Wednesday, December 1, 2021

It took me all morning to finish the card I was working on. I’ve come to realize that it isn’t just me regarding the issues I’ve had; the two charts are definitely out of whack. I’m going to stick with the smaller chart as I believe it is the more correct one. So, after having to adjust for some counting errors and taking out some of the stitching I’d done previously in the wrong area I finally got it finished. Since this is hardanger and I’m not doing the cutting I had to get out my sketch book to see how I could make it work. It wasn’t perfect by a long shot but it is done.

Once the card was done I found two other cards that I could finish up so that I had enough to get another parcel ready for the mail. This one contained a birthday gift as well so it was time to get it on its way. I went to the post office after the mail had gone out for the day – there were no line-ups at all. They warned me at the counter though that the delivery might be delayed. Even so it should make it to its destination in time.

My studio room is an absolute mess. There is hand stitching bits and pieces on my stitching table, my cutting table is covered with a number of different projects, and my desk has a stack of papers that I need to deal with. I haven’t totally unpacked from Tuesday’s sewing and I’ve got two days of sewing coming up with Stacia and Deloise. I’ve got the Hall newsletter ready in draft form and I’ll have to review it one more time before sending it to the President for her approval.

Pat has an online engagement tonight so I’ll try to get some cutting done for tomorrow’s project and maybe find enough wriggle room to actually do some sewing.

Monday, November 29, 2021

I haven’t had a very productive day but you probably won’t agree when I let you know everything that did get done.

I got my hair cut this morning and before my appointment I picked up the last few things on my Christmas list, plus a couple of things that hadn’t been added to my list but things I knew I wanted. After my appointment I picked up a gift to fill the last gap on my Christmas/Birthday list. I’m still waiting for a package from amazon; before the flooding our packages from them were often arriving a day early. I don’t have my cards finished so I can’t get packages ready for the mail yet; that was part of my frustration today.

I really wanted to get ahead on my cards but the one I’m doing now is not cooperating. It is like I can’t count anymore or read a pattern. I took a break from it and packaged up all my knitting/crocheting donations so they’ll be ready to deliver tomorrow.

Then I went back to my card and found a couple of mistakes I hadn’t noticed before. Once they were fixed I took another break and got a new project ready for the Guild tomorrow. I had a few other things on my list to take – a donation for the Christmas party, a book I had mentioned on the weekend that someone wanted to see, and a few copies of the updated membership list that I prepared this morning. I hadn’t unpacked from the weekend’s sewing so it all went back into the same bin I used on Sunday.

I’m going to go back to my card and it had better cooperate or I’ll give up on stitching cards and make some fabric ones.

Sunday, November 28, 2021

I was up early and got most of my sewing supplies packed and ready for stitching with the Guild; I say most because I forgot a few things that I needed but was able to borrow from friends. I worked again on my 3-Yard quilt. I thought I might get it done but apparently this 3-yard quilt takes at least three days to complete. I’ll take it with me again on Tuesday. I expected to get my five tops back but the coordinator took all the sandwiches home and will bring them along to our next few gatherings for people to take for quilting. Someone told me that my tops were ones that some of our more expert quilters wanted to work on so they can have them if they want.

I was home earlier than I thought I would be. It seems as soon as one in the group starts to pack up we all start doing it. After getting the Guild blog written I sat down to do some stitching on some cards. But it is so dark so early that I needed my headlamp. I was disappointed that it was completely out of power when I turned it on. I found the charging cord and decided to see if it would work while it was charging. And it does!

So I’ll go back to my stitching until supper and move on to that last hat and scarf set.

Saturday, November 27, 2021

I fully intended to get back to my appliqué stitching last night after supper but there are two new seasons of Blacklist and I’m afraid that and my knitting won out. I managed to get a hat and scarf set finished so I still felt like I accomplished something.

The plan was to get up early this morning, get the stitching done and have the quilts at the Guild by nine. That target came and went and then I thought I’d have them ready for eleven. That target also passed but I managed to get them to the Guild by noon. My plan was to have lunch with the group but they weren’t even thinking of lunch yet so I dropped my five tops and came back home.

This afternoon I’ve been working on one of my three-yard quilts. I almost have the first two steps finished; I think they will take the longest because I had to make 48 HSTs and then put together 24 blocks. The rest of the pattern looks to be some strip piecing and cutting to size.

There weren’t very many at the Guild today so I plan to go in to sew tomorrow.