Saturday, February 20, 2021

I spend the morning finishing up my cards and I really didn’t feel like starting in on my next project after lunch. See Stacia, I am much more relaxed with this new method.

There are a couple of projects on my task list that I’ve been avoiding. They aren’t time sensitive and they aren’t high on my list of priorities but they can be taken care of bit by bit and, eventually, maybe I can mark them as finished. Today I decided they are worth doing on days when I finish a “real” project and have extra time in the day.

Today’s task is some cleaning. No, we haven’t made such a mess of the house in a few days that it needs to be done again. I’m going to start cleaning out my filing cabinet. There will be lots of shredding and sorting and re-filing but today is the day to make a start.

Friday, February 19, 2021

I worked on cards again today. I have three tops ready for quilting and I’ll get them started this afternoon before supper. One of the last bits I did to get the tops ready was to baste some small hexagons (one-half inch). When I saw the pattern I knew I had some small paper hexies and I was lucky they were the right size, although I would have used them whether they were a little bigger or a little smaller as it wouldn’t make any difference in the card.

As I was basting them I remembered why I bought them in the first place. Ages ago (2014 I think) I came across a stitch-along project that I thought I might like to do. It was made up of 17,000 one-half inch hexies. I ordered a package of the papers but, thankfully, reality set in and I never started the project.

Today as I was sitting and basting twenty of them I noted how quickly they were going together. Better yet, an inch-and-a-half square of fabric (which I have plenty of) was the perfect size. So I’ve taken another look at the huge project and I might attempt something similar using scraps and the hexi templates I have; it will not, however, be the same size as the one I dreamed of.

But I won’t get too excited about it until I have finished the cross stitch quilt squares; the hexies will be my next armchair-while-I-wait project.

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Blocks can be tricky. Some are easily pieced and the colour selection for them is obvious. Some are harder to make but once they are done I’m glad I made them. Some teach me a new method and for some I have a tried and true method I use for a particular technique. Some in the Splendid Sampler series seem to have been created to use as many pieces as possible in a six inch block.

I’m working on cards today. My usual method is to pull a number from the Splendid Sampler tin and, without thinking about it too much, make that particular block for the person on my list. Late yesterday afternoon I pulled a ticket and although I didn’t like the picture I gave it a try. I changed up the colours a bit but when I finished it today there was no way I could use it for a card. And how is that name supposed to translate into anything in the pattern? I’ll save it to practice some of my quilting moves on.

The next number I pulled was a very complicated pattern; I didn’t even put it back in the tin. The second one I pulled involved some hand stitching so I set it aside to use for a card that is due later next month. On the third try I pulled a card that I thought was suitable and it is finished; the second card I worked on today was also one that worked on the first pull.

Pat is entrusting me with supper tonight – Stuffed Peppers. He’s been telling me all day how to do it, even though I told him I was using my own recipe. He keeps making suggestions and I keep telling him I’m using my own recipe. His excuse was “I know how much you like cooking” and my response was “And I hate it even more when you tell me how to do it”. I hope they turn out!

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

I spent the morning catching up on two-week’s worth of cross stitching. Of the three on-line projects I’m taking part in, I’m up-to-date on two of them. I’m far behind on the third one and it crossed my mind that I probably should add my Thunderbird to my task list. I’m working to finish things on my task list but some of the items will take a long time so when I come to them on my list I spend a day at them and move on.

As promised, to myself rather than anyone else, I got busy with the cleaning this afternoon. Recycle cleared out, bathrooms scrubbed down, baseboards wiped, floors vacuumed and scrubbed. There’s no need to do it all in one day but I hate having to take time out for it. Between the big cleanings I do spot cleaning so I keep more or less on track.

My back hurts (from vacuuming), my wrists hurt (from wringing out rags) so I’m going to find something to relax with for the rest of the afternoon.