Make-A-List Monday: Summer!

In the U.S. at least, summer officially begins today, on Memorial Day. Not exactly sure why we decided that the day we honor our fallen soldiers as the day to have a barbecue and go boating, but there it is.

This is what our family does:

No barbecue and boating for us. We especially visit the grave of my grandfather, who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Good man, my Grandad.

I hope you have a lovely Memorial Day, and just like other holidays where there are millions of distractions that diminish the real purpose and meaning of that day, I hope you take a few moments to remember these men and women.

*stepping off my soapbox*

And now let's see how I did on my list from last week:

Finish the Flower Sugar econ blocks - a lovely stack o' blocks

 

Bind pillow shams and throw pillow - need to cut more binding strips, and I kinda need a pillow insert for the throw pillow!

Make a Sew Together bag for a super awesome friend

Photograph and write tutorial for pillowcases (you ask, I deliver!) - still working on this one!

Get started on my Lucy's Crab Shack Weekender (and there will be another tutorial/pointer page for this bag from moi, the self-proclaimed Weekender expert) - got bogged down in Econ blocks

This week? The law graduate/bar-prep man is hitting the books harder than ever (12+ hours a day), so I'm going a wee bit crazy. Lucky me, I have an amazing mother-in-law who has offered to take the kids on Wednesday. For the whole day! Y'all, what do I do?

Here's what I could do:

• Quilt a quilt, or two (the long-arm is free!)
• Go back home and work on something - my chair project perhaps?
• Go sit at a coffee shop, like the hipster I am, and write a novel on my laptop (no, seriously, I am working on one!)

And here's my week-long list:

• Finish stage one of the Econ block flimsy (it will need a border after this)
• Finish my pillowcase tutorial
• Work on the Lucy Crab Shack Weekender
• Get my Texas quilt block designed and photographed (the blog hop is coming, y'all!)

So, tell me what I should do on Wednesday! Quilt, sew, or write?