Monday, January 28, 2019

My task for today was to get to the recycle depot, the bottle depot, and get the photos printed for the quilt show forms. I finished at the recycle depot and when they wouldn’t take my light bulbs I had to make a stop at Rona. Rona and the mall where the Walmart store is are more or less across the street from one another so I parked and walked over to Rona. From there I walked to the mall, mailed a letter, and headed to Walmart for my photos.

There was only one empty kiosk when I arrived but I was quick and mine were the first to come off the machine. Prints are cheaper if you choose the one-hour option as opposed to printing them yourself from the kiosk. I always pick the one-hour option but I don’t think I’ve ever had to wait more than five minutes for them to print. I paid for the photos and before I left I decided to see if they had turned out; the logistics team need to see the whole quilt and I wanted to be sure all the photos had lined up okay.

OMG – when I looked at my Farmer’s Wife Sampler photo I could see that I had missed some sashing. I felt absolutely sick and headed straight home. On the way I had my fingers crossed that I had just taken the wrong file to print. When I looked in my photo files I only had photos of the top missing the sashing and nothing showing that it had been fixed. I started to think I had fixed part of the top but had still missed some sashing.

Again, with fingers crossed, I unfolded the top and was relieved to see that all the blocks had been done right; I guess I neglected to take a photo when I had it all fixed. Whew!

I have a Board meeting tonight so until it is time to head out for that I’ll make sure I’m packed up for tomorrow’s bee.

Sunday, January 27, 2019

It took me longer than I thought last night to stitch down the last thee flower appliqués. I stuck with it though but was in bed later than usual. So I decided to take the morning off – well off in the sense that I didn’t do any sewing. I sorted through my recycle bins and got things ready to take to the depot tomorrow, I did a bit of cleaning, I did the vacuuming, emptied the dishwasher, put away the last load of laundry and made a fresh pot of coffee.

For the afternoon I got started on my February cards – there aren’t many for this month but I’ll be spending a lot of my time finishing quilts for the show and I thought I should get at least one finished (and I did).

Tonight I’ll make a hanging sleeve for one of my quilts. I didn’t originally plan on putting it in the show so I didn’t put a sleeve on it but when I showed it at one of our quilt meetings I was encouraged to add it. We hang most of our quilts using curtain rods so I’ll make the sleeve  removable.

I have all the photos taken for my application forms but I need to spend some time figuring out the wording I want on each label. I’ll get the photos printed tomorrow when I’m out at the recycle depots.

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Did you know that today was International Support Your Local Quilt Shop Day? I didn’t either until I saw it on Facebook this morning. Apparently no one else did because when I stopped in at the shop Deb said I was her only customer so far (and it was after noon when I walked up).

I had been looking at fabric to use with my Guild challenge bag but wasn’t terribly happy with what I had at home. I bought some gold and some green that will be part of the tote bag and one of the fabrics I had a home will serve as the lining.

I also bought a jelly roll rug pattern. I’m taking a class next month and, although I don’t know if we need the pattern for the class, I thought I’d get one while I was there. I’ll be using Guild supplies for the class; the rug I make will go in the Boutique at the quilt show to raise money for the Guild. I think I’ll want to make one of my own at a later date so the pattern will help me remember what to do.

There were two fabrics in the 50% off bin that I liked – a pink print and a blue print – and I purchased a third colour that will go with both of them. Somewhere down the road I’ll dig out my 3-Yard Quilt patterns and see what I can come up with.

Friday, January 25, 2019

We had a lovely visit with Peggy and Bill yesterday. They managed to get aboard the very, very early ferry from Comox and were here by 7:30 AM. We visited in the waiting room until it was time to catch the ferry across to Texada. We had a short time at the studio (we always are happy to show off the place), a long lunch at the Raven, and then we were back on the ferry to Powell River at three. Again we visited in the waiting room until they caught the five o’clock ferry back to Comox. Hopefully next time we’ll have more comfortable seating.

I had a showing at the Hall this morning but before I left I trimmed my Farmer’s Wife Sampler quilt and took a photo for my quilt show application. I also took photos of two wall hangings and Pat’s Classically Trained quilt; all will be entered into the show. I was pleased that one of the pieces already had a hanging sleeve on the back – the rest will have to have one added.

You know how much I love a day at home, and if I have to go out I like to take care of all my errands on the same trip. I had the Hall showing booked for quite awhile and it would have been nice if that had been my only task for the day. But I had posters for one of Pat’s events that I forgot to take to the Hall so that meant a second trip down there. Last weekend I left my rain hat at the studio where we were sewing and I wanted to pick it up before I was caught out in the rain. But Gail doesn’t get up and about until noon so I knew I’d need to stop there later in the day. And when I picked up mail at the Hall I had a bill that I needed to pay and that meant a stop at the insurance office. While I was out I picked up a few groceries.

As a reward to myself for actually taking care of all of those things I bought a new quilting magazine. A sewing caddy on the front caught my eye but I don’t purchase a magazine (usually) unless there are at least three things I can see myself making. I found a pattern for a tote bag that looks simpler than the one I picked for my Guild challenge, so that made two. I really wanted the magazine so I told myself that someday I would make George the dog pillow from the magazine – there, that makes three things!

I have the first (of twelve) flowers ready to appliqué onto my I’m a Farmer’s Daughter quilt and I’ll get at that tonight.