I think that was the most artsy-craftsy weekend we've had yet

Friday evening, our buddy Jason came over with his guitar and a new original song, which Sam learned (he plays violin). Meanwhile, Maya and I were upstairs painting watercolors and listening to the music they made. It's how I picture ourselves on the very best kind of day, really. And then Battlestar Galactica had me on the edge of my seat, so good! I'm glad to see it take an exciting turn again. I called my friend Julie immediately after it was over to get her take on it and she actually hadn't seen it yet; she was DVR-ing it and working on a new quilt, which she wanted to tell me all about, and poor Julie, I -- her best friend -- said to her, "I CAN'T POSSIBLY TALK ABOUT QUILTING RIGHT NOW! [which is major for me; I love quilting] GO WATCH AND CALL ME BACK WHEN YOU'RE DONE!" And she did; I don't think she minded how totally rude I was. Seriously, it was a good BSG episode.

Saturday morning, I made pancakes. One of us makes pancakes every weekend, it is a highlight of our week for sure. This time it was apple-blueberry for Maya, apple-banana for Sam and me. I forget where Sam got the idea to shred a little bit of peeled apple into pancake batter, but DO IT. The effect is really good.

And I found this really hot chick on our griddle during the process.

Maya insisted she needed to do more acrylic painting, not with watercolors again but painting paint, so we went off to Michael's with one of their 40% off printable coupons (thank you, internets!) and outfitted her with more canvas.

Julie came over; she and Sam messed around with cameras while Maya and I did painting painting with painting paint. You can see the pretty things Sam and Julie did here and here.

Then after the kiddo went to bed, I taught Julie free motion quilting! She did very well. She has requested a quilted totebag tutorial from me, which I am slowly working on. I have decided I want Sam to film me while I am working on the tote, so I had to stop at step one, basically. But this is the patchwork front of my tote in progress:

I liked these fabrics so much and had so much left over -- plus that yearning to finish something good, and fast -- that I made a quilted pillowcase for one of our formerly very shabby couch cushions on Sunday. It's much happier now.

(That is a remnant of blue sari fabric in the background which Julie and I are "auditioning" for another pillowcase. Maybe. We shall see!)

Comments

[jenni]

I love the little pancake chick!

[Julie Holmes]

I think the green elephant sari fabric would look elegant upstairs on the sofas. Downstairs room should be more eclectic and funky as befits suck a powerhouse creative room.

[annax]

Great post! Such a lovely atmosphere. Makes me want to watch BSG, but sadly we don't really have it here :/