The dog days of summer......

I don't know about you but when June rolls around it seems as if the summer will go on forever and as I make plans I always think that this summer I will actually get some of the things done that I think I will....... you'd think that I would know better by now but being the eternal optimist I don't.

Mind, I am a bit further ahead than I usually am - just not where I thought I'd be. But some of the stuff that I have acomplished is better than I thought - so all things being equal I guess I'm not in bad shape.....

Have I gotten you totally confused - I almost am and I'm writing this..... so let me back up. When the summer starts I usually plan to have all of my samples done, write-ups and supply lists done, etc for the fall season. Well, I'm partway there.... I do have 4 of the 5 samples done for the Creativfestival ( www.creativfestival.ca) in October - the last I hope to finish designing this weekend. But I still have some shop teaching samples and write-ups to finish and they should be done by now. How do I get sidetracked?? It's so easy in the summer - it seems to go on forever so I always think that I still have lots of time and I procratinate!! Not good but I admit it. Sometimes good things come out of that - it seems with some of my projects that the longer that I let them percolate in my thoughts the better they come out. It's just knowing when to stop brewing and start the physical production.

The pictured quilt is just one of the classes that I will be teaching this fall . 'Circling the Stars' is one of those quilts that looks far more complex that it really is . I think that's why I like it so much. It also has the added bonus of stars - I have come to realize that I really like stars - I am drawn to any object with stars - I design quilts with stars - even one of my favorite machine quilting 'doodles' includes stars......

Well, I should sign off for now - quit procratinating and get that last design done......