Can't Hear a Darn Thing!

Day two of my required rest due to this double ear infection!  Now both my ears are completely clogged so I can't hear a darn thing.  Yay.  I guess that's good because the arguing and chaos of our school mornings is blissfully muffled!

Yesterday I spent the whole day resting.  Yuck.  Don't get me wrong - I love to cuddle up under the covers and watch some mindless TV, but being forced to is another story.  The only thing I actually accompished yesterday was to draw out the quilt for my daughter.  She's 10, and wants a Paris themed room in purple. 

I can sew the basics - costumes, roman shades, aprons, skirts, etc, but I've never made a "real" quilt.  My mother and I constructed a patchwork quilt when my oldest son was born almost 19 years ago, but we didn't actually quilt it - we tied little ribbons through all the layers to hold it all together.  FAR from an actual quilt, so this experience will be brand spanking new to me!  I have poured over quilting magazines and books, been to quilting stores, and have googled tons of quilts to see if I could design "the" quilt, and yesterday I think I came up with the one!

As I mentioned in post 1, I am a screen printer/bling tee maker, so I have a plotter.  A plotter is a machine that I use to design whatever I'd like, then cut it out in heat press vinyl, a screen printing film, OR a rhinestone template.  I recalled seeing a fabric cutting blade being available so I looked it up.  Yup!  I can cut FABRIC with my plotter - yay!!!  I have envisioned this beautiful applique quilt with the Eiffel Tower in the center, and lots of little appliques all around it of poodles, little girls, chandeliers, and all sorts of other "Paris-y" type things.  All I needed to do was figure out fabric color and placement.  I whipped out my woodworking graph notebook (the one I use to figure out furniture plans) and got to work.  I was hoping to post a picture of my final design, but alas, my computer issues continue and I can't.  I'll post a picture if I can get this solved!

Well, it's off to rest again - have a blessed day!