Someone once suggested that when you cut the corners off a Snowball block you should keep them to make something, so as not to waste the fabric. When I made my Eye-Spy quilt I did that exact thing and this is the result.
I will never do it again – some scraps are just scraps and should be used to stuff a dog pillow.
If I ever find someone to give the Eye-Spy quilt to, I’ll add this as a play mat.
July 17, 2019
My embroidery blocks are always saved for someone special!
I’m enjoying the shot cotton fabric I bought at Quilt Canada in Vancouver (with Stacia and Deloise) and I find it particularly nice with the embroidered blocks.
I need to work on my stitching skills though. When I asked the expert about what I was doing wrong (pulling the stitches too tight maybe?) she said that my stitches are about twice a long as they should be. I’ll be working on that in the next embroidery I do.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
It isn’t really too stormy for weeds but I’m using that as an excuse for no getting out to the carport. It has been windy all day and threatening rain but, except for rain overnight, there haven’t been any showers.
I’ve been at my computer all day doing my proof-reading. It is slow going but I’m making progress. I’m more than a third of the way done, but not quite half-way there yet. I took a bit of time to go out to the bank (for the Hall) and the post office (to mail a couple of packages).
I have a Hall meeting tonight – for someone who specifically said I didn’t want to be on the Renovations Committee I seem to be attending a lot of renovation-related meetings. Hopefully, soon, the work will be underway and all that will be expected of me is to pay the bills.
I’ll get back to the reading now and get a few pages done before dinner.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
I spent five hours yesterday in the front yard pulling weeds out of the patio bricks. Pat gave them the vinegar treatment on Sunday afternoon and by Sunday night they had shrivelled up and turned brown. Most of them came out well but there were a few roots left behind. Next time I’ll keep a small spray bottle of the vinegar mixture and spray it on any roots that don’t come out. I’m sure I’ll be out there again before the end of yard season, and we’re always looking for a better plan.
After the patio was cleared I took time to dig out the weeds between the slabs on the sidewalk. That part went quite quickly. When I was done, I was DONE! I had a rest before hitting the shower and I was in bed early. I was feeling the extra exercise this morning but it didn’t keep me from sewing.
I had a few different things to work on today. I finished the card that I started last week before pressing off my stitching lines. I used a different pen for tracing and I had the card finished before lunch. It occurred to me (a week too late mind you) that I could have put the fabric in the freezer for a short time and those lines would have come back!
Next I trimmed up a quilt that Pat brought home from Texada on Sunday; I quilted it last weekend but it was too big to carry home and up the hill. I had the binding prepared before lunch but I didn’t get it attached until after lunch. I thought about packing up at that time but decided to work on one more thing before calling it quits for the day.
After the weekend I decided how I was going to sew my Disappearing 9-Patch blocks together. I managed to get a couple of them done before I packed up; this will be my Thursday project for the next while.
Tomorrow I’ll tackle the weeds in the cracks in the carport.