31 December, 2012

Time Saver?

This is a very basic and traditional block; "Airplane", cut precisely with my new Accuquilt "toy". I just love the die cutter and my mind is spinning with all the great projects I can accomplish in a more precise and faster way. We're rocketing into a new year, 2013 will be here tomorrow! My grandmother told me, when I was too young to understand, that as we grow older time seems to go faster. This memory is so vivid that I remember the exact spot where both she and I were standing at the time; I didn't believe her though.  It's funny to me now how I have remembered this and how much wiser she's become as I have aged. And so, now I have a tool to assist me make more quilts... faster and better. Will I have more time in which to quilt them? Probably not, I'll only find more to do! Will that make a difference? Not one bit!  It's almost unbelievable to me that another Christmas has come and gone; I hold on as tight as I can but the moments, days and weeks still fly by. When I began quilting in 1983 I didn't even own a rotary cutter, I carefully cut my fabric shapes with shears outside the pencil lines drawn around hand-cut cardboard templates. The quilt world has changed enormously in thirty short years; and yet, with all the time saving devices that I accumulate, that one precious commodity still slips away! Today I'm only looking forward. After all, I don't have time to look back! There are more quilts to make, faster and better. I've decided not to blink anymore, it's my resolution.
Happy New Year!
Life is Good!

15 comments:

Kathy ... aka Nana said...

Gorgeous pattern! Of course, I love any and all patterns featuring triangles. Which is why I think I'm going to ask for an Accuquilt for a combination birthday-Valentine's Day gift from my hubby! ;-)

45th Parallel Quilter said...

Beautiful resolution ... have a blessed and peaceful New Year! Welcoming 2013 and all the gifts it brings with it! Linda

Carrie P. said...

I have a accuquilt which I need to pull out and use this year so I can finish up some UFOs this year.
Happy New Year to you and yours!

Janet O. said...

Let me know how that resolution goes! I recall not believing that "time goes faster" line when grownups would tell me that. Oh, how wrong I was! : )

regan said...

My mother used to say the same thing! She was 50 when I was 9....and now I'm 50, and I totally agree! It's whizzing by faster than I can keep up! I'm really looking forward to the days when I'm REALLY old and only need 3 hours of sleep each night! Then I'll really accomplish some things! Ha!

Mary said...

Whoever said "Youth is wasted on the young" was right. I'd like all that time back now that I frittered away.

AnnieO said...

Well, I say that time is only passing in one direction, that's why it goes so fast!!! Nice memory for you with your grandmother :) I'm hoping the cutter helps with getting to my favorite part, the SEWING. Here's to a fabric and family filled 2013!

jude's page said...

If someone could "invent" time, they would be in demand, all the best with your cutter, I have had the Go cutter for a couple of year,s and no time to use it, but hope that 2013 will be the year to get back to some sewing for me. Wishing you a great 2013 from "down under".

cityquilter grace said...

welcome back to quilting, and a new toy? wow...happy new year!

StitchinByTheLake said...

Let me know if that resolution works for ya' cause I want to try it too if it does! :) blessings, marlene

Miriam said...

Happy New Year!!!
Have fun with your new toy! I love the block you have made.

Carol said...

The quilting world sure has changed...oh how I remember learning to quilt with the cardboard templates and scissors....my mom always said the same thing....I remember her saying, "Christmas comes faster every year"...I thought that was so silly...now it all makes perfect sense. Happy New Year!

Liz said...

Hello, Mrs. G. It has been a while since we have heard from you. Time off is great, enjoy it, I just hope nothing bad has happened.

45th Parallel Quilter said...

Just a word to reassure us that you and the family are okay ... please?? That is all we hope and pray for ... Linda

sandra said...

You and yours OK???? Hope so.

Sandra