Quilting ADHD

It is hard to get any one thing done when you have so many others running through your brain. From my quilting to do list I have a minimum of 28 quilts that I am currently working on... gotta love organization as a procrastination tactic. It doesn't quite feel like it is procrastination when you are creating to do lists of the things you should really be working on. Way to go google calendar for making this a possibility in my life... and to have it broken down with sub tasks under the other tasks, not only that I should finish that quilt, but the sub-steps involved, finish borders, sandwich, quilt, machine sew binding on, and that evil last step that is hanging over my head on so many of them, hand sewing the binding down. Some of them have 'gredients added to my shopping google list that is conveniently divided by store...

I have been starting this and thinking about doing that back and forth, back and forth. The weekend I spent in Olalla. I played and was "helped" much in everything I did by my good buddies Layden and Clara. Clara is actually starting to tolerate me. She no longer runs screaming to wrap herself around Mommy or Grammy's necks when I try to talk to her, so that is progress. I have not ascended to the ranks of people-with-whom-she-is-willing-to-receive-her-bedtime-snuggle-from but I am now tolerated as a reader-of-bedtime-stories. Had a fun cooking experiment with both kids. Clara and I made grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch one day because we were the only ones who got the hand washing in before Papa turned off the water to the house. Some of them were less than perfect when it came to getting the bread out of the bag without breaking it front, but she had fun. Layden and I made cookies (Spice Bars) when he really need to be helping with something. We also got a chance to go down to the beach at Al's. Almost got sucked down into the muddy glop a couple times (amazing how much the sand and glop look the same...) but ended up with a ice cream treat at Al's, so it was worth it. Then I helped Aunt Alicia with a couple of projects. I hear I am quite the slave driver. But as her 1 1/2" strip scrap bin is emptier than it has been in a long time, she needs not complain.

Before I left, I had spent a little time getting my own scraps caught up. emptying out the bags of less than 1 1/2" scraps in string blocks. I sewed some log cabin blocks together that come out of the scrub scraps. I also finished the elephant baby quilt top.



I started two musical conductor quilts



I FINALLY FINISHED a project this summer! Ok, so it is only 12"x14", but it is done!



I also got the conductor quiltlet tops done, more pieces in a 8x12" quilt than should be possible:



And in the last two days I started...



...and finished...



...the blocks for a friend's wedding quilt. The sashing will be white with green triangles that make little leaves. I have a million little triangles left over which will become yet another project. Really? Do they ever end? I should go put that one on my to do list too. Because, clearly, it is helping me focus!