All posts by Sherry

I’m a fair-weather walker

Journal, Quilting

Sunday, September 16, 2018

I went up to the Fall Fair yesterday afternoon; next time I’ll have to take a bit more money. I checked that I had my $5 admission and I certainly didn’t expect to be spending any money. But the firemen had a Fill the Boot fundraiser for MS so in went some money. My first stop was the barns; not exactly up to PNE standards but there were some sheep, goats, chicken and a llama. On my way to see the garden produce and 4-H sewing displays I ran into a friend selling fresh-pressed apple juice. They were offering it by the glass or quart bottle but, since they had run out of glasses, I had to buy a quart. Next stop was at Carola’s booth – fortunately she offered the bee’s wax wrappers as a birthday present. I walked through the grounds, chatted with several folks and then was ready to go home. But then I remembered that I was out of the pine tar soap I like so I picked up a bar. Then I remembered that all summer I planned to get up to the market to get some of the salve the first-nation folks were selling – works good on sore hands after a long stitching session. By the time I left I had only a bit of silver left in my purse.

I finished binding the community quilt last night. Although I didn’t make any of the blocks in the quilt, I made a number of other blocks that went into other quilts. One of our on-going challenges at the Guild last year was to pick up a bag of scraps each month and make a 12″ square. When we got together to put the blocks into quilts some of the blocks really didn’t go with others ( I had one of the better ones with a blue theme). We’re going to do the same thing this year except each month will have a colour. This plan should mean the quilts will be more pleasing to the eye. I had practiced a quilting design on cards and it was nice to know before I started exactly what I was going to do.

Today was the Terry Fox Run but as soon as I woke up this morning I could hear the rain pouring down. I don’t mind walking in a bit of mist or drizzle but there was no way I’d walk in a downpour. The rain lasted until early afternoon when it rolled out but by then the walk was over. Although I didn’t walk, I have sent in my money.

I don’t have a project to work on this evening – what will I start?

A good day for a quilt

Journal

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Over the last few days the house has been quite chilly but I’ve resisted the urge to turn on the furnace. Last evening while I stitched I had to wear my outside sweater; it was cool for sleeping though and I like that. The house temperature has been hovering between 65º and 66º; as long as I’m busy that is quite comfortable for me.

We had rain overnight and most of the morning and when I took a break from my quilting to get a cup of coffee I notice the thermostat had dropped to 62º. That seemed a bit too cool so I flipped the furnace on. The rain has since stopped so I think I can turn it off again. I finished quilting and sewing the binding on my community quilt so I shouldn’t be too cold this evening while I do the hand stitching on the binding.

Since the sun is out at the moment I think I’ll head up to the Fall Fair. There is never much to see but I like to support their efforts.

Leave No Trace

Movies

It has been so long between movies I entirely forgot that I should be telling you what we’ve seen.

A father, a Vietnam veteran, and his daughter are living in a tent in a park in Portland. They are very self-sufficient, foraging for food and making a trek (by foot) to the city once a week for additional supplies. The father runs periodic drills teaching his daughter how to hide, leaving no tracks that could lead to discovery. One day a hiker spots the daughter and the authorities eventually catch up with them. The film focuses on the difficulties both the father and daughter have adapting to a “normal” life.

The movie is based on a book (that critics say is reminiscent of The Room) and I’ve added it to my list.

These Cinematheque movies seldom disappoint.

Happy Birthday Carol

Cards

September 14, 2018

Block 11 of the 1880 Sampler (from the Temecula Quilt Company)

 

I started a quilt-along in February. I’ve made sampler quilts from this company before and I had great plans for this one; each week I would make one block for myself and one block to use as cards. As it turned out, the ones I was making for cards turned out better than the ones I was making for myself so I stopped at block 12 in April.

But this pretty little block was on my design wall (which is the front of the door to my sewing room) and I picked it for Carol.