Trial and error

Monday, December 4, 2023

I needed to go out to the post office this morning so I went early in order to avoid the rush and the rain. It was only raining a bit when I left but I had about a ten minute wait at the post office. By the time I got home the rain was coming down quite heavily but not nearly as bad as later this afternoon when the atmospheric river hit us. It is quite windy out now and I’m sure it is raining again – they were forecasting 70 mm for us today.

I started to work on the last Christmas project idea when I got home but it didn’t go well. The prototype ended up in the bin, but I was able to save a part of it to use again. I watched a youtube tutorial but I needed to adjust the pattern and my adjustments didn’t work out. I found another tutorial for the same idea and it has worked out much better. Just seven more to do and I’ll be done!

I haven’t packed anything up for Guild sewing tomorrow. I probably won’t go to sew even if the rain lets up but I need to drop off a couple of things for the Christmas party.

Daughter

Author: Claudia Dey

I’m wish I could remember which Facebook group recommended this book because I might not take their next recommend seriously.

I found the story to be a real “downer”. Written mostly from the perspective of Mona it chronicles several years of a dysfunctional family. Her father, Paul, keeps Mona and her sister at a distance, unless he needs something. Mona’s stepmother makes it clear she doesn’t like Mona or her sister and Eva, Mona’s half-sister, has written them both out of her life.

Goodreads Rating: * *

Antique Quilt

At a Guild meeting several years ago a bag of hand-pieced blocks were offered to the members. No one stepped forward so I said I’d take them home and do something with them. It took a long time before I put the top together.

The fabric was very fragile and there were age marks and stains on several of the pieces. I asked for suggestions for cleaning it but they all involved scrubbing the spots with various solutions and I felt the fabric wouldn’t stand up to that sort of treatment.

When I was almost finished the quilting I went back to the woman who had offered the blocks and asked if she would be able to track down the woman who donated them to her. It was a friend of her daughter and they were able to contact her to see if she was interested. She was!

It was her grandmother who pieced the blocks so the quilt will be going back to the family. It was an honour for me to be part of the journey.

The recipient with her Grandmother’s Quilt

Donation Quilts

At least once a year the Guild holds a Community Quilts weekend. Most years there are a crew of members who sandwich the tops that have been completed and a larger crew of members work at making tops.

In preparation for the weekend I had a bin of tops that I had always intended to donate and I was sorry that they weren’t doing any sandwiching. On the second day I decided the Guild could store those tops just as easily as I could so I added them to their pile.

I don’t know if I’ll get them back again for quilting but I will keep my eye out for them to come back.

UPDATE: It wasn’t until I posted the photo that I noticed I had one of the blocks turned the wrong way (bottom right corner). So I pulled the top back from the Guild, turned the block around and I’ll keep it to do the quilting on before I give it back.

Happy Scrappy
Stash Buster
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