Friday, September 24, 2021

I finished cutting the fabric for the Guild’s mystery quilt this morning. I took a trip to the “old” fabric shop and purchase a metre of four different fabrics. In the end, I used only one of the fabrics from yesterday and all but one of the fabrics I purchased today. I ran into a couple of quilters at the shop so had a bit of a visit with them. It seems that we will be moving our Guild’s base of operations from the church to the basement of the Legion; from what I understand they are giving us a much better deal and the church has significantly upped their rates.

I can’t believe that is all I accomplished this morning, aside from the usual scanning and shredding of documents. I caught up on my paperwork, although there wasn’t much, and helped Pat download a form for our medical insurance.

This afternoon I mowed what we lovingly call our lawn but in truth it is mainly weeds and ferns. I also cut the boulevard for what I hope will be the last time this year. Those yellow flowers (weeds) look much better in the Spring than they do in the Fall.

It was hot work outside today but I wanted to get it done as there are showers and/or rain in the forecast over the next few days. When I came inside I spent some time reading; I’m really enjoying this book.

I was mistaken as to how much Pat wanted to get over to Texada. I thought as soon as his parcel arrived we’d head out but it seems he wasn’t thinking the same thing. I’m not sure when we will go across – maybe after the weekend for a few days.

I think I have time to sort out some thread for my next quilting project before Pat calls me for supper. I’ll finish up the afghan tonight (for the second time).

Thursday, September 23, 2021

I had a productive morning. After checking my mail and Facebook I did some work on my Guild archives. I’ve been putting off doing them every time they came up on my reminder list but I need to keep at it if I want it done before a new batch of archiving is ready.

I transferred a few photos from my camera and my desktop to my Photos app. A lot of them were the scanned pictures I’ve worked on from Christy’s bin. I’m not sure that they are of any better use in digital form but at least they take up less space. While I was transferring pictures I worked on my website and did some scheduled posts for things I’ve completed but I’m not quite ready to share.

I cut a few more strips for my Guild mystery. I definitely need more variety in my fabrics so after a stop at the library to pick up two more books I headed down to our “new” quilt shop. It is a small space but, although she has all the fabric colours, there isn’t a lot of choice. She has a huge collection of what I would call landscape fabric for art quilts but since they are something I’ll never do I didn’t spend too much time looking. Her prices are either better or the same as I see in the “old” quilt shop. I purchased a couple of meters of fabric that I think will work in the quilt I’m making.

It was such a nice day out that I decided to work in the yard after lunch. The roses had some blackberry bushes growing (again) and I wanted to get them cut down before Spring. I’m either reducing the number of blackberries or I’m better at protecting myself; I had many fewer scratches and bruises when I was done.

One of the projects I thought I was done was my afghan. I made a scheduled post (as it is a birthday gift for November) but when I cleaned out my knitting basket to get ready for a new project I found three more balls of yarn that had slipped out of my basket and rolled behind my chair. Fortunately the pattern is such that I can easily add it it; the afghan was looking a bit small so this will fill it out more.

I have a bin packed with projects for Texada. Pat is waiting on a parcel delivery and, if it comes tomorrow, we will head off for a few days.

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

The weather this morning didn’t look very promising for getting out on the step to sandwich Kathryn’s tablecloth but by lunch time the sun was shining and I got it done. Before I got to that though I did a bit more scanning and shredding from Christy’s bin. I’m making progress and I think I’m about half done.

I ordered the first in a new-to-me series from the inter-library loan program as well as putting a book from our library on hold.

I also did more cutting for the Guild’s mystery. I think I’m going to have to go shopping for some more fabric; I have enough fabric for the rest of the cutting but I don’t have enough variety. There is an advantage to having already made the quilt once; I’d prefer to use only the fabric from my stash but that didn’t work out so well the first time around so I’m being a bit more picky this time.

It was still too early to quit for the day when the sandwiching was done so I started on my latest clue for my Peppermint Purple project. It is a complicated one this week and I’m having trouble getting my eyes to focus on the pattern and then back to the stitching. Pat has an online event tonight and I’m hopeful I can get it finished up before we settle in for some TV.

I finished crocheting my afghan last night and tonight I will darn in the ends.

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Thank you to everyone for the good wishes on my birthday yesterday. I had a lovely day – lots of phone calls and messages, some hand stitching, some reading and a Subway supper with a DQ ice cream cake.

We made a tough decision yesterday – we won’t be going to Calgary for Thanksgiving. We have been watching the number of Covid cases in Alberta climb but we were still planning our trip until Elizabeth asked us to consider postponing until Christmas. She was also concerned about the numbers but mainly worried about the lack of hospital beds should we get sick from Covid or any other emergency. I think we all felt better once we made the decision and, hopefully, by Christmas things in both our provinces will have settled down.

Today I was back to “normal”. I caught up on some paperwork this morning and did a bit more shredding. Some of the photos Christy didn’t want were headed to the shredder but I couldn’t shred them without scanning them first; that took up some time. I have another batch ready to scan tomorrow, as well as a pile of papers that will be shredded.

I fully intended to join the Guild Zoom check-in today at noon but I couldn’t find a link that worked. I haven’t joined in since they started up after the summer so perhaps they have made some changes that I didn’t know about. I sorted out the first clue for the mystery quilt I am running and picked out my fabric. I thought I was going to have to start the mystery in October but I decided to combine some of the clues into one so it won’t start until November and the last clue will be released in May. That gives lots of catching up time before the show and tell next June.

After lunch it was time to do a few of my errands. I had prescriptions to pick up at the drug store; they were busy and it wasn’t as quick as it usually is. From there I went to the library and renewed my card for another three years and picked up a book from an inter-library loan. After that it was a drop off at the bank and then home.

I cut out the back and the front of the tablecloth I’m making for Kathryn. I’ll have to wait for a nicer day to get out on the step and sandwich them. I didn’t intend to start cutting for my mystery but I have one of the fabrics cut into 5″ squares. Lots more cutting to do; I’ll do it a bit at a time to save my wrists.

Now I’m ready to quit for the day and head downstairs to finish my book. If we have a long enough evening I may be able to get my afghan finished too.