I’m still here, I swear.
Betcha thought I ran away, huh? I didn’t. Other parts of life have just managed to weasel their way onto the priority list above blogging. Mr. Kaizer has moved to the States for a project, so I have been on my own in Tokyo since the end of August. (We have done the different country thing for months at a time before, and while it’s not our favorite way to do things, we handle it pretty well.) Not only have I had to adjust to living alone for the first time ever, I don’t have my sweet, lovable Mr. Kaizer to help me out during the week. Not only do I have to do my own ironing now (which I detest), I had to give myself a crash-course in cooking. Still haven’t starved, so I think I’m doing ok. Add to that some major paradigm shifts in my day-job industry, new projects to try and increase the company’s competitiveness in the market, and my immediate superior taking time off which allows me an opportunity to prove to the higher-ups that I can/should be promoted at some point, and I have barely had time to even think about blogging, let alone actually sitting down to do it.
But I feel like I’m losing my mind. As my mom reminded me, if I don’t make time for myself there never will be any time. So, I’m making time. For the last couple of nights I have done nothing but watch movies and unpick dozens of yards of machine stitching. My seam ripper is my new best buddy. After so many quality hours together, I really feel it deserves a name, but nothing comes to mind. Perhaps one day I’ll come up with something.
“But Miss Kaizer, what on earth were you completely ripping apart?” you ask. Well, there is a project I started last winter that I didn’t finish. Not very surprising, honestly. (My ability to procrastinate is legendary.) Mr. Kaizer had an idea for my first quilt that I absolutely loved. Using only traditional Japanese prints, make a nine-foot square blanket out of one-foot square blocks arranged in a pattern that is completely symmetrical along any central axis. We got the fabric, cut it, and stitched it together.
The only problem was that we didn’t have a quilting ruler when cutting the pieces, and the cutting mat was metric while the ruler was using imperial measurements. Had disaster written all over it, honestly. But I assembled the top, hoping the piecing errors would be slight enough for me to live with them. Some of the corners were absolute perfection. Others were, for lack of a better term, a hot mess. All I could see when I looked at this quilt top were the errors. So I had to pick the entire thing apart. I will be trimming all the blocks to make sure they’re the same size before I start to slowly and meticulously assemble the pieces this time.
Until next time, may life continue to inspire you!
Miss Kaizer
Sewing | Miss Kaizer | 
November 25, 2009 8:08 am
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