I was standing in my sewing room, staring at a half-finished quilted mixer cover that I was making for my mother-in-law for a Christmas gift when my husband walked in and asked me what I was doing.
“I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to get this gift for your mom finished in time for Christmas,” I said, boring my eyeballs into the seams, willing them to, at the very least, loosely baste themselves.
He paused before saying, “Not sure if you knew, but it’s Dec. 31.”
Yeah, I knew, smart ass. I didn’t mean literally in time for Christmas. I meant just not late enough to have it be misconstrued as a gift for Christmas 2017. And I already have a gift in mind for her for next year: a matching oven mitt that I’m hoping to finish by mid February 2018.
After standing there, the both of us looking at the pinned-together mixer cover for a few awkwardly silent moments, my husband said, “So, which of your sisters is going to get over here and finish it for you?” [Read more…] about Finishing Unfinished Business in Not in My Wheelhouse