Friday, May 7, 2021

Another day of quilting and I’m surprised that it is going as well as it is – touch wood it continues that way. Granted I’m only doing straight line quilting but if you have to turn the quilt from one line to the next there is a lot of bulk on a queen-sized quilt. I may finish one end of the quilt today; if not today then I’ll finish it off tomorrow morning. There are a lot of ends to tie in but isn’t that what early mornings are for?

I missed my chance to go out to the letterbox this morning so I went up to the post office to drop off my mail. While I was out I stopped at the library and picked up another book. Goodreads tells me I’m behind in my goal. The book I’m reading now isn’t a favourite so I’m slow at getting it done. But with three library books stacked up I think I’ll be able to get through them quickly and be caught back up.

It was so nice out today that I should have been out in the yard but I can’t seem to get my mind off this quilt (at least until this section is done). I don’t know what the weather is to be like for tomorrow but, if it is nice, I promise to spend some time out there. Sunday is Mother’s Day and Pat asked me what I wanted to do for Mother’s Day; I said a drive if it is a nice day. There really is nowhere to drive to but I’m tired of the route from home to the library and back. I don’t intend to do any weeding or quilting on Sunday – cross stitch and reading are also in my plans.

Thursday, May 6, 2021

I spent all day yesterday (except for a short nap in the afternoon) quilting; Pat had an online event in the evening so I even spent some time after supper. After another full morning I’m happy to say I’ve accomplished what I set out to do in this particular session. The quilt isn’t finished yet but I’m a lot closer to being done.

I have a few cards I should start to work on but I think I’ll do a bit of fill-in quilting in spots that I missed in the first go-round. I didn’t actually miss them but after getting this last part finished I can see where some of the lines I did in the centre can now be extended. If I run short of time for the cards I know I have several tops finished and set aside.

I have a Guild meeting tonight and I’ve learned my lesson. I wrote a report so there would be no chance of me volunteering myself for anything.

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

My plan was to work half a day at my quilting and half a day in the yard. Things didn’t turn out quite that way.

My list of reminders involved a lot of computer-related work so most of the morning was spent at my desk. I had a couple of things I needed to get ready for the mail; by the time they were finished I still had time to make it up to the mailbox in order for them to go out in today’s mail. The plan was to walk up to the mailbox and work in the yard when I got home.

When I came downstairs to go out Pat was trying to put something in the overflowing recycle bags so I decided that I’d better clear up that particular mess. The outside recycle bins were full as well so I loaded them into the car.

We now have a more automated bottle recycling system where you load everything into a bag, print a tag from their system (like you used to print your baggage tag at the airport), tag it, drop them in a big bin and they add your refund to your account. I hadn’t recycled cans and bottles for awhile because I was looking for clear plastic bags but on my trip out on Sunday I got some at Canadian Tire. What a slick system. I sorted my returns into liquor and non-liquor but when I asked the clerk if I had to do this he said they could all go into the same bag. When I put my bags in the bin I noticed a number of blue bags, not clear. Another question answered – they don’t care what kind of bag as long as it has your tag on it. I was in and out in no time.

There was still a bit of regular recycling to sort through when I got home and by then it was past lunch. I figured I’d “worked” half the day so I could quilt this afternoon without feeling guilty.

I’m doing a lot of marking on the quilt I’m working on and I was having trouble getting my frixion lines showing up. I had to press quite hard to draw them but I had to be careful not to tear the fabric. I ordered a package of pens from amazon a month or so ago but I tucked them away. I switched to one of the new pens today and what a difference. The old pen is going into the garbage. I guess the adage about not saving your good dishes works for quilting as well!

Monday, May 3, 2021

Time is running out for me to get my mystery quilt finished before the Guild’s June wind-up. I thought I had a plan but when I started this morning I decided that my plan, although it would work, needed some revisions. I tried one section and was happy with the results so I did a second section. I now have the grid lines on two more sections finished; I think there will be two more sections before the top border is finished. There will still be some fill-ins to do but if I can get these sections done I’ll feel like it is a doable project in my time frame. Of course when the top border is done I will need to repeat it for the bottom border.

I was on our regular video chat this morning with the cousins and I’m tuned in now to the Covid-19 video update. Later this afternoon I’m joining a Zoom event called Yak Fest; the person hosting is a writing friend of Pat. She joined in on one of our Cranberry Hall events and took out a membership. When I wrote to thank her she invited me to attend her events. This will be my first one.

Following right after the Yak Fest I have a Zoom meeting for the Hall. The meetings are generally quite short and I see no reason for tonight to be any different.

We are hoping to finish another season of our marathon Resurrection: Ertugrul. We have five episodes left (out of 90) and there is still another season to go. Pat has explored some Turkish history so sometimes he has advanced notice of things that might happen, mainly who is going to be murdered or die by natural causes. So far everything seems to be historically accurate.

The Covid numbers are encouraging today.