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Week 6 – Day 1

Journal

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Posy Block

I had a bit of contact with the outside world today – but from a safe distance. The President of the Hall stopped by to sign some cheques so I can carry on with some of the Hall business. Another Board member stopped by to drop off some receipts and pick up one of those signed cheques. And just a few minutes later we got a grocery order delivered.

I worked on cards today but I didn’t get as many done as I would have liked. I have one that needs to get in the mail tomorrow; it is next up to be quilted. Because I was so far behind with my cards I pulled out tops that had already been put together; it was quick work to sandwich, stitch and turn them. I’ll hand stitch the closings tonight. All but two of my May cards are prepped, turned and ready to be quilted.

My small design board is filling up. I didn’t finish yesterday’s mystery clue so I have bits and pieces of that strewn about. There are some leaders and enders that are waiting to be stitched into pinwheels and now I have a stack of cards added to the mix.

Oh well, tomorrow is another day at home; I’ll make progress on something.

Saints of the Shadow Bible

Books

Author: Ian Rankin

We picked this book up quite awhile ago at the used book store just down the hill. When you drop off books you get a credit that you can use against half the price of a book. It was a $30 book in Canada; the price inside says $4 so we only paid $2 and it was worth every penny.

Of course I like Ian Rankin’s writing and his Inspector Rebus is a favourite character. Old cases come under scrutiny and, although Rebus was just starting out during the cases that are being investigated, he is under suspicion. The story also involves a new case that Rebus and his team are out to solve.

Goodreads Rating: * * * *

Happy Birthday Rick

Cards

April 21, 2020

Top of the Hill (a Splendid Sampler bonus block)

At the time I made Rick’s card I hoped that by the time his birthday came around we would be at the top of the hill of this Covid-19 pandemic. I’m not convinced we are there yet.

I’m glad I picked a whimsical backing on the block to lighten the mood just a bit.

Week 5 – Day Seven

Journal

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Next-Door Neighbour

It took me until two this afternoon to get this block finished. I tried to second guess the cutting to avoid the large striped triangles thinking a smaller triangle and half-square triangles would work just as well. So I made my HSTs and my quarter-square triangles and started putting it together. I couldn’t for the life of me make it “come together” so I reversed stitched (about three times), recut fabric (I was lucky I had just enough of the orange and no extra) and still I struggled. Then I realized what my mistake had been. I made my QST squares the same size as the HSTs and I know (now) that they have to be slightly bigger to start. Once that was sorted I managed with the various combinations of cuttings and seams already stitched to get it all together. Biggest surprise of all is that I actually like the block.

This was last week’s clue

It wasn’t until after a late lunch that I was able to start on my mystery quilt clue. Every week there are more HSTs but some of the pieces from the previous steps are being attached so it feels like soon I’ll be able to see whether or not I like my colours. I know I like my colours but I’m anxious to see if the turquoise I’ve used is going to be the one that stands out in the end project. I’d be okay if it was either the dark or the light but I’m expecting stars of some sort and I’d like them to be turquoise.