Thursday, July 25, 2019

Getting there may be half the fun but the other half certainly is not getting ready.

Pat and I did some running around this morning and then did some prep work for selling House Concert tickets at the festival on Texada. Late this morning, Pat got groceries while I went off to the fabric shop and my sewing session. After sewing I did some printing at Staples before I came home.

I’ve had supper and now I need to start packing. I’m taking all of my finished quilt tops to Texada; I have more room to sandwich them over there and I’d be taking them to quilt anyway so they may as well all live there until I get to them. I was able to find backings in my stash for all but two of them and I picked up fabrics on sale for those two. I’ll be taking a few other projects along with me, and I look forward to afternoons in the hammock and doing some reading. I’ll spend the better part of two weeks on Texada but I may be back and forth a time or two.

I want to get the grass and boulevard (mostly weeds) cut before the evening is over so I’d better get at it.

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

I was at my computer at six this morning but I was back to my “normal” work. I got the Hall minutes sent off and took care of a few other jobs that resulted from the meeting.

Once those tasks were done I tackled my own paper work. It was after noon by the time I finished. Pat arrived home while I was on my lunch break – in the cool of the basement. I managed a few rows of knitting while I finished watching a program.

My plan for the day was to get backings and batting cut for a number of quilts I want to take to Texada with me. We’ve decided that my roll of batting will fit in the truck so that cut down on the work I needed to do. I found backings for two of the quilts; there is one more that I didn’t have anything that would work so I’ll make a stop at the fabric shop tomorrow and hope I can find something suitable on the 70% off table.

We off shopping tonight, but not for groceries (I’ll do that tomorrow after sewing). I need some curtain rods and curtains for the two windows in my workspace. I’ll get a couple more to hang quilts from. I also want to get another rodent-deterent machine as well as some styrofoam insulation sheets to set up as a design wall. I plan to spend a couple of weeks on The Rock so I’ll have time to do a bit of decorating (work) when I’m there.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

It’s done (the manuscript) and I’m done! I would have liked to have slept in this morning but it was a bee day and I had nothing prepared. The alarm went off at six but I stayed in bed until seven. It is surprising how quickly you can pull things together when you need to.

I worked on a couple of cards today – they were for August birthdays so I’m feeling quite please that I’m not having to scramble at the last minute. One still needs to be quilted, but I didn’t have the right colour of thread with me.

I spent a bit of time on a Leader and Ender project. I wasn’t doing it as a Leader and Ender but I had some time to kill before lunch and just sewed some HSTs up.

After lunch I started hand stitching the binding on my Rail Fence quilt. I had an appointment at three and, since I was early, I stitched in the car for about half an hour until it was time to go into the office.

There won’t be much done tonight. I’m going to sit and watch TV and I’m not going to read anything for the rest of the day.