Wednesday, May 4, 2022

When I was getting organized for yesterday’s bee I didn’t think my two card tops would take all my time so I threw in a bag of 2.5″ strips from the fabric I brought home from the Guild’s scrappy weekend. I’m glad I did because my card tops were done long before lunch.

I spent the rest of the time cutting down those strips into bits for a scrap quilt. I cut almost enough for the 80 blocks I’ll need; I ran out of neutrals to go along with the darker strips. I didn’t think there would be enough time to come home before my next appointment but I was home long enough to throw everything into my sewing room, play a couple of games of Candy Crush and head back out the door.

I finished my Hall orientation with a new renter and then headed to the beach (Mowat Bay). It was a rainy and dreary day but I was warm enough and dry in my car to get a few chapters read in my book. And then I was off again for a Hall Board meeting. I was so tired by the end of the day that I watched a little TV (no knitting) and was in bed by nine.

Today was a day at home and I’ve taken advantage of it to get some things done, all of which I’ve done in my PJs. I have the Hall newsletter ready to go out, I made a post to the Guild blog and I finished cutting those 80 blocks that I need for the Community Quilt. I’ll be presenting some ideas for using the donated fabric to the Guild tomorrow night and I have my samples ready to go. I’m currently in the process of cutting another 80 blocks for the same pattern but most of these ones are coming from my own stash; I’m borrowing a bit from the Guild box but I’m not feeling too guilty about it. These blocks will be my Thursday project and the quilt is my Scrappy Challenge for May.

Tomorrow is looking like as hectic a day as yesterday. I’m starting a yoga class in the morning, stopping at Staples to print off patterns for the Guild meeting and then heading straight to Gail’s for sewing. I have a Guild meeting tomorrow night. Pat suggested today that I should come out of retirement and take a part-time job; he thinks I’d probably have just as much, if not more, free time.

I’ll finish the cutting for my Thursday project and then I have one more large cutting project that needs to be done before a class at the end of the month. And I keep thinking about the cutting that I need to do before my June trip – maybe on the weekend I can get that started.

Monday, May 2, 2022

My goal today was to get some cards finished and ready for the mail. It took all morning but I was able to get them to the post office in time to go out today.

I also managed to get a bit of Hall work done. We have a meeting tomorrow afternoon so I had to get my notes together for that. Our year end was April 30 so there was some last minute “stuff” I needed to get done.

I cut out a couple of card tops to work on at the Guild tomorrow. I don’t think I have enough for the entire time but it would be nice if I could go directly from sewing to the meeting. At this point unless I quit dithering about what else to take I think I’ll be putting my book in my bag and spending some time at the beach. I have all those boxes of fabric I brought home yesterday but so far I haven’t been motivated to dig too deep into them.

We are out for supper and a concert tonight – part of Pat’s birthday gift. We’ll be seeing Martyn Joseph who was one of the shows we had to cancel due to Covid back in March of 2019. He’s at a different venue and we’ll be able to enjoy dinner before the show.

Sunday, May 1, 2022

There is nothing better than a weekend of sewing with the Guild. The workshop was intended for scrappy quilts and, since I hadn’t make any progress on my scrappy quilt challenge, I was please to have the specific time to finish it. When the project was done according to the pattern I added a couple of borders to make it a bit larger. It will be a donation quilt and they don’t like them to be too small or too large.

After bragging last week about managing to get all my supplies into one bag for easy transport what did I bring home today? Two bins and a box of scraps from the Guild’s stash. Not to worry, I’m not expected to use it all myself. I’ll cut up fabrics for the Blocks of the Month, Rag Quilts, and some tote bags. The projects will be handed out at the Guild meetings so there is no excuse for people not to do their part.

By default it appears I’m heading into another two-year stint on the Program Committee but I’ve told them I won’t lead another mystery.

This bin of flannel will be used to make up packages for rag quilts for donation. There are already several pieces of fabric and batting that have been cut to the right size so it should be easy enough to package them up.

This bin of fabric will be used to make tote bags to sell at the next quilt show. The pattern is the one that they used as the group project at the Retreat; I’ve been told it is an easy one. I’ll also be working with the ladies who are doing the Blocks of the Month and I’ll have some fabric kits prepared for each month starting in the Fall.

I’m not sure how I ended up with this box of 2.5″ squares and strips. I showed someone my scrappy challenge for this month and I guess they thought I should make up some bags for others to work on.

May 1, 2022

I’m pleased with my progress on my April challenges.

I ended up with a finish for my April quilting challenge. This will be donated to the Guild’s Community Quilt program.

The piecing challenge is done as far as I could take it. The blocks are finished but I’ll be shopping for fabric for the spacers between the blocks. I’ll be using a new technique for the block setting and hope to have a top finished after our sewing session in Panorama.

I didn’t think I was going to get much done on my scrappy challenge but, thankfully, the Guild held a Scrappy Weekend and I finished it up today. This will also be a donation once I have it quilted.