when I pass on....not that that is happening anytime soon but I have a LOT of extra yarn.

Now the fabric stash is just as bad, if not worse. I have made my last stash-building purchase for a while as I hit the 20% off sales post holidays. I got some great pieces but now must look for additional inspirations for how to use some of those awesome prints. Today I re-emphasized the fine art of finishing-no-matter-how-uninspired-I-am.....and got Angela's quilt quilted. Binding is halfway pinned and will be finished tomorrow. Then I can hunker down with the hand work of pulling threads and sewing binding over the next few evenings. It was my first successful pattern design on EQ6 of which I am very proud. I will be making a pillow case for her as well using the border fabric (pictures to follow) as the main fabric. It's wild and will inspire lively and colorful dreams.