Let's call it "shabby chic"

I'm exhausted.  Totally and utterly exhausted.  I won't trouble anyone in my teeny, tiny blog readership with details, but the upshot -- sewing-wise -- is that my recent bits of stitching are far from perfect.

I'm okay with imperfection.  In my current state I simply can't fret about small things like imperfect seams!  In fact, having even a little time for sewing feels like a beautiful, precious luxury.

Here's what I made in the past few days.

First up is block #2 in Sheila/Blue Patch Quilter's Mystery Quilt-along: "starry path," a beautiful paper-pieced block.  This is my version, in all its outrageous and imperfect glory:

Starry joins the big star block from week 1; I like to think of them as two outrageously dressed but relatively down-to-earth sisters, women you would want to spend time with even if their outfits sometimes made your head spin.

I also made a couple of test blocks for Thea's Garden -- a little quilt I'm going to make for a toddler I've never met, daughter of a sweet and generous young woman. 

This one is going to be a festival of pink and purple "flowers" on a pale yellow background.  I love the look of the elephant fabric, to the left (fabric designed by my bee-buddy Paula Ozier), especially next to the Innocent Crush block, to the right.

Hmmmm.  I think that's all I have in me right now.  But I sure would love some comments (cue tumbleweeds...), so if anyone feels chatty or has similar experiences of trying to be creative against the odds, please feel free to chime in!

Ciao.