Friday, February 16, 2018

We’re all set for tonight’s concert – Janelle Nadeau! It’s going to be a good one.

Faces Places

What a delightful documentary about Agnes Varda, an 88 year old filmmaker, and JR, a 30-something photographer, as they travel through rural France visiting with and filming working-class people. Giant prints of their photos are then hung on various buildings – think barns, blocks of housing units, abandoned towns. They drive around in a van that has a photo booth in the back and out of the side of the van these large blow-ups are spit out.

For Dear Life

This wasn’t an easy documentary to watch as it follows the path of one man from his terminal cancer diagnosis, through treatments and his eventual death. It certainly sparked a lot of conversation – both on the way home and I was still talking about it with friends at the theatre the next day.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

I’m off at the Film Festival but I managed to complete my two blocks for the Guild’s next meeting. Both patterns came from my Block a Day calendar; up to now I’d never made any of the blocks but for the rest of this Guild challenge I will definitely be referring to it. Both blocks will finish at 12″ square.

This block was made completely from the scraps provided in my grab bag. I had to change the pattern slightly to accommodate the sizes of fabric I was given.

This block was made from my own stash – not even from my scrap bins. I had a lot of trouble with it and several of the seams had to be sewn twice (and maybe more if I’m honest). I love the finished block though.

Monday, February 12, 2018

Pat had a nap yesterday afternoon and I was busy crocheting until he called me for dinner. I thought the clock said 5:30 which meant we had lots of time for dinner and the movie. The next time I looked at the clock it was 7 PM – I had misread the time by an hour the first time. So we’ll go to the movie tonight; the official Film Festival starts tomorrow night.

I’ve been working in my studio most of the day. I had a couple of blocks I wanted to re-do as I had used the wrong fabrics. When I started the sew-along I decided to use my 30’s Reproduction fabrics but when I made the first two blocks, I picked fabric from my scrap bins. So I redid the first two blocks in the series with the fabric I originally planned.

I have two twelve-inch blocks due for the Guild – one to be made with scraps they provided, and one to make with my own fabric. My standard MO for these blocks has been to sew the pieces together in some manner and then trimmed them to the required size. I wanted to do something different (and more challenging) so I started looking through my Block A Day calendar and came up with something that I could make work. It isn’t exactly as the pattern shows but I used almost all of the scrap fabric provided. My second block will also be from the calendar.

I had a couple of nice walks up to 7-Eleven and back this afternoon. I wanted an iTunes card and took only my $10 bill with me; sadly the smallest card I could get was for $15 so I walked home, got more money, and then headed out again. It is a lovely day out so I didn’t mind at all.

I’m packed and ready to go for the bee tomorrow. Now back to that second block!