Tuesday, May 19, 2020

I’ve been quilting again today and still no issues. I’m not making a lot of progress each day – today I finished stabilizing the quilt and was able to start on quilting some of the appliqué pieces. It was time-consuming but it is fun to see it coming together.

Pat and I did a little furniture re-arranging today. The chair I’ve been using in the evenings for watching TV and knitting has never been a favourite of mine. Lately my neck and hip have been really bothering me and I decided it was from the chair. So we moved the big recliner that I was using off to the side and brought down a chair from upstairs. It’s a navy blue wingback chair and I’ll test it out tonight and see if it works better. This “new” chair is one of Diane’s Mum’s; when she died Diane asked me to store it for her, along with some other furniture. When Diane died I check to see if her kids wanted any of it but they both said I should keep it all.

We heard from the restoration people today – they should be able to get to us in another month. They don’t want us in the house when they are working (I’m not sure why) so when they are ready to start we’ll head over to Texada.

My car needed to go out for a spin today but before I went too far I had to get gas; first fill since March 8th! At just $111.8/litre it was a much cheaper fill than usual. I got a couple of items in the drive-through box at the post office. I’m glad I didn’t have to go in as there was a long line-up – some keeping their distance, some wearing masks and some not seeming to bother with any of it.

I think I’m going to go out to the deck and read for awhile before supper. Pat has another online meeting tonight so I may be there for awhile.

Monday, May 18, 2020

I’m quilting today – for real – I’m working on this year’s Guild challenge. We show our challenges at our year-end pot luck in June. I originally thought I’d miss the party due to Quilt Canada but that has been cancelled so now I have to get the project finished. So far it is going well but there are many days ahead!

Sunday, May 17, 2020

I’ve spent the afternoon cross stitching. I had more or less lost interest in my project – a Thunderbird – and I thought it was because after the Princess with so, so many colours switching to a project with only four colours wasn’t very interesting. The small project I’ve been working on in my chair downstairs has only one colour so getting back to the Thunderbird seems less boring.

I took a break from stitching to check Facebook and I’m shocked to see that a Snowbird has crashed. We look forward to their usual Spring training in Comox as they publish their practice schedule and we are able to watch them. This year their training was cancelled but I was certain their Operation Inspiration would bring them to Comox.

Just yesterday Michelle (Diane’s daughter) and I were chatting about seeing them in Yellowknife. She posted a photo of them doing their fly over yesterday and then when I check in today she shared the news that one had crashed on their way over to Comox.

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Today’s block is dedicated to Christy. The black and white striped fabric was left over from a Home-Ec sewing class; she made a blouse and I’m sure if I took the time I could find a photo of her wearing it. The Raggedy Ann and Andy fabric was bought with Christy in mind as she loved (to death) many a Raggedy Ann as she was growing up. One of the first things I made when I started quilting was a pot holder for her made from that fabric.

I’ve been mucking around in scraps for most of the day. It was time to dig out my pinwheels and start counting them to see how far I was from being finished. I had enough four-inch blocks made for two rows and I got them put together. I prepared the remainder of the three-inch blocks that I need and they will be my leaders and enders for next week. I still have a lot of two-inch pinwheels to make but I’ll get to them eventually.

As I was digging through scraps for my pinwheels I started putting my new scrap bins to work. It will take a long time to get them all sorted but it will be so much easier to find the size I need once they are sorted. The three-inch scraps are done and as I emptied the scrap bin on my cutting table today (a weekly task) I started sorting the other sizes as well.

I’m off now to make a Half-Hour Pudding for supper.