Just Create - Fluff Edition

[silvercat17]

What are you up to? What have you accomplished? What do you need encouragement on?

Don't forget to encourage other commenters!

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[silvercat17]

I've been queuing up a bunch of stuff for https://www.tumblr.com/blog/rainbowfic including making up/finding a bunch of image and one word prompts.

[silvercat17]

I also signed up for Storygraph to replace Goodreads and imported all that stuff

[soc_puppet]

Well, I think I just found what I'm going to rec at queerly_beloved next Thursday 😉

[silvercat17]

You're too kind!

[minoanmiss]

Isn't the queue function great? Setting up a steady stream of nifty things is so satisfying. Go you for doing so!

[silvercat17]

I'm hopefully going to have a job soon, so I don't want the tumblr to be neglected.

[readera]

I finished a knit hat yesterday. Today I did some meal prep including ordering groceries, making a batch of refried beans & chicken stock. The beans are done & the stock is going in the pressure cooker.

[silvercat17]

Go you!

[grayestofghosts]

I am looking for a knitting pattern for a week long trip... also looking into making a neocities site but am quickly realizing that the time and energy I had for HTML garbage when I was in elementary school making a neopets doll site is like. not there, lol.

[silvercat17]

On the one hand, HTML and CSS has gotten a whole lot easier. OTOH, yeah, don't blame you there; it's tedious af

[dianec42]

I did some beginner quilting stuff! I practiced cutting strips and squares with some large-ish scraps. I did a good job of cutting each fabric in consistent-sized squares, but not as good a job of making sure the fabrics were the same size as each other. If that makes sense.

I made two basic 9-patch blocks. The first one came out okay, the second one was pretty wonky.

Then I tried making some half-square triangles. These came out moderately wonky. Then I tried to cut them down to a consistent size and that's when it all went horribly wrong. I assembled them into a mini pinwheel anyway but it's pretty terrible.

I did get my quilting software (Electric Quilt 8, a.k.a. EQ8) today and have started playing with that. It's basically SimQuilt, and promises to be hours of fun.

[silvercat17]

Oh no! That sounds very frustrating.

[dianec42]

I'm surprisingly okay with it!

My original mission statement for doing a practice piece was, "I think I want to make quilts, but I'll start with something small in case I hate it or in case I'm terrible at it." Then I realized, of COURSE I'm going to be terrible at it. I'm not going to be able to excel at every single thing the first time I try it.

And I really am learning. Best to learn these things NOW and get them out of my system, right?

[silvercat17]

That is such a good attitude!

[soc_puppet]

I've got the theme schedule set up for summerofthe69, and am quite looking forward to the event opening next Friday!

I also made this month's public post for kittens_and_spitefic (with a note to those who are unfamiliar with the community to please check the community profile and/or intro post before getting too far in).

And! I washed all my laundry today. I still need to sort and fold it, but it's all clean, and my dirty laundry basket is going to be empty for at least a couple of hours!

[minoanmiss]

I just popped over to read this month's prompt and nearly rolled out of bed laughing. *applauds, giggling* Off to the plotbunny hutch!

[soc_puppet]

Muahahahaha! Success 😈

I mean! No, don't throw me in the Platonic Soulmates Story Realm! I can't take it!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

We made Summer Squash Bread. :D

Re: Thoughts

[dragonjournal]

Oh, my brother might like that! Thanks for linking the recipe!

[dragonjournal]

So today is going to be busy, because I'm taking my son out for his birthday (how is he 23?) and doing some errands. Then on top of that, I have a ton of laundry to do.

But, what have I accomplished?

- signed up for OT at the day job
- finished a book, started another one
- almost finished editing on Steampunk
- looking at other things to finish writing

[dianec42]

That's a lot! Go you!

[analogbasilisk]

I've started my little "birthday month project". Just that. I should work on the bingos with deadlines and my neglected WIPs but I'm barely having the energy to write 260 words daily.

[dianec42]

Starting a project is great! Sometimes you need to get away from the big stuff for a while.

[analogbasilisk]

I guess it is, especially because I have an actual goal in mind. And one that looks doable. Breaks are good, even if I do feel like a neglectful dad.