No resolutions

I have yet to make any resolutions this year. But now that the blog is up, I figure, I’d better jot down some notes on what I’d like to post.
A so-called laser focus is impossible for me, so I’m not even gonna try.

Yoga
Jump into crow
Pincha mayurasana (video)
Pigeon variations
Dancer on both sides

Gymnastics
Press to straddle (video)
Handstand (video)
Aerial with Naomi (video)
Split with Catie Brier (video)

Craft
Muji pencilcase
Plan to go back to Maad in December, with a list of things to sell
Quilts over the past couple of years
New additions to machines
Calligraphy and lettering

Recipes
A post to list down all the ideas and recipes please.

Travel
2018 World Tour
2017 San Francisco and Los Angeles
Noteworthy restaurants

Renovations
Crane Road
26-06

Books that helped

Ever since I made a commitment to decluttering (in 2016), I’ve stopped buying physical books except for second hand ones (cos I can’t resist a good deal) and books that I’ve read either on kindle, or by borrowing from the library.

Because I’m a pretentious fan of David Wallace Foster
Books recommended to me that I really enjoyed
Books that I did not finish reading
  • Why have children —The Ethical Debate:  I guess I already know why not
  • A Little History of the World
  • Buddhism as Philosophy

Seamless quilt backing

I had resolved not to buy any more fabric, but I didn’t have any that were wide enough for the backing of the Fancy Fox Quilt.

So I decided to join two pieces of 44 inch quilting cotton as seamlessly as possible. I used low tack 3M removable tape to “baste” the fabrics together, carefully matching the print where they would be sewn (fourth image). Then I sewed through the tape (fifth image).

It was not an exaggeration to say that it took the whole day just to join up the backing fabric. And the whole of the next day just to baste it!

Maybe it’s magic, maybe she’s a lunatic.