Monday, April 20, 2020

Today was a quilting day (after my block was finished). I knew I wasn’t going to do anything fancy on the quilt I was working on but it went quicker than I imagined. Just diagonal lines which I eyeballed so no marking was necessary. I went from border to border all the way around so there were no ends to tie in either.

Since I hadn’t been very imaginative on the quilting I decided to do a machine-stitched binding; usually I machine bind one side and hand stitch the other. It took longer than I thought it would and, although it wasn’t really hard, I didn’t get a particularly good result. I’m hoping once the quilt is washed my issues won’t show as much.

I was thinking that the upside of doing the quilt this way was once I was done I was done. But not so fast – I neglected to stitch the label onto the quilt so that will have to be done by hand.

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Personally I think the posies are a bit of an overkill but I guess they had to match the block with the name somehow.

I cut out some microwave bowls this afternoon but won’t start stitching them until tomorrow.

Cross stitching this afternoon.

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Today’s block goes out to everyone who finds themselves baking more than usual during this period of self-isolation.

I spent another day with my scraps and I’ve loved every minute of it. Today’s trial blocks included the first step in a Happy Scrappy Quilt Along. I had so many scraps littering the tops of all my surfaces that I spend some time sorting through them before moving on to my next trial block – Hi Neighbour.

After a short car trip to charge up my battery I finished the day with some string blocks. I certainly understand where that name comes from; not only is the fabric in thin strips but it leaves strings of thread all over everything, me included.

Friday, April 17, 2020

I used to keep track of what day of the week we were on because I had outings and things scheduled for every day. Lately I’m not sure what day of the week we are on. I made myself a schedule (a different project for different days of the week) but I would change my mind and change the schedule several times in the week. Without actually opening the calendar on my computer I’m lost pretty much all the time; neither my Block A Day Calendar nor the date/time display on my computer tell me the day of the week.

I’ve had fun today. I was getting bored with my same-old same-old projects but really didn’t want to start a new pattern. I’ve been saving ideas for projects that would use up my scraps and I’ve been designing a few of my own. So for today (and tomorrow) I’m going to do some test blocks for a few of them.

Today’s blocks included three Magic Puzzle blocks, three Temecula Stay At Home Sampler blocks, and a repair on a Bonnie Hunter Churn Dash Block. Not to worry, I have four more new patterns to work on tomorrow.