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.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

I spent some time this morning finishing the card top I started yesterday. It isn’t quilted yet but I’ll do that when I move my quilting machine into position on Monday.

I took a few liberties with my calendar block today. I replaced some half-square triangles with some pinwheels (because I like pinwheels and they were already made and the right size). And I was able to pull all the solid squares from my bin, as well as all the small bug squares. It is very busy, doesn’t look much like the picture but I still like it.

I’ve spent the rest of the day working on my April UFO Challenge. It is a Christmas project and if I wasn’t at least two years behind on it I could say I’m ahead of the game!

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

I was quite challenged with this block and had to redo seams a couple of times (and more) in many places. I finally decided that if it was ever going to be done I had to go with “third times the charm and if it isn’t right too bad”.

My reminders for May cards came up this morning – there are ten of them due over the next month. I knew my stamps would run out before my cards were all sent and I thought I might have to resort to e-greetings. Then the brilliant notion came to mind that I might be able to order stamps online from Canada Post. Turns out you can and while I ordered stamps I ordered a couple of pre-paid envelopes for the items in my hallway waiting to be mailed. I haven’t received my package yet but I’m sure it will arrive before I run out of my current stamps.

I asked Pat last night if he wanted me to make him a cake for his birthday; he suggested a Lemon Pie instead. I’d just made a pie so we settled on brownies; he made some a couple of weeks ago but we didn’t have walnuts and he really missed them (me, not so much). I’d like to be able to take him out for dinner but that can’t happen and he said he thought we should use up the groceries we had in the fridge (since we just got a shopping order yesterday).

I’m working on cards for the rest of the afternoon. This one is paper-pieced and I’m enjoying the change.