Happy Birthday Dave

December 19, 2023

Radio Waves (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

It is as if the designers intended this card for Dave. When I was thinking of a quilting pattern I looked up radio waves. Did you know radio waves are invisible? Knowing that, I attempted to make my quilting as invisible as possible but also used a wavy line just in case the stitches showed.

The binding on the card depict planets. Perhaps Dave’s voice is being carried into the universe and who knows who might be listening.

It’s suddenly brighter

Sunday, December 17, 2023

A couple of days ago I was noticing how dark it was in the sewing room and how much I was looking forward to longer days. When I had to move a light over to my sewing table so that I could see better I thought to look up and noticed that three of the four lightbulbs in the room were burnt out. And there were also two bulbs in the hallway that needed to be replaced. Now, when I turn on the light to come upstairs it is so bright.

I haven’t been accomplishing much these last few days so nothing to report and no posts. Our Guild party was lovely and I came home with one of the raffle baskets – full of wine and chocolate. I don’t do alcohol anymore but Pat still does – he can enjoy the wine and I’ll enjoy the chocolate! The M&M Casserole was a hit and there was lots leftover – I should have made a smaller batch.

We’ve spent a lot of time this weekend watching hockey and curling. With morning and afternoon games in both sports nothing much is getting done. I’m managing a fair bit of crocheting as we watch so that is good.

I’m still planning to do some Christmas baking and I’ve received three new recipes in the past few days that I want to try – Citrus Panna Cotta, Squamish Bars, and Ted Lasso Biscuits. In the meantime Elizabeth sent two batches of cookies – Peanut Butter and Ginger Snaps – plus in one of our 12-Days packages we got a scone mix. I have to go out tomorrow so I’ll gather all the ingredients and get to work.

For now though curling and hockey are calling.

It’s a start

Wednesday, December, 2023

I spent the morning in my sewing room. What a treat to work in a clean space. I’ve left Christmas behind in that room and moved on to January birthdays. I have one card done and ready for hand stitching while I have coffee with Gail tomorrow. It will be a shorter than usual visit as the Guild’s Christmas party is tomorrow night.

On the middle level it is starting to look a lot more like Christmas. We put up the tree this morning and I pulled out a number of boxes full of decorations. Since I took the photo I’ve added some stitching projects from years past. One of the boxes said the Christmas mouse was inside but when I opened it there was no mouse. Sorry Kathryn. There are still more boxes to go through so I haven’t given up.

I had to go back to the library today. Of course after dropping a book off yesterday a new one came in today. It is quite a small book so I should have no trouble getting it finished in time. There are two more books on hold so there will be no shortage of reading material over the holidays.

With what is left of the afternoon I’ll do a bit of work on my chicken block.

Sewing day

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

I made it to the Guild’s sewing day today. I didn’t take a machine as I had some reverse stitching to do on a quilt top and for the three seams that needed to be re-sewn it didn’t seem worth it. I didn’t have anything else on the go (well nothing easy to transport) so I took along some hand stitching.

I usually am done by the time lunch is over but I stayed a bit longer today. I was close to having another Manx block finished and I wanted it done before I quit. On the way home I dropped off a book at the library and stopped in at the flower shop next door. I was looking for a “little something” for a birthday that is coming up; the store is closing and I also wanted to tell the owner how much I enjoyed the flowers that I have received over the years that came from her shop.

It’s a busy TV night for us. The Canucks are playing; Alex and Will are in Edmonton for the Connor vs. Connor game. We get both games on SportsNet so we’ll be watching to see if the boys make it to the big screen. Taylor is playing in her first band concert tonight and the show will be live streamed so we’ll be watching that as well. It’s a good thing we have phones, iPads and the television so we can see it all.