As in... I'm almost caught up.
It isn't that my life is any busier than anyone else's ~ in fact, it's probably less so since I dont' have kids, a husband, any remaining friends... just kidding on the last one. :)
I am just one of those people that seems to always run just a little bit behind schedule. Just ask my friends... First call ~ I'll be there at 9:00 am tomorrow morning... see you then.
8:45 am the next morning... ring, ring... Hi! It's me... I'm running late. I just got on the highway and I'll be there by 9:25... 9:30 at the latest... I promise.
The thing is, I used to be really good with deadlines. Awesomely good! But I was younger then... do you think that's what it is?
[Please say yes.]
The point of all this is that I should be able to show you Sweet Tea by Friday. I wanted to wait until I could also show you the couple of blocks I've done using a Jelly Roll at the same time. That did turn out to be one of the delays in getting the pattern finished up, I decided to include a Jelly Roll version of the same quilt. I'm going to make a few blocks with Wiscasset but I've got something else to finish up first.
So in the meantime I wanted to share something with you that I saw a few weeks ago. I was going to post about it then but a parade got in the way...
How amazing is this?
It is made entirely of paper ~ and it was made by an art student in Tokyo.
The story and the link have been mentioned several places online, including on a few blogs, but just in case you hadn't seen it ~ Paper Castle on the Ocean.
It was too cool to miss...
I'm off to go get caught up... and I'm already late for where I was supposed to be.
I'm your friend Carrie!. . . it's just that I live 2 hours away. (Which is probably a good thing!)
I love paper sculptures! I certainly hope that art student got an A+!!! Wowie.
xo, Bren
(Oh. . . & next Wednesday? . . . just wanted to make sure you knew. . . we're supposed to meet at 6 am . . .) ;o)
Posted by: Bren | July 15, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Wow, that sculpture must have taken hours, no wait, days, no maybe weeks, even months! It's beautiful anyway.
Posted by: Christine | July 15, 2009 at 11:06 AM
I hadn't seen the paper castle yet, so thanks for sharing that! And I can't wait to see your new quilt designs! I might have to use this post title someday...seems like I'm almost finished with everything I'm doing...but just not quite!
Posted by: sherri | July 15, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Sweet Tea...Sweet Tea...Sweet Tea....all this Sweet Tea teasing is driving me crazy, I LOVE sweets, I LOVE tea, I LOVE your patterns....put me out of my misery......soon...please.....
Posted by: Thelma | July 15, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I am almost caught up myself. Thanks for all those links to "First Quilts - Last Quilts". I just have a few more to read.
Look what you started.....
Posted by: Laurie | July 15, 2009 at 03:50 PM
I have been working my way through the Parade list... boy, there are so many beautiful quilts out there! You and Camille had a great idea hosting that... thanks. The paper castle is quite a work of art. Amazing! I can't imagine the amount of patience it takes to do that... way beyond my thimble full:)
Posted by: Sinta Renee | July 15, 2009 at 04:21 PM
Wow - so many parades - thanks, Carrie! The paper castle is incredible! Oh - also like your new type - much easier to read with these "old" eyes!
Cheers!
Posted by: Candace | July 15, 2009 at 06:22 PM
We'll wait for you. Besides, one cannot rush creative genius.
Posted by: Sheila | July 16, 2009 at 05:46 AM
Isn't that paper sculpture incredible? I am always amazed when people create masterpieces that can't survive the test of time. Ice sculptures and sand castles for instance. To spend hours or months creating something beautiful and not be able to keep it is something I can't wrap my mind around.
Posted by: Nicole | July 16, 2009 at 07:26 AM
A girl after my own heart...late should have been my middle name. It isn't that I don't have good intentions, but we all know where the road leads that's paved with those...it's just that I get caught up in so many things. I may start at 7am for a 10am appointment. But then the morning gets filled with so many things I'm trying to finish up or "do right quick" that next thing I know, I'm late walking out the door. Now my mom has to be everywhere EARLY...I think it's a senior citizen thing. Anyway, she took my daughters to preschool each day and arrived early so she'd be #1, #2, or God forbid...#3 in the car drop-off line. So, when I leave and know that freakin' line is long and I have some mail to read or some applique to do, I sit in the line, somewhere between #14 and #27 and happily wait. Don't you know when that happens, my daughter promptly states "WE'RE LATE" even though not a single kid has gotten out of the car yet. Hmph!
Posted by: Karen Grabowski | July 16, 2009 at 10:29 AM
You're not getting slower--you are just trying to keep up with an incredibly creative brain!
Posted by: dotti white | July 16, 2009 at 03:13 PM
I meant to write a comment the day you posted this but I was late for an appointment and then by the time I got home.... you know how it goes!
BTW - your quilt featured in Australian Homespun is a humdinger. 150 pinwheels! Really, what were you thinking? I love it anyway.
Ann :)
Posted by: a good yarn | July 17, 2009 at 12:20 AM
I just found a jelly roll of Wiscasset and love it! No one around here bought any of the yardage though. I am looking forward to seeing Sweet tea! Hey! It is Friday, not that you are late or anything!
Posted by: Jane | July 17, 2009 at 06:44 PM
I received my package of goodies last night and it was wonderful! thank you soooo much!
Posted by: Lisa Peterson | July 19, 2009 at 08:35 AM
So glad you shared those photos, they are amazing.
Posted by: Janet | July 19, 2009 at 07:52 PM
This is so me! I am always behind, and like you I never used to be. Except you get stuff done! I just dream about it! Your amazing!
Nadine
Posted by: nadine woodraska | July 22, 2009 at 05:45 PM