Friday, March 1, 2019

I used my cleaning time this morning to start work on my studio – the sewing side. When things look like they do right now, ninety minutes doesn’t really do much to put a dent in the mess. So after lunch I’ve continued the task.

Going into the day I knew I was missing one pin cushion and my stapler. I wasn’t surprised at losing the pin cushion because I had stacks of fabric on every surface but the stapler is more puzzling.

When I cleared out a corner I found the pin cushion under an upset basket of odds and ends – the basket had been pushed off the edge of the table and everything had spilled out. I fully expected to find the stapler under some piles of paper but so far it hasn’t shown up. I’m ready now to move on to another area of my room and I can’t imagine why my stapler would have migrated to that area. So until I find it there is another pile of paper started waiting to be clipped together and filed.

Pat has a concert at Cranberry Hall tonight so there wasn’t any way to get out of working the show. I really like the performer (Oliver Swain) so I don’t mind.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

I was up fairly early this morning and started stitching the binding down on my Farmer’s Daughter quilt while I had my coffee. About 8:30 I thought I should get started on my “real” day but then I had a brilliant idea.

I’m a morning person and once I get started on something (particularly my sewing) I hate to quit. While I’m stitching I am usually listening to CBC radio. While I like the program Q, I don’t like the host so I’m often annoyed by the time those 90 minutes have passed. Yes, I could get up and turn the radio off but I don’t.

And here’s where my idea came in. Today, I would stitch until ten (when Q comes on) and I would start my cleaning then. I got everything done on the main floor (two bathrooms, the vacuuming and a load of laundry) and was finished about 11:25, just as Q was finishing. I think from now on those ninety minutes will be my cleaning time, or the time I do any other household tasks.

I was out with my sewing group this afternoon and I finished stitching the sleeve, label and binding on my Farmer’s Daughter quilt. That means I now have all of my quilt show entries finished.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

I have my Farmer’s Wife quilt finished. It took me the morning to get the binding stitched down. This afternoon I made a bit of a modification to the sleeve and got that stitched down. I’m not sure I’ll have time to get started on my Farmer’s Daughter – I’m feeling a little more like I want a nap than I want to sew.

After my meeting at the Hall I had several stops to make for the Guild. Although I had a couple of refusals, I had a few generous contributions. I have three more donations promised but they just weren’t ready yet. So I’ll have to make another round next week and maybe the week after. Once my quilt is done I’ll start organizing the donations into groups and making up some baskets. And then there all the magazines I need to deal with.

I’m off to the movie tonight. I’m so happy to have the Cinematheque series starting again. Except for the film festival I haven’t been to a movie for ages.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

I would really like to be ready for the quilt show by the end of the month – which means Thursday. I finished the Guild Challenge today and I put the binding together for my Farmer’s Daughter quilt.

I have a busy day tomorrow but I should have time to get the hand stitching done on the Farmer’s Wife quilt. I have a few calls to make regarding Guild door prizes and I have a meeting at the Hall in the late morning. Tomorrow night I’ll be out at the movies but in between times I should get quite a bit done.

I made a few more calls today regarding door prizes but I didn’t come home with anything. I had two refusals but they were nice about it. When I delivered my request letter one of the shops indicated they probably wouldn’t donate anything but I hoped that after they read my lovely letter (thanks Dave) that they would change their mind. The person I need to talk to wasn’t in so I’ll call back another day.

Two of the shops yesterday told me to come by today to pick up their donation. In one shop they said it wouldn’t be ready until this evening and the other shop said not until tomorrow. So I’ll add a couple more stops to my list tomorrow.

I’ll take time this afternoon to attach the binding to my Farmer’s Daughter quilt and it will be my Thursday afternoon project. I’ll want to show the ladies anyway and when I’m there I work on a table that gives lots of support for the quilt while I hand stitch.

After the last show I promised myself that I wouldn’t be getting quilts ready at the last minute. But two years ago the show was in April so, by moving the show up a month, I can be forgiven for being in a bit of a panic. However, as someone pointed out today, I’ve known the show dates for over a year so my excuse really doesn’t work for everybody.