Wednesday, February 24, 2021

I started my day making masks. I made a lot of masks for everyone in my family at the start of the pandemic and later in the year I made a bunch more that were three layers rather than two. Everyone sent me back masks that I could convert into three layers but it seemed everyone already had enough. I finally remembered to check with Kathryn and apparently Alex had some favourite two-layer masks that needed to be converted. As it turned out I had enough of his favourite fabrics to start from scratch with the three layers and it saved Kathryn having to send masks back. I have seven done now; I added a few extra masks that I thought Alex might like.

The block on my calendar for today is one that I liked the minute I saw last year and I decided then to make a community quilt using the pattern. The calendar’s version is eight inches but I didn’t want to make so many blocks so I doubled it and ended up with sixteen inch blocks. I started the blocks when I was still sewing with my Thursday group but haven’t looked at it since.

I pulled out the bin today. Early in March Stacia, Deloise and I will be doing another virtual sewing session and our theme is donation quilts – this will be my project. I have quite a few fabrics that I pulled from the community quilts fabric bin last year when I decided to make it and I have a few shirts from the thrift store that I use for background.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

I worked on some calendar blocks today. I had one block cut out and made two from scratch. I’m sure I have enough blocks for two (maybe more) quilt tops but I’ll wait until we go to Texada as I have a really good design wall over there. Looking at the dates on these two I’m not sure if I’m ahead or behind!

Monday, February 22, 2021

If the sunshine today wasn’t a clear sign that spring is on its way, what I found on my deck today made it certain.

I have several white ones opening in another container and I expect they will be fully out tomorrow.

Time to get out there and tackle the weeds.

Sunday, February 21, 2021

I got through a lot of my filing cabinet yesterday. There was three years of our personal papers as well as a couple of years of Pat’s business that were no longer needed. As I cleared them out I thought it would take me the rest of the year to shred the papers, not to mention that I’d probably wear out the shredder.

So I turned to my friends on Facebook to see if anyone knew of a commercial shredder. Turns out there are a couple in town but I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out if they are still operating under Covid-19 restrictions. Someone said one of the groups will actually come to the house and pick it up. It is going to cost me some money, but I think my time is worth something and I’ll certainly enjoy that time doing something else.

The something else I’ve been busy with today is my cross stitch ornaments. I finished my second January piece and I’m working on the two February patterns.