BOD, Inside Out

I'm not sure if that's a thing or not.

I may have made it up....

But,

In the quilting world

BOM

stands for block of the month,

so I figure BOD

should be block of the day.

Yesterday morning,

worn out from a very long week of going 

and doing

and being around loads of people,

I gave myself permission to chill.

I was just about finished with my coffee

when I read Amanda Jean's Friday post.

I told myself I could click on one link, 

and then I needed to get moving.

(A day off for a momma isn't really a day OFF,

so much as a day of less...)

Well.

That one link I clicked on 

was "Carla @ Creatin' in the Sticks 30 blocks"

Turns out,

the '30 blocks'

was a quilt a long!

30 (super easy) blocks 

in 30 days.

I thought,

I can set up a sewing space!

I can do this!

I'm going to do this!!

I dug around in my tub of vintage sheets

and found one to use for a backing

and then I went to the old house

and pulled 30 fabrics to go with it.

I found a piece of another vintage sheet

to use as my background

(sorta - more on that in a minute)

And the perfect fabric for binding

(California Dreamin' ~squeal~)

I have never been so giddy with a fabric pull before!

Okay;

maybe I have.

But I was pretty happy!

I laid it on the floor to take a picture

then set it on the tv cabinet thing

and every time I passed it,

I smiled.

Oh, this was going to be fun.

I was a little worried about how much background fabric 

I had

(or rather, didn't have)

so I did some basic math,

calculating how many square inches I had

and how many were listed in the fabric requirements.

Turns out I was right.

I didn't have enough.

But I did have enough square inches 

of the background polka dots

to use as the main fabric

if I were doing a 2 fabric quilt,

so I decided I'd make my blocks

inside out.

I cleared a path

and a 3x5 ft space in the library,

and swept the floor.

I brought in our folding camp table

and wiped if off.

I found a chicken work light in the attic

and hung it 

from the hinge of an uninstalled door.

Josiah helped me bring over my machine

and cutting tools,

the daylight lamp,

the little TV tray pressing board,

and my tiny iron.

I excitedly set my fabric stack

next to the newly assigned 'ruler bin'.

I thought about 

how I had planned to sew with leaders and enders

this year

and ran back over to the house to get the box of fabric

I'd set aside for my first L&E project

and set it on the table next the the lamp.

I grabbed a piece of leftover carpet pad

just the right size for standing on while I press and cut

and dropped it on the (sub)floor.

And then 

I cooked dinner.

Real life, People.

After everyone went to bed,

I cut fabric.

And when I got up this morning,

I sewed!

For the first time in over 9 weeks.

😊😊😊

It's not going to be a masterpiece,

but it'll sure be fun!

(I got a little carried away

sewing my leaders/enders

and sewed up all that I'd cut.

So I cut 5 more blocks worth.

And then I sewed those up too)