So, I went and took that first step. It was really easy to register and open an account. It was a no brainer to write and publish my first posting. But now, three days later I can't seem to make a decision on what to do next. So many decisions.

I don't have a picture of myself to post and probably never will. Hate to have my picture taken. Grrrrr. I do have pictures of some of my current projects but haven't quite got the skills of posting pictures down yet...and probably never will. Remember, I <<>> tell you I am a self-proclaimed techno weenie!

Maybe it would be best if I started by talking about some of my on-going projects. That should take a couple of weeks! My current piecing project is using Christmas fabrics to do the Hopscotch pattern. Got together with two of my friends last December and we each went through our respective stashes of Christmas fabrics and cut 10" squares. It was interesting to note that as we did this it became obvious that each of us gravitated to entirely different types of Christmas fabric. Leslie's fabrics tended toward the Thimbleberry/country look. Jo Anne's fabrics were most always novelty/cutsey prints. My fabrics, with very few exceptions, were metallic/glitzy elegant types. This is a great pattern...easy but not necessarily fast and would lend itself to a variety of fabric styles and types. I can see it done in Orientals, florals, Halloween fabrics, depression era-style fabrics. Black and whites with a touch of red or yellow would be great.

Now, as for applique projects...
Better buckle your seat belts. If you just look at the ones I am actively working on that would include Verna Mosquera's Vintage Valentine (hand applique) and her Happy Hauntings (machine applique), a generic Baltimore Album (hand applique OF COURSE), a Mary Simon BA (also hand applique), Snowman Collection (machine applique), Be-Attitudes (machine applique), and Ladies of the Sea (hand applique). You could call these WIPs...works in progress. If you want to continue with those projects that are on the back burner or UFO's I'd have to include Cinnamon Stitches and Affairs of the Heart. With the generic Baltimore Album, the Vintage Valentine and the Cinnamon Stitches I can actually see the end of the tunnel. The machine appliqued projects are fused and in various stages of completion with regard to the blanket stitching.

I sometimes wish I could be one of those ladies who starts a project and never get sidelined until it's completed and the scraps disposed of. Sadly, I just don't work that way. I like the diversity of having several on-going projects, then, when I get bored I can put it away and focus on something else for awhile. It's just how I am and how I work. Guess I'm process oriented rather than project oriented. I won't apologize for it but on occasion I yearn to be a little bit more focused.