Takin' a breather...

I didn't do much any sewing last week. I think recovery was in order after my last post.

So after a week of doing some actual work, tying up all the loose ends (literally!) on my charity quilts, sorting through a massive pile of scraps, and teaching myself to heat emboss (which involved more than one trip to more than one Paper Source -- and doesn't that always result in a lot of lost time and a whole mess o' trouble?), I actually felt like doing some quilting by the time Sunday rolled around.

Those darker pink blocks? Minkee!

This top, relegated to the duffle bag in the closet about two years ago, is finding new life this week. I broke away from my usual wavy line quilting and ventured back into some free motion -- I don't do it very often, and it felt good to let the walking foot rest for a change. These wonky little flowers work really well with this pattern and are so much easier for me to do than stippling.

I especially love what's happening on the Minkee backing.

I might have finished it completely had I not taken a large part of the afternoon to watch the final round of The Masters. It was good to see Freddie Couples in the hunt after all these years, and after all the hubbub over Tiger, it was wonderful to see somebody else (anybody else!) take the green jacket home -- especially my golf crush!

I'm not ashamed to proclaim it to the blogosphere: I heart Phil Mickelson!

Photo courtesy of telegraph.co.uk

Seriously, how can you not adore those dimples?