The real reason I don't get anything done

Ziggy "helps"

Nested trays

No, not Ziggy, but he sure looks cute. I had hoped to title this post "an orgy of creativity". Unfortunately, the only orgy to be found this weekend was an orgy of pies. Not quite the same thing. So what is the real reason I don't get anything done? I don't prioritize my projects over other activities. The to-do list for this weekend included cooking for Thanksgiving, entertaining for Thanksgiving, cleaning house, decorating, helping Lynneva with homework project, cleaning the quilt room, and then getting to my projects: completing a dress for Jeanetta, start knitting a shawl for a Christmas present, start a holiday jacket for myself, and make some proto-type trays as possible Christmas gifts. By Sunday I realized that I could continue to slog through my household chore items or ignore the mess and make something. I chose the nested trays.

The trays un-nested

I love using fabric to create everyday usable items. I plan on using these trays to organize my jewelry collection. I can't seem to put anything away in a jewelry box so maybe trays laid out on my dresser will help (currently I just have piles on the dresser). I hope other people will also find these useful and cute. For this trio I used fabric from a Moda Layer Cake of "Terrain" by Kate Spain purchased this summer at Blue Ribbon and a couple of solids I had laying around. Because the Moda fabric squares were precut to 10" that was the max size I could make so the smaller ones were scaled down by 1" each. I would like to try some larger sizes.

Corner detail

My machine is very quiet after its tune-up and I look forward to sewing more this week as I continue to prioritize projects over non-essentials such as laundry and dishes. If I begin to look raggedy at work you will know why.