A New Semester

Christmas is behind us and the buzz in the hallways lets me know that students are back on campus.  I must say I really enjoyed this particular break between semesters.  I got a really cool embroidery machine for Christmas this year from my husband. It is a pretty complicated machine.  I spent a couple of hours just reading through the instructions before I even threaded the machine for the first time.  I have created several pieces during the break.  The first ones are rather rough, mostly because of the machine “operator.”  I didn’t quite know what I was doing but kept working on it.  I have several pieces now that I am going to use as part of a baby quilt I am creating for the first grandbaby of a friend of ours. My efforts got better because using any kind of equipment takes practice.  The same can be said of assessment (you knew somehow I would circle back around Continue reading A New Semester