Passive Avoidance, and Tales of Crafts

School is now in full swing. I'm sure I will come to regret taking two English classes, seeing that, combined, I have eight papers to write over the semester. At least my classes are on different days this time. Having everything on Mon./Wed./Fri. was rather stressful.

I've been avoiding stuff, lately. Mainly cleaning and arranging for necessary-to-graduate situations. It took me awhile to figure out why exactly I was trying not to be in a chamber group or think about my Senior Project. I fear leaving school. Simple as that. Without the constantly stimulating and progressive environment that is college, I get bored and depressed. Of course, I don't expect my year off to be boring. I'll be taking lessons, teaching violin students, working for an orchestra or two, and maybe taking some business classes at TCC. Also, there is the band to consider; we will be playing gigs, in all likelihood.

Wow, laid out like that, I've got no chance of boredom, I think. I just wish it had as sure an outcome as college does. Though, if you think about it, college is not a sure thing. It is entirely up to a student to do their best to graduate on time, and sometimes it just doesn't work out. Either the student is not up to the constant studying required or stuff is just too hard to pass. I really hope that everything works out properly this semester, I hate do-overs.

Onward! Not much knitting or crocheting happening. I finished the crocheting part of the purse, went out and bought all the necessary finishing stuff, but I think I want to use a machine, not hand sew a lining in. This is the story of my crafting career, plenty of the main craft, and major reluctance to do anything else. I have four projects that just need a little sewing to finish them off. Perhaps I could do that and be triumphant at the end of the semester.

In other news, the quilt has been quilted. I haven't told you all the story of the quilt yet, so I shall: Before I left for college, my great-grandma and I would make quilt blocks together. Our last project before I left was thirty to forty 12-inch-square blocks with fans on them that we salvaged from an old, ruined bedsheet. I, having quite a bit else to think about in college, promptly forgot about them. Then, last Memorial day, we went to visit, and she gave them to me. I am one to leave my own projects unfinished, but not this. So I searched for someone to sew them together. Finally, a lady who was able and willing was located, and I gave them to her, along with some border material. She did so, and recommended another lady who could quilt it (sew the blocks, backing, and some fiber fill in the middle together in a decorative way). That lady said it would take until after the new year, as she was rather busy. I enjoyed my holidays, occasionally sparing a thought for how soon it would be done. The lady called me Monday, and I went and got it. Now, it's not completely finished, as the binding, or edging, has to be sewn on. I'm going back to the lady that sewed the blocks together for that. Overall, I expect this (rather large) quilt to be finished in the next two weeks. Whew! Quite a tale, no? I'd consider this to be my actual Senior Project, except it's not school-related.

I need to go to class now. Until next time,

Greene