I was looking for a ruler...

I have issues, I know.

Don't we all?

But I may have to seek help...

Here's the story:

 I recently needed a baby quilt gift.

And I have lots of fabric scraps in baby quilt colors.

So I went through The Scraps, 

and came up with quite a few scraps already cut into

five inch charm squares in cute, baby quilt colors.

Which made me think:

"I could make a cute Lil Twister quilt!"

"Quick, easy, and scrap friendly!" I said."

(Yes, I talk to myself. And answer. Don't know what that means.)

"Yep!", I said to myself!

"Baby Twister it is!!"

Until I couldn't find my Lil Twister ruler.

I have the Lil Twister ruler.

I know I do...

somewhere...

I looked in the usual places...

cutting table, ruler rack, shelf above cutting table.

Not there. 

Then I checked the sewing table near the small cutting mat.

Nope.

OK, on the sewing table,

there's a crock of my

'things I want to make soon, favorite patterns'...

you know - those great patterns

you pick up at shows and festivals

that you HAVE TO MAKE NEXT soon.

I leafed through the stack quickly,

looking for my Lil' Twister ruler/pattern.

No luck...

But I'd already looked everywhere else,

it had to be there.

So emptied the crock

(the crock, btw, may be a magic, bottomless crock:) 

of "HAVE TO MAKE NEXT soon patterns...

and slid them, one by one, into a drawer.

Here's the drawer now:

Now, I didn't count, but there are at least 50 patterns!!!

Yes F-I-F-T-Y. 

Five-Oh. 

FIFTY "HAVE TO MAKE NEXT soon favorites.

Doing some quick math -

          assuming I live to be at least 104,

I need to USE & MAKE one of the aforementioned

"HAVE TO MAKE NEXT SOON"patterns

every year

for the

next

50

years!

See?  Issues!

By the way, February was my birthday month. 

Guess what I bought myself? 

Why, a new quilt pattern, of course! 

What is wrong with me?

Oh, and I never found the Lil' Twister ruler.