Catching up

After an insanely busy and eventful summer, this week has been ... even more insane.

My oldest started all-day kindergarden this week, and like most moms, I'm feeling pretty conflicted about it. She's old for her grade, having turned 6 a few weeks ago, so it was definitely time for her to go. Still, it's been a big adjustment for everybody, including me and my younger daughter, who misses her like crazy! As I got ready to pack her lunch last night, I thought, "Seriously, she has to go there again tomorrow?" Guess I need to get used to this—it'll only be this way for the next 13 years, after all.

My younger daughter started preschool this week as well. She goes three mornings a week, and I admit that I'm not as conflicted about this one. LOL. Three mornings a week is a welcome break from a strong-willed 3-year-old, but still leaves us plenty of time to play (and butt heads!) the rest of the week!

So lots of sewing-ish things are happening around here as well. I packed up my Supernova quilt and shipped it off for the Modern Quilt Guild Showcase at International Quilt Festival in Houston! Supernova will also be traveling around the country with the rest of the MQG exhibit for almost a year afterwards, so I won't see this little quilt again for quite a while, which makes me kind of sad. But I'm excited about the adventure it's about to have! It's not unlike my kids going off to school, is it?

Here's another bit of excitement: My first-ever collaborative book project is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universefeatures quilts by 18 talented bloggers, plus their thoughts on modern quilting and blogging. I'm so honored to be included with all these amazing people! The book is gorgeous and it's very exciting to be published in book form.

My quilt is called "Candy Necklace." The shapes and colors reminded me of those candy necklaces I used to have as a kid. You can pre-order the book right now, and it will be available in December.

And speaking of books, have you seen the news about Craft Book Month, going on all this month at Craft Buds? It's a huge celebration of all things craft book-ish! I'm so excited to be participating in the blog hop this year, and can't wait to show you what I'm working on, which is from Amanda and Cheryl's amazing book Sunday Morning Quilts. (If you haven't picked it up yet, please do—it's packed with of great patterns for using up your scraps.) Today's Craft Book Month posts are by Katie of Katie's Korner and Sharon of A Prairie Sunrise, and my post goes live on September 17. Be sure to follow along, because of course there is tons of inspiration and giveaways galore.

I'll leave you with what I've spent the past day or two working on—I'm putting together a table runner with that beautiful stack of Oakshott Rubies that I got a while back. Yes, it's wonky! I can hardly believe it myself. Have a wonderful weekend!