Monday, July 12, 2021

Yesterday’s Song Circle was an easy event for me to moderate. There were only seven participants and they were all performers. Once I started the recording I turned off the camera and the microphone and worked on my Cranberry Hall accounting. I still have to post the recording but I’ll get to that in a couple of days.

I spent most of the morning working on Hall stuff. I finalized some paperwork that I need to send to the government and then started making notes for the meeting tonight. We’re going to meet in-person at the Hall, a first since last summer before the third wave struck. We have some requests for bookings for August and we need to finalize and test our protocols before we open to the public. I had to re-write the Rental Agreement and it is ready now to present to the Board for feedback.

This morning just before a video chat started the second clue for one of my mystery quilts was released. I have that stack of quilting to do but after lunch I decided I’d work on the clue rather than start quilting. Clue two was quite quick to put together and I’m already done. I’ll get my quilting machine set up so that tomorrow, after I work in the yard, there will be no excuse to delay starting.

Saturday, July 10, 2021

I’ve been sandwiching quilts all day today. I started this morning on the back deck because in my mind it is cool out there in the mornings. Apparently not the case. By noon I was so tired and my back hurt so much I was hoping I would run out of pins so I’d have to stop. But there were still more quilts to sandwich and lots of pins so I carried on.

I just finished the last of them (well the ones that aren’t hidden away in a bin somewhere) and I am so done. I’m going to take a pill and lay down for awhile and hope when I get up (if I can get up) I’ll feel better.

I thought once they were sandwiched I’d feel like I had accomplished something but now all I see is a huge stack of quilting I need to get to.

Friday, July 9, 2021

I picked out some wide backing this morning and in no time at all I had a piece cut for that last quilt top. I intended to buy some flannel but I liked the colour of some of her cotton better. It’s a bonus that the cotton doesn’t have to be pre-washed so the quilt and backing were put together in no time. I was tempted to try some Fireside (a newer type of fabric) but since this is meant for someone I didn’t want to mess it up trying something new.

I dropped off a bag of books for the Kiwanis book sale and then picked up another book at the library. I’m going to need a reading week to get through the five that I have. The book I’m reading now is slow going; I’m enjoying it but the story is very put-downable. I read a chapter before turning the light out for the night but don’t have much desire to pick it up during the day.

I dropped off another bag at the thrift store. Slowly but surely I’ll get the closet cleared out. I also cleaned out another drawer in the kitchen – I don’t know what has gotten into me with all this decluttering.

I finished the cutting for my Laundry Basket mystery. There is still a lot of sewing to do before it is ready for the design wall though. I managed to pull out almost every scrap bin and bag so my room is a mess again.

I think I’ll finish for the day and do a bit of cross stitching downstairs.

Thursday, July 8, 2021

I didn’t sleep well last night so I decided not to go out and work in the yard today. I was still sore from yesterday’s work and my head was still aching from the allergies.

I should have got a lot more done with my day than I actually did. I had just a few stitches left to finish the latest clue in the stitch along so I got that done and crossed off the list. I had someone coming over with Hall mail so while I waited for him to arrive I did a bit of cleaning. And you know how that works; clean one drawer and there are several more wanting attention, clean one cupboard door and front all the rest need to be done.

I had some time to sort out the backing for the last quilt top on my list. Between shrinkage when I washed the fabric and adding the last border I would have had barely enough fabric for the back. I’ll go up the hill to the “old” quilt shop and get some wide backing for it and I won’t have to worry about piecing anything to get it to fit. It was disappointing not to get it all done today but it has languished in a bin for a long time and then even more time on the floor so I can wait another day. My pile for sandwiching is growing and it will take a day or two before I have them ready for quilting.

Clearing that last quilt top meant I was back down to my Laundry Basket quilt layer. I had Blocks 1-5 pinned out on a flannel tablecloth and Blocks 6 & 7 in a project bin. I managed to sort out the first five blocks, along with a picture of where they go in the quilt. I printed out the last remaining blocks (8-12) and I hope to get at least some of them cut out tonight. I’ll work at piecing them together next week. Once I have all the blocks done I’ll take them to Texada and put them on the design wall and get the top put together.

I had a late afternoon meeting with the Hall President to go over our Covid Phase 3 re-opening. She had the document well put together but we talked a lot about how we will go about implementing it. We both ended up with more work to do hopefully before Monday when we have our Board meeting.

It was a much cooler day today and, as I type this, I’m enjoying a cool breeze coming in my window.