During the pandemic our Guild had an online Trunk Show with Darcy Hunter, a Fredericton quilt artist. She teaches online workshops but her description of the process was good enough that I thought I could figure it out with the help of Stacia and Deloise. So I bought a pattern for myself and different ones for them and we worked on them during our sewing session at Panorama.
I’m pleased with the way this turned out but, I admit, my pattern was the easiest of the three. The black lines are thread painted which I’ve only done once before. We used a facing to finish off the pieces; I’ve used that method previously but it was new to Stacia and Deloise. It’s not often I try something they haven’t!
We had a good view of the fireworks last night; there were a few trees in our sightline but still an enjoyable show.
View from the back deck (after the blackberries have been taken out)
This morning, after coffee on the deck, I put on my long pants and long-sleeved sweater and headed out to do some weeding. The roses are gorgeous but there were blackberry stems sticking up in several places which limited my enjoyment. Once I got up on the ledge there was a lot of bindweed twisted around the roses but they aren’t as visible from the driveway since they weren’t in bloom yet. Pat acted as my spotter and, because the area had been done not long ago, I was able to clear it out quite quickly. Pat suggested a method to help avoid the scratches I usually end up with; I have a few small scratches but nothing like I ended up with the last time.
I managed to work out my accounting issue today – I’m not sure why it didn’t work out yesterday because it seemed like I was doing the same thing but just in a different order. Whatever, I’m that much closer to being able to hand them off.
I unpacked my travel boxes and was able to put a few things away. I feel like I’m missing a pattern and some fabric but I’m not down to the bottom of my piles so no doubt it will show up. I needed to unpack one of the boxes because it was sitting on my sewing table and I had to clear that off before I could work on a birthday card that needed to get finished. Next issue was finding the actual card top so I could quilt it and get it ready for the mail; I found it eventually but there were a few more items put away while I looked.
We’re going to drive to a restaurant south of town for supper tonight; new owners have taken it over. Pat was there when I was away but I’ve not been. I’ll see if I can persuade Pat to take a detour and check the tide level at Donkersley Beach at this time of day.
Not a big surprise that Kathryn’s calendar block for July is a maple leaf. I made an error in my sewing but Deloise had some maple leaf fabric that was perfect to make the one point.
On a recent visit to Calgary Elizabeth asked if I had any of the daisy fabric left over from the table topper I made for her. I wasn’t sure but when I got home I discovered that I had a bit and that there would be enough to make her a mixer cover.
Madison was my co-designer; she helped to the measuring and then help decide on the fabric placement. We had decided that the Live, Laugh, Love fabric would be on the outside but then I discovered that I could make it completely reversible. There was more hand stitching than I expected but I’m happy she can use it either way.
Elizabeth sent me a photo and Madison’s measurements were spot on!
