Here’s a photo of Boomer giving his seal of approval to Susan’s t-shirt quilt layout.  We had a fun, relaxing time at Stitch N Quilt on Friday evening learning how to prepare our beloved t-shirts for cutting and sewing.  This class will be offered again in February or March.  Watch the shop calendar for our next class!

P.S. The class is designed for a 9 t-shirt (lap size) quilt.  You are welcome to bring more t-shirts, but please be aware that you will not make as much progress as those who bring fewer t-shirts.  If you do plan to make a larger quilt, please email me at comestitchwithme (at) gmail (dot) com for a revised supply list based on the number of t-shirts you plan to incorporate into your quilt.

Last week, the entire teaching staff at my school attended a 2-1/2 day boot camp on Stephen Covey’s infamous habits.  I’d studied the 7 Habits while in undergrad and again while in library school, but never like this.  Last week’s session was a part of the Leader in Me program my school is in the process of implementing to help our students.  It was a fab team building opportunity for the small groups who worked together on the various habits.  I can say that I was able to put a couple of items into immediate effect that made a difference with a certain challenging co-worker.  I may not be able to do much about the situation, but I can choose my attitude and how I will react to the individual (and situation) from now on.  

I took the time to be proactive and plan my upcoming week.  I have my library and personal to-do lists done, but need to map out my action plan for this week’s sewing activities.  Prep for the class I’m teaching on Friday and I need to fuse, cut and finalize the layout of the mosaic t-shirt quilt for a customer by this weekend.  I also have a couple of baby quilt tops in process that I’d like to get moved to the “to be quilted” pile and out of the chair.

Offering to spend 1 hour a month with the dog at a local healthcare facility would require a thorough background check and medical screen.  That’s for ME – not the dog.  I had to have a background check in the summer when they renewed my teaching certificate.  Wonder if it works like your credit score where you get “dinged” from so many inquiries?  I sure hope not.