Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Card-making was on my schedule for today. There are no October birthdays but Hallowe’en is coming up so I’m working on some themed masks to send out to my grandchildren. I know some of the grandkids don’t wear these homemade ones but it makes me feel better to be sending them something now and again. What hurts the most is that they are growing and changing so fast and I’m missing it all – okay, now I’m crying so I’m moving on.

I had some Guild work to do this morning. I hadn’t expected that we would have a meeting this month but it was announced that we’ll have another parking lot meeting tomorrow. We’ll start earlier, at 4:30 rather than 7:00, so we should be home before dark. I’ll be sending out the first mystery clue tomorrow morning and helping at the membership table tomorrow night.

And speaking of the Guild, we are still doing the blocks of the month. I had the block cut out yesterday and first thing this morning I finished sewing it.

Another member of the Hall board dropped off some paperwork and money this morning. He says he’s heard of a business in town who have several workers who are off work due to “flu-like conditions”. I hope it is just the flu but I’ll be watching for news of another Powell River outbreak. It is very hard to get any information from the Public Health reports but there are a few local sources that often give more detailed information.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

I spent all morning finishing off the half-square triangles for the mystery quilt. I also did some work on last week’s hexie clue; the next clue was released today and I’m really quite behind on that project.

This afternoon I watched a virtual tour of the Amalfi Coast. The tour covered several places that we visited, as well as many spots that we didn’t go to. It was advertised as a 90-minute presentation but it turned out to be much longer. By the time the questions were all answered it had taken three hours.

I’ve bookmarked several other virtual tours to watch in the future – Paris, Ireland, and Rome in particular. They also have an African Safari listed but the website still shows it as an “in person” tour; if it becomes virtual I’ll try to watch it as well.

Monday, September 28, 2020

I didn’t have anything in particular in mind this morning so I started out clearing off my cutting table and sorting some scraps. When I looked at the daily block it seemed like a perfect opportunity to use up some the the scraps that I’ve been collecting.

The Guild’s block of the month for September was released yesterday and it made use of some red scraps so I dug out the right number of reds in the correct sizes and then I cut out the whites to go along with them. There were ten half-square triangles required so I got them done.

At that point I decided to focus on the half-square triangles I need for a couple of other projects. My first Alias Grace block needed 34 half-square triangles and I have them cut, sewn and trimmed.

There are 72 half-square triangles in the mystery quilt I’m leading for the Guild. This third clue isn’t going to be released until December but I’m trying to stay ahead of the participants. I don’t have them sewn, but I have them all marked.

Sunday September 27, 2020

I was out at the grocery store first thing this morning. I was tempted to try Freshco rather than my usual Quality Foods but at the last minute I decided to go where I was most comfortable. Pat shops at Freshco and feels their prices are the best. I’ve only shopped there once and, mainly because I didn’t know the aisles, I didn’t feel I was in and out as quickly as I wanted to be.

I got the floors washed and a bit more vacuuming done. I moved a few more books from the shelves upstairs to the shelves downstairs. We are quickly running out of space on the shelves downstairs so I’d better get at that reading.

I’ve had a nice day in my sewing studio. I did some tidying up first thing and then started on some of the daily blocks. You’d never know by the look of things right now that I had ever done any cleaning or tidying up, but that seems to be the way things always go.