The adventure today was the Quilt Show. Mom was interested in having company, and Sister #2 had other commitments and The Girl wanted to spend some time with her grandmother, so it worked out that the two of us met her down in Tacoma for the show.

It was interesting enough. There were some lovely pieces there. I find I'm most interested in the ones that are 1) something I could see using on a bed and 2) the ones that are still being hand stitched. That being said, there were still some lovely pieces. Mom took lots of pictures; me, not so much this time.

I've found that having no place to work and a backlog of projects is a real dampener. I've got Grandmother's cotton dresses that I saved to make a quilt from oh so long ago, and there's an embroidery-based quilt that I also started years ago. One of my books is on lap-quilting, which appeals to me because it allows me to do the hand work on a small enough scale that it is practical.

Having my own space for sewing and whatnot is all supposed to be additional incentive to getting the West Bedroom sorted out and turned into a workroom for me. It will happen at some point. Any day now, right? ;-) Well, actually, it had started to happen not so long ago, but various kids moved back home, and things got rearranged again. So, I've just got to get the momentum back up, and ignore the fact that every time I've sort something out, something else happens to unsort it. But I really enjoyed having the space last time, and I need to keep that in mind and make it happen again.