Quilting My Way Through Chaos....

It's true when "they" say raising teens isn't for whimps. What happens to those precious children when they become teenagers? Oh, I've heard the science of it all... but watching it is a different story. I swear, in this house the brain of teens go on vacation for the junior year of high school. It feels like being held hostage by an emotional creature waiting to explode at the first sign of fear. I've made it through this mission once, with a great outcome. I know better than to toss and turn trying to figure how to navigate those wonderful teen years but just can't seem to help myself.

I have figured out one of the reasons I am so slow at quilting. I don't follow patterns but design as I go. I spent my sewing hours yesterday staring at and manipulating the hearts I'd made, thinking what to add, how to border and how large to make the table runner/table topper. If I make a table runner do I have enough fabric to make a matching valance? Do I really need a matching valance? Why do I make it harder on myself? Why, because I like the challenge. I should go back to pattern design. I sold a few of my designs a few years ago. Come to think of it, I think that was when my oldest was a junior in high school. I see a pattern here.....