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.

Saturday, September 26, 2020

I’ve had a busy day and I still hope to accomplish a bit more before I stop.

Before a chat this morning with Stacia and Deloise I did some tidying and vacuuming downstairs. I had a few things in the closet that had been pulled from the bedroom and bathroom when we had the flood and I’m slowing getting them put back in place or finding a new place to store them. I need to scrub the kitchen and hallway floor but that might have to wait until tomorrow.

I have the next clue of my Hex-Along ready to hand stitch. It is nice to have something to work on either in the evening or in the morning when I have my coffee. I still have last week’s clue to add to the “mother ship” but I’ll wait until this clue is done and add them at the same time. The project is getting quite large and it is difficult to add on to it.

I also have nine more masks cut out and ready to sew. I’m using a Hallowe’en theme for these ones.

And finally, this afternoon, I stitched the binding onto my latest (well, the latest one I’ve been working on) project. More hand sewing for tonight (and maybe a little Modern Family to go with it),

Friday, September 25, 2020

I spent the afternoon yesterday pulling weeds. No, not in my own yard but in the yard at the Hall’s rental house. It wasn’t difficult because pretty much everything in the beds had to come out. I had a friend who is a gardener heading up the task and I always checked with her before digging out and pulling. As we cleared space she’d pull out seeds from one pocket or another and plant them. Then there were some plants that we cut back that are self-seeding so they got buried into some of the cleared spots. Then we scattered sawdust over everything and she said that’s all we need to do until spring.

Our next door neighbour has just started a new business and he does power washing so he came over today and took care of the deck and some of the siding on the back porch. I like to think he was just looking for business when he told us on a previous visit that he had a power washer if we ever wanted the deck done; otherwise I’d have to admit how bad the deck looked. But it is done now and he even did the outside of the windows on the deck.

I’ve spent most of the day quilting. I am so close to finishing a project that I’ve been working at off and on (mostly off) all month. Just like the jelly roll rug this is an old project that I’ll be glad to have finished.