Friday, March 26, 2021

I finished stitching all the blocks I was working on this past week (it seems like longer) so I didn’t feel too badly about setting it aside. It is a lovely day out and I perhaps should have been out on the deck sandwiching but I’ll hope for a good day tomorrow. If not, I know I’ll get a good day soon and I’ll sandwich a few while I’m at it.

The project I’ve moved on to are the filler blocks for my Log Cabin quilt. I’m not sure any of these blocks will actually be used in the quilt but I’m sticking with the program for now. I was behind six blocks and I got three of them finished today. They aren’t difficult blocks but there wasn’t even one of them where I didn’t have to reverse stitch at least one seam.

I feel like I’m done for the day so I’ll do some cross stitch until supper is called.

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Covid-19 case numbers in BC are exploding in spite of the vaccination rollout; 700+ yesterday and 800 today, the highest since January.

In January when the numbers were high we were placed under rigorous restrictions – no gatherings indoors or out. But now, when the cases are just as high, some of the restrictions have been lifted. Pat suggested that perhaps it is because they know people won’t follow the orders anyway so this gives just a little bit more freedom. They have also doubled the fines for ignoring the Public Health Order but I don’t think they have managed to collect much money from the tickets they have already issued.

With my vaccination date quickly approaching I wasn’t really planning on doing much of anything differently but until the numbers have decreased dramatically I think I’ll stick to only the essentials – the library, the post office, the quilt shop, the doctor (if necessary) and the pharmacy. My haircut can wait and so far I’ve managed to get everything else delivered to my door.

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Christy’s valentine showed up today – back in my mailbox. I transposed a couple of the numbers and it came back as “No Such Address”. Isn’t there a song with that line in it? I hate that I can’t blame the post office, particularly after my recent rant. I’m going to send it back to her in the mail tomorrow; if I hang on to it for next year I’ll have forgotten where it is.

I finished two more blocks today and the end is in sight – hopefully tomorrow. Having the half-square triangles done certainly helped and I’m hoping to have the next batch ready by the end of the day.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

On a really good day I should be able to get two of my project blocks finished. I’ve yet to have a really good day.

On a good day I can almost get two project blocks finished. I’ve had a couple of good days.

On most days I can get one project block finished. Most of my days are this type. It doesn’t help that I’m making mistakes and having to reverse stitch in some of the blocks. Today I reverse stitched and correct an error I made awhile ago but when I went to attach the finished block to it’s partner I realized I had flipped one of the fabrics back to front. The background fabric is all very similar and it is difficult on one of them to distinguish back from front. Apparently it is really hard because I did the same thing in another block. Fortunately I discovered that error before it had been attached.

Back to the grindstone. Maybe if today I get the 72 half-square triangles done that I need in the next two blocks I can have a really good day tomorrow.