Wednesday, April 25, 2018

I had a few things to do today so I got started right after breakfast; my back was already sore so I decided not to go out and work in the yard.

I made my vegetable drink for breakfast and then remembered I needed to wash the flannel for my quilt class on Saturday. It was upstairs so I came up and, on the way, picked up a note about a Hall rental. As I was adding the information to the Hall calendar I got sucked into some accounting and paying some bills. But the cheque book was downstairs.

When I went to get the cheque book out of my purse I realized the laundry was waiting for the flannel but I needed to make a phone call so I headed back upstairs to get the number and the flannel. When I got back downstairs with the flannel and the phone number I realized the flannel needed to have some stay stitching around the raw edges or I’d have a real mess when it came out of the washer. So the flannel went back on the stairs for my next trip up.

When I got back to the kitchen I noticed that I had neglected to clean up the mess from my juicing. I washed all the parts of the juicer and started some soup with the pulp. Once I made my phone call I came back upstairs to stay stitch the flannel and then another trip downstairs to get it in the laundry.

I also had to make a trip to City Hall (for Hall stuff), deliver a couple of cheques, and pick up a pattern from a friend. So I decided I should look at my list for baking (for the Hall) and pick up groceries while I was out. And when I delivered the cheques to the Hall renter I could check the tea supply for the event on Sunday.

Like the crazy woman I have become I also tried to get a card ready for the mail. My appointment with City Hall was at 11:30 and if I wanted my card to go out today (from the 7-Eleven mailbox) I had to have it there by noon. I ran out of time but I knew if the card was mailed at the Post Office by 3 PM it would still get out today. I had to interrupt the card for my meeting but I managed to get it ready before lunch, but in my hurry I forgot to take a photo.

In the middle of all this I got a call from the accountant regarding our Income Tax. There were pages to sign, there was her invoice to pay, and of course there was a big cheque due to Revenue Canada as well. The next time Pat and I are in the same place we have one more form to sign but the rest of it is done until next year.

After my errands, shopping and laundry I have a bit of time left before dinner. What should I do? Clean up my sewing room (I’m really not unpacked yet from the Retreat), spray baste a quilt or a couple of table runners, stitch a card, or give up and go knit.

I’m off to Nanaimo on the first ferry tomorrow morning and not home again until the last ferry. It will be a long day but I expect to have a good time.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

I had one main project I intended to work on at the Retreat – my Bloom quilt. At the end of the weekend all I had managed was one block! But I accomplished a lot of other things. I caught up on my 1880 Sampler blocks and made a couple of extras for card tops. I almost finished my baby quilt and, from the trimmings, ended up with blocks that will go together for my miniature meeting in May. I added the borders to Supernova and it is ready for quilting.

My Frozen quilt took up most of my time. Before leaving for the Retreat I reviewed my pattern – I was using a panel but they wanted me to cut off so much of it I decided to finish it my own way. It involved a lot of math but, once I had the last of the snowflakes appliquéd, I started on the borders. Some of the borders were wider than the pattern called for; some were turned the opposite way because I was using directional fabrics. I’m happy with the results and it too is on the quilting pile.

We always do a group project and this year’s was advertised as a Sunday morning Retreat Bag. It took me most of the day Sunday to complete it but, in the end, I’m happy with it and I have already loaded it up with travel “stuff”. It will get its first outing when I head to Quilt Canada at the end of May.

I was so tired when I got home yesterday I had a little nap which meant that none of my unpacking got done. And first thing this morning I headed out to my regular bee. I have the top of the baby quilt finished and I will have it sandwiched and ready for my free-motion quilting class on Saturday. I have to wash the flannel backing but I’ll get that done this afternoon.

Earlier in the day I thought I would work in my sewing room tonight. Since I feel like I could use another nap right now I’ll force myself to do a bit of unpacking before relaxing with my knitting tonight.