Friday, October 30, 2020

Earlier this afternoon the title of this piece was going to be “What a great day” but I didn’t have a great afternoon and I needed to blame it on something (not me!).

I worked on a 12-Days project this morning until it was time to go for my shingles vaccine. My plan then was to come home, have lunch and spend the first part of my afternoon finishing up my Hex-Along and maybe finish off a knitting project. I had a couple of seasons of an old favourite to watch on Amazon Prime so I was set.

Four hexies had to be stitched together added to two other hexies and then attached to the “mother ship”. I put them together in sets of three but when I went to attach them they didn’t fit. I realized I might have stitched the four pieces together wrong so I took them apart. Then I lay them out again and I still couldn’t see what was wrong. Eventually, by supper time, I had managed to see my error, put it right and get them attached. I still need to attach this centre to a background but for now the hardest part is done.

I’m almost afraid to post this picture to the Facebook group in case I made another mistake. If I did, it’s too late and I won’t be fixing it.

And you are wondering about the side effects? The pharmacist warned me that this shingles shot might give me more problems than the flu shots I regularly get – flu-like symptoms for a couple of days. So far I’m good but I’m wondering if it was the shingles shot that made me stupid!

Thursday, October 29, 2020

I was interrupted today when I was getting dressed and I decided there was no real reason I should finish the job. I’ve had a very comfortable day in my pyjama pants but with a shirt on top for those occasions when I’m on a Facebook video chat. I think I may take advantage of this clothing option more often.

I finished Emma’s curtains late yesterday afternoon but I had enough time to get out to the post office and get them into the mail. I spent a lot of the morning cleaning up after that project; I created a lot of leaders and enders so I trimmed and squared them.

I had one card come up on my reminder for October and it took until today to get it done. Well, it isn’t completely done but it will be ready for quilting tomorrow. I’m anxious to get started on a Christmas card; I’m hoping my plan works out but if it doesn’t I have lots of time to change my plan.

I haven’t managed to do much on my Hex-Along so that will be my task for tonight.

Monday, October 26, 2020

I don’t pay a lot of attention to the news. I may hear it once in the morning and I usually catch the evening news, both local, provincial and federal. I heard that the Liberal leader was holding a news conference this afternoon so I decided to listen in while I sewed. It took less than five minutes for him to announce he was stepping down as leader following a big loss in last week’s election.

I also heard that Dr. Henry wasn’t planning on holding her usual Monday briefing but decided at the last minute that there would be one. I knew we wouldn’t be in for good news and I was right. We had over 300 cases in the province for two of the reporting days, and just below 300 for the third. There is a new order for in-home gatherings (only six people beyond the household); I guess that wasn’t an enforceable order until now but I certainly knew about the limit of six. She is also saying she expects that we will wear masks in all public spaces but it isn’t an actual order. No wonder people are confused.

I can’t think that I’ll learn anything by watching the evening news so I may skip it and sew. I have my curtains cut out and another set of hexagons sewn onto my table topper (yes, I’ve decided it will be a table topper); I hope to have both projects done by the end of the week.

Sunday, October 25, 2020

It was my intention today to clean up my sewing room. I haven’t done it for quite awhile and I’m starting work on a new project tomorrow so I didn’t want too much mess lying around.

The scrap basket I keep on my cutting table was stuffed full so I started there. All the bits got cut down into squares or rectangles. When I went to place them in the scrap drawers there wasn’t enough room. So I started clearing out the drawers. I finally got them emptied enough that I was able to shut the drawers; I also have shoe boxes full of the same sized squares and rectangles. I didn’t do any cutting or sorting on those scraps.

I found the pattern I was looking for yesterday; it turns out it is pinwheels and not half-square triangles as I thought. But I had all those leaders and enders to press and square up and they’ve all been organized. I’m not sure what I’ll do with all the half-square triangles I have but I know I’ll find a purpose.

Since it appears my two scrappy projects involve pinwheels I did a bit more sorting and my leaders and enders for the next while will be ones that are the right size for those two projects.

I have a bit of fabric and a quilt top in the other room and I’ll have to get that looked after; generally everything is tidied and put away though. What’s left is to empty my garbage and recycle and get the vacuuming done.

I’ll be ready to cut into that lovely white fabric tomorrow.