On Monday, my son had surgery to remove a small tumor from his lung. We expected it to be a reappearance of a previous liver cancer, and it was. We were as prepared as parents can be. It may help, but that doesn't make it easy. He's home now, his prognosis is pretty good, and he gets better every day. He's chipper and upbeat, so we're all feeling better than we did earlier, but it has been a stressful week.
Sometimes a person needs a mental escape to help deal with
stress. I escape into architecture. There's something soothing about
houses, and I totally shut out the world when I get focused on designing a house.
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| This is the first pair of houses I designed this week. The cottage was in desperate need of remodeling. |
When I was in elementary school, I drew castles, or I made doll house furniture from cut and folded paper. Later I took to drawing floor plans. The more stressful the situation, the more floor plans I drew. Sometimes I simply made house plans for fun. It's a good thing that graph paper was cheap because I've gone through reams of it over the years.
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| The three completed houses with the cottage in the middle. New siding, new roof, new trim, and new position have made a world of difference! |
Now, I've graduated to designing houses on quilts. I'm not completely
sure what I'll do with these houses in autumn fabrics. Table runner?
Wall hanging? They're too big for mug rugs. I don't even know how many
houses I'll need. At least one more, I think, but maybe two.
How do you think I should use these little structures? Each fits nicely into a 9" x 9" block, but 9" x 12" would also be a good size. What should accompany them? I'd love to hear your views.
Lunch is finished and I'm heading back to the construction site.
House #4, coming up!
