Blocks in blue

 I used last Friday and the weekend to cook for the freezer.  I struggle with quilts awaiting to be done, yet I still have to cook meals too.  I have a husband, as skinny as a broomstick, who believes in 3 meals a day (two containing meat if bacon and eggs are not served as breakfast) and snacking in between, with cookies as his favourite.  As is, I already cook chicken and rice for our elderly dogs once a week, I boil veggies for the chickens, and I still have to prepare our normal meals.  At this stage, I refuse to bake cookies.  Hubby shares these with the dogs and chickens, donating my hard-baked attempt to animals.  If he needs cookies, he can buy them himself.

To get back to my story, when I have quilts awaiting, I need to prioritise what to do first.  I hate working on a quilt; having to walk back and forth to check on food, and I would hate my work to reek of onions or garlic once done.  If I get going on a quilt first, meals will end up somewhat shabby, nothing special, just something to serve to make me feel better.  If I choose cooking first, the quilt is loaded late in the day, so I may not make the best motif design choices, so it waits for the next day.

Having frozen veggies, cooked meat or full meals in the freezer makes my decision-making life easier.  Enough about my cooking rituals.

This quilt maker’s daughter-in-law lives abroad and was gifted the blue fabric.  She really could not get herself to like the fabric, but, feeling guilty, decided to make something of it.  When done, her own daughter came to visit and loved it.  It would be perfect for a couch in her house, so Mom got motivated to finish it.

Once done and having it over at my place for a while, she ended up not disliking the fabric all that much anymore, but already gifted it, so her daughter will get the “not so ugly” quilt after all.