Wednesday, January 25, 2017

I came up to my studio this morning and my design wall made me very happy. Lovely to see a bunch of items nearing completion and enjoying their colours as they sit and wait.

That was about the only bit of joy I had today. My border is going very, very slowly. I’ll admit there was some reverse stitching going on but even so it seems to be taking so long to get this done. I’ll keep at it though as I want to be able to get its photo taken and printed on Friday when I’m out doing my errands.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

I got the four corners for the next border on my Celtic Crystals quilt finished. I’m hoping to get the top finished tomorrow.

I finished eight flying geese that were required for week 1 of my Wild Goose Wednesday project. The next clue will be out tomorrow.

I took four cards with me and finished two of them. Once my quilt top is done and photographed for the show entry form I will get them, and my Valentines, quilted and ready for the mail. It is interesting that after last week’s demo on flying geese three of my four cards used flying geese in the pattern.

I feel like I’m in the groove and am back on track!

Monday, January 23, 2017

It was a late night last night (after midnight) so I’m dragging myself through the day today. We made just over $100 for the concession; I haven’t checked the records but I think this is very close to the amount that we brought in when we asked for donations rather than pricing everything. It wasn’t as much work as I expected; Dee and I work well together. I took the coffee and tea urns that we use for our house concerts and that turned out to be much more efficient than using the 12-cup coffee pot and boiling the kettle all night. I really enjoyed the show too; as I was baking and getting ready for the concession it often slipped my mind that there would be some entertainment to the evening.

I’ve tried to stick to my regular Monday routine today. I started by cutting up and putting away a basket of scraps. I have a better way in mind for storing scraps but it means I need to clear out a few bins and so far that hasn’t happened. I cut the fabric for several cards, I cut the fabric for the first step in the next border for my Celtic Crystals, and I cut a few more squares for my Bingo quilt. That should be more than enough to fill my day at the bee tomorrow.

One of my Valentine cards requires some appliqué so I got the pieces traced – I was able to sit at the desk with my light box while I did that. I was surprised that I had time to stick the shapes to my fabrics so, at the end of the day, I’m further ahead on that project than I thought I would be.

I’ll either knit something easy tonight (because I won’t be alert enough to concentrate on a difficult pattern) or I may just sit and do nothing!

Sunday, January 22, 2017

I finished my baking before lunch – Rice Krispie Treats and what was supposed to be a gluten-free cake. I had a mix in the cupboard and decided it might be nice to offer some gluten-free treats at the show tonight. I took my freshly washed mixing bowl and utensils from the dishwasher, I added the eggs, water and vanilla. I added the butter – but I added it from our own butter dish so the gluten-free cake was ruined. Fortunately I realized what I had done before I offered it as a gluten-free option; we’ll offer the cake but it will be crackers and cheese for anyone who needs gluten-free.

I went out to the store and picked up the few things I need for the concession tonight. For the most part we just pulled coffee and tea from our cupboards; Pat assures me that there is enough sugar in the Song Circle box so I only needed to buy cream and milk. I was asked to put together a cash float; without knowing what we are charging for things I took everything from bills to quarters. We normally do our concession by donation but at the last meeting someone thought it raised more money if we actually charged specific prices. It means more work for the concession people but I guess more money is what we’re doing this for.

I finished the book I was reading on the Kindle. It is due back from the library in a few days so I won’t start reading another one from it.

I’ve finished putting all the blocks together for the next border on Celtic Crystals. I just have the top and the bottom to add; the sides are finished.