Wednesday, June 17, 2020 (Day/Block 93)

I went from an early finish yesterday to barely getting it done today. Today’s block was 20″ so it took some time (as well as fabric) to put it together. And of course there was that one flying goose that was headed the wrong way when I had it all put together and ready to photograph!

I went out this afternoon for a bit of a drive to charge up the car. There was also a prescription to pick up, mail to go out, and a book at the library to pick up. When I was at the drugstore I was waiting outside for the customer ahead of me to finish up. I noticed one of the warning signs on the door warned of the “Novel Coronavirus”; I’d heard this term from time to time on the news but decided since I was in the spot where someone would know I would ask.

There are, apparently, seven strains of the coronavirus including three identified with the common cold. She mentioned a couple of others but the only other one I’d heard of was SARS. This Covid-19 strain is a new one (identified in 2019) and Novel means new in some language – possibly Latin? I’m glad I asked but since no one else has asked or answered the question I may be the only one who wondered.

As I was working at my sewing machine this afternoon I had to stop to answer the phone. I have another book at the library ready for pick up!

Tuesday, June 16, 2020 (Day/Block 92)

I had fun with today’s block. I didn’t use the colours that were shown in the photo because it meant having to cut into some yardage and I’m really trying to make these daily blocks from my scraps. This was an easy one to put a story to. It’s spring (do you see the strawberries) and we are in a magic box keeping us safe but we are surrounded by that covid bug!

I had quite a collection of 12″ daily blocks so I put them together into my first Covid-19 top. I did a lot of rearranging, had Stacia and Deloise help me out and I’m happy with the results. Since I’m not sure if this will be a donation quilt I’m not in a rush to get it sandwiched and quilted. Over the past couple of days my count on several other sized blocks is increasing and I’ve spent some time with my design book and I have another two tops planned out. I’ll wait a bit longer before putting anything together so I have choices in the blocks that go together best.

I’ve finished sewing early today so I’m going to spend some time at my computer. I have 19 items showing in my task list – some of them are just reminders but there are others that I should take care of. And if I get bored there are the minutes from last night’s Hall meeting I could work on.

Pat has an online thing tonight so I’ll get a bit more of my book read.

Monday, June 15, 2020 (Day/Block 91)

I had another call from the library today – they have another book for me. I went online and I see that I have one more book on order. Hopefully I’ll have at least one of my current books finished before I get a call about that one. If we were on Texada (we’re not), and if the weather was nice (it isn’t here), I could be spending my days in the hammock reading.

I was actually looking forward to doing some quilting today. I already knew what I was going to do on the quilt and it was all straight lines. This is the quilt I sandwiched on the weekend; it’s I good thing I did it then as it has been rainy all day today.

I have time to carry on with my quilting but I’m going to put it aside and do a bit of reading. I have a Cranberry Hall meeting tonight (via Zoom) and I need to be relaxed for that.

Sunday, June 14, 2020 (Day/Block 90)

You can imagine that the photo on the calendar made use of red, white and blue as a salute to you-know-what-country. I’m not sure what mine represents but it feels more worldly than American.

I did enough cleaning up yesterday that I was able to cut a width of fabric for one of my quilts. But there was still lots to be done today. I marked a bunch of fabric squares for more pinwheels; these will be my leaders and enders next week once the sampler blocks are together. I didn’t deal with my scraps last week so the basket was full; each week I get a few more scraps organized but I should probably take a week and get them completely done.

This afternoon I’ve moved on to cross stitching. The project isn’t a favourite by any means and I’ll be glad when it is done; and to get there I have to keep working at it.