I’ve not accomplished very much today and I don’t plan to accomplish much with what is left of the day. I finished the last batches of masks today and they are ready for the mail tomorrow.
I have been making my masks using two layers of batik but I see so many that are made with fun fabrics that I decided to change mine up a bit. I dug out my bin of novelty fabrics and started cutting. Each of these masks have batik on the back side so if they are too juvenile for the older kids (and really the recipients are all older) they can reverse them.
I made a few larger ones for Dave. They are batik on both sides but he’s welcome to wear the fun ones too!
I’ve been making masks all day today. I cut out 28 of them if anyone is counting. I only had enough elastic for 19 so I’ll have to make another trip to the fabric shop; now that they are cut I may as well finish them off. I’ll send a few more to Calgary (masks are mandatory there now) and quite a few to Saskatoon (Kathryn thinks they may become mandatory there). BC hasn’t declared them mandatory but you never know when that might change.
This isn’t one of my masks but I saw it on Facebook and thought it was appropriate for me (with a September birthday) and for the day I’ve had.
I finished the inventory of all my works in progress, projects not started, and projects ready to be quilted. It is a little scary to see how many of them there are. I’m not even sure I have them all listed; I added them to the inventory as I was moving things around to accommodate my new sewing set-up. As I said to Pat, they are organized so they will be easier for whoever has to deal with them when I’m gone!
They play well together
I did some sewing this afternoon to test my set up; although piecing on Pearl isn’t as convenient I will get used to it. Part of the issue is that some of the tools I need haven’t been moved over so I was constantly having to go look for something. The pressing isn’t as easy either; I have to get up and move to the pressing board (to the right of Ruby and just out of the photo) each time there is a seam to press. Again, I will get used to it and I heard someone on CBC say that just standing from a sitting position is considered light exercise!
Bins everywhere they will fit
I’ll test the setup for quilting on Monday. I have a quilt ready to go and, if memory serves me correctly, I already have a start on it. I also need to get some cards done for August so that will be another easy test of the plan.
I made the daily block today but it ended up being smaller than it was supposed to be – the error was definitely my own and nothing to do with my arrangement. It is, however, a perfect size for a card so that is what I’ll use it for.
While I waiting on a phone call this morning I finished a daily block – another six-inch quickie.
I brought back the sewing table for my quilting machine from Texada. The plan for the day was to move it into place. I wasn’t sure how it would fit in my set-up so I shifted around a couple of other things until I had it in place. I’m quite pleased that I was able to keep both my thread cabinet (although I moved the thread) and my pressing table (now my thread cabinet). I don’t know how the arrangement will work when I start quilting but I’ll give it a try.
I moved Pearl (my travel machine) to the other side of the desk I was using to sew on. I needed to find a plug in and I knew approximately where it was located – buried behind a number of bins. While I had everything pulled out I decided it would be a good idea to fill in the spreadsheet that Deloise developed for keeping track of her sewing projects. The day is gone now and I don’t even have them all recorded and the rest of the room is still a nightmare.
