Saturday, January 13, 2024

I had a very productive two days of sewing with Stacia and Deloise. I admit my pattern was a relatively easy one but getting it done and moving on in one day was a first for me. When Catherine was done I moved on to the next bonus block for the chicken project. I traced it, cut out the shapes and got them pinned to the background.

On day two I continued with the chickens, this time on the main block. I prepped the background, traced the shapes and applied them to the felt. I’ll trim the pieces one evening while watching a hockey game. In the afternoon I took a short break and walked to a friend’s house. Her kids arranged an Open House for her birthday. When I got home I finished one more Alias Grace block.

This morning I finished off two gift projects I’ve been working on. I’ll get them packaged for the mail tomorrow and up to the post office Monday.

This afternoon while we watched the hockey game I pretty much finished the tablecloth. I got Mum’s squares attached and I’m just doing some edging around them. I brought it upstairs to see if there is anything else I want to do with it.

After the game I baked a cake to use up the pumpkin and evaporated milk I had bought for our Thanksgiving pumpkin pie that never got made. I was able to use my new hand mixer (thank you Kathryn) – so much easier than dragging out the big mixer. I used my new spatulas that Elizabeth included in my 12 days packages. Tonight when we (hopefully) enjoy the cake we’ll be using the cutlery that Christy sent.

No wonder I’m tired – that’s a lot.