Friday, April 29, 2022

I was awake early this morning thinking of all the things I needed/wanted to get done today. Once my mind starts working there is no chance of any more sleep.

My sewing room was a complete disaster from trying to sort out fabrics for the scrappy quilt I’m working on and will be taking to the quilting weekend. So I started with that and cut out the final two blocks for the top. And since every bin of every colour of fabric was out I decided it might be a good time to do a bit of sorting within the bins. I managed to make it through one of them but I’ve just put the rest back on the shelf to deal with another day. I’ve printed out all the steps I’ll need to complete my Happy Scrappy but I still have to pack everything up to take with me tomorrow.

Since I won’t be around on Saturday and Sunday I thought I better not skip my outdoor work even though I really wanted to. I’ve cleared out all the pots on the deck so they are ready to have some soil added and then some plants put into them. It was a good day to be doing the deck clean up as it was also garbage day and there were a lot of broken bits and pieces that I was able to take out to the bin before they picked it up.

I was having lunch when I heard a knock at the door. I had completely forgotten that Ned was coming over with some mail from the Hall and a bill that I needed to pay. Usually I have his cheque ready for him but since I had forgotten he was coming he said I can pay him on Tuesday when we have our meeting. I had another renter stop by with a payment a bit later so I took some time to get a deposit ready for the bank tomorrow.

I’ve got all the tops for this batch of cards finished; one of them is quilted. I’ll keep working at them this afternoon but if I don’t get them all done today I think I’ll be able to work on them Monday morning and still have them to the post office to go out in that day’s mail.

Although I’m really not caught up on anything I think I’ll be able to sleep better tonight.

Thursday, April 27, 2022

I met with a renter at the Hall this morning so I was out the door early. She is teaching a Yoga for Seniors class on Thursday mornings, starting next week, and I’ve decided to join. We have quite a few yoga classes at the Hall but this is the first one happening at a time that is convenient for me. With the exception of the class that I was politely told might be too much for me!

Between that meeting and going to my Thursday sewing session I had time to finish the paper pieces I needed for one of my card tops. It is still going to keep me busy getting another one done and all of them quilted and finished before Monday but I got more done today than I thought I would.

It almost felt like I was forgetting something when I went to sewing. Gail has a spare machine and last week she suggested that I start using it rather than bringing my own. It is a Singer and sews very much like the Janome I have on Texada. I’m a little “iffy” on the quarter foot but it sure was nice not having more than a project bag to haul in and out.

Pat has another online event tonight and I thought I might go to the Guild demo even though I wasn’t interested in the topic. But I’ve already been out twice today and I think I’ll just stay home and clean out some pots on the deck or maybe I’ll get started on that last card or maybe I’ll do some more work on my Peppermint Purple project. I’m never at a loss for things to do.

Wednesday, April 26, 2022

I was out in the yard weeding again this morning. I never feel much like going out to the job but once I’m at it I can’t say I hate it. The alyssum and periwinkle seem to be doing well in their new spots and I have space cleared for a couple of clumps of heather. I completely tore out our euphorbia plant; it has been looking sadder and sadder the past couple of years and we decided it was time for it to go and make more room for the mock orange and honeysuckle. I saved these three viable stems to admire inside for a few days.

Pat trimmed a couple of bushes this morning and once I had my shower we headed down the hill for lunch. After lunch we headed back up the hill and wandered around the garden centre. We found the plants that we’d like to put in the yard but they were very expensive so we decided to try Canadian Tire. Their prices are a bit better but we didn’t make any purchases yet. I still have some weeding to do in some of the spots where these new plants will go. We need to replenish the soil in some of our pots and I didn’t want to buy anything until we took an inventory of how many pots we need to fill.

It was mid-afternoon before I got up to work in my sewing room. I finished another card top – two more to go in this batch. I’d like to get them out in the mail on Monday so I’ll keep at it tonight. Pat is doing a couple of online events and, since I had a big lunch, I don’t feel the need to stop for any supper.

Tuesday, April 25, 2022

After I went to bed last night I got thinking that maybe two Blocks of the Month weren’t enough to keep me busy for my day of sewing with the Guild. So I quickly found the pattern for the next block in my Happy Scrappy quilt. Again, having my scraps sorted by colour worked in my favour and I was able to have the block cut out in plenty of time to pack in my project bag.

I thought I’d be running late but it turned out that I had lots of time to repack my sewing bags. Last week I was lamenting to the ladies about how much stuff we needed to take each week and how many loads it took to get it from the car to the Legion and back again. Quite awhile ago I purchased a large project bag that I only used a few times. This morning before I left I managed to stuff everything I was taking with me into the one bag. I only needed one trip to carry it all; one hand for my sewing machine and one hand for my project bag.

I had the two Blocks of the Month almost done before lunch so I was glad that I took along something extra. I must have been half asleep when I was cutting my fabric because I had to trim a couple of the pieces; fortunately they were cut too large or I’d have had to quit sooner. I almost had the four scrappy blocks done when I realized I had stitched one of the pieces on backwards. Since the corners had been cut off there really was no way for me to reverse stitch and save it so I packed up and came home.

Because of my hurrying around this morning my sewing room is a mess so I should try to clean it up a bit before supper. I may even have time to fix that one piece on the one block.