Turtles, turtles

There is not much going on in my sewing studio at the moment.  And, if you saw the condition of the room, you would understand why.  Or part of the reason why, anyway.  It's time, AGAIN, for an intervention.  But this time I've really got to start from the bottom and rethink my whole space.  The pattern I've fallen into is cleaning up the space enough to start my next project while the condition of the room continues on a downward trajectory.  I bet some of you out there understand.

The other reason I haven't been creating much recently is that I have been too busy with other things.  Sometimes life does that while I'm not looking.  In addition to several things on the home front, I have signed up for three different events sponsored by my sewing guild within five weeks.  Coupled with the fact that school for my kids ends in a little over two weeks means that things are not going to get better anytime soon.

Last Saturday I joined some of my favorite sewing friends to create Painted Turtle Pillows for Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall camp which serves children with serious medical conditions and their families.  I had a great day visiting with friends I hadn't seen in a while, all the while helping to complete over 100 of the turtle pillows.  Here are a few pictures from the day captured on my camera by a young helper named Taylor.

Luckily, the other two guild events will provide plenty of opportunity for blog posts (the first, a shopping trip to NYC, the second, a t-shirt fitting workshop) so I'm hoping to have lots to share in the upcoming weeks.  And once I get my sewing space whipped into shape I'll share the results.  Happy sewing to everyone out there.