I'm having those dreams again

Boy, I have a great way to tell when I am feeling overwhelmed: I have a recurring dream in which I am in college and finals are coming in the next week or so and I realize that I haven't been going to one or two of my classes........like I forgot about them after the start of the year and now it's time for finals, and I haven't set foot in the classroom for weeks. To make it worse, it's my senior year, and if I don't pass everything, I will not graduate from college and will have to figure out how to pay for another semester......and what's worse is the worrying about what my parents will think of me for being such a screw up. I tell ya, these are not happy dreams! Have had them the last two nights--ugh! Does anyone else have recurring dreams?

Lots going on--trying to squeeze everything in. Not much quilty stuff going on other than adding hanging sleeves to show quilts and making labels for show items. I am up to my ears in paperwork for the show-related stuff I am responsible for. Am also trying to do work-related stuff and trying to book a little spring break activity for the kids and DH and I. Add in a dr.'s appt. and kids' homework and viola! Perfect fodder for not fun recurring dreams.

Here is my one good quilty tidbit for this post: Quilts for my guild's quilt shows have to be submitted in pillowcases. So, to keep my stuff "grouped" and easy to spot, I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and found 6 bubblegum pink pillowcases on the clearance racks (and used a 20% off coupon, too!).

To make labels for the outside of the cases, I am ironing freezer paper to the pillowcases and using a Sharpie marker on it (I checked, it doesn't bleed through). Should make it easy to pick up my items after the show is done.

One last quilty thought. For the border of the wedding quilt, I chose a Robert Kaufmann fabric--it's part of their Marbleous! Jacquard line, color olive. The color and look of this fabric was *perfect* for the quilt.......but.......the fabric, despite being 100% cotton, was a pain to work with. It was stretchy and the weave made avoiding bias impossible. Sigh. I had wavy border pieces for the first time in eons. And finishing the binding was a pain in the tushie--waaaay too much stretch to get the binding to finish at the right size, so I was doing some creative easing to make it fit. It's a gorgeous fabric, but my advice to any who want to try it: starch, starch, starch! Maybe that would make that jacquard weave behave itself a little better.