Wednesday, April 20, 2022

The timing had to be just right – sunny weather on a day when I didn’t have to go out anywhere. Today was that day and I worked in the yard all morning. I probably overdid it (but don’t I always) and my hands, wrists and back are feeling the pain. The clouds have moved in and it looks like rain off and on until the weekend so I’m glad I got lots done today. I’ll add a few days a week of yard work to my schedule.

I had a couple of people drop by for some Hall business this afternoon but in spite of that I’ve managed to get three loads of laundry done as well as get the quilting and binding done on my next calendar block. I was in a panic because I thought it might be late but if I get the hand stitching done tonight and get it in the mail tomorrow it should arrive about on time.

Speaking of hand stitching I also have the Flutter quilt that needs to be finished. Pat is online for most of the evening so I should be able to make a start on it. With all these online events I’m not making much progress on my knitting, I’m definitely not keep caught up on my blackwork projects, and some of my decluttering tasks are going undone.

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

I had time this morning before leaving for the bee to sort out some patterns for my May cards. Can you believe that I have ten cards on my list? If I keep up with this months cards I’ll only have half a dozen left in my book to make.

There was a problem with the furnace at the Legion today and we didn’t have any heat. They gave us a couple of space heaters but with such a large room and only a few of us sewing they didn’t help much. We packed up right after lunch just so we could get outside and warm up in the sunshine.

Had we had our “regular” day I probably would have finished all the projects I took along. As it was I almost finished one of them. The “almost” would probably have been a “done” except at the last minute I noticed a mistake and had to take a couple of seams apart.

When I got home it seemed easier to finish quilting the two borders on my project rather than digging out my bee projects. I didn’t get the binding cut at the bee so I’ll get that cut now and attach it so I have some hand stitching to do while Pat is tied up in the evenings. If there is time left this afternoon I’ll get to work on those cards.

Monday, April 18, 2022

The earrings I put on this morning leave a lovely tinkling in my ears when I move my head. That is one of the reasons I like them. The other is that they were a gift from the Thomases and, I was told, that Alex picked them out.

I’m on my second day of quilting and I’m almost done. It went a bit faster once I determined that eyeballing the quilting lines was just about as good as drawing them on the fabric. I have two borders left to quilt; even if I don’t finish them today I’ll take some measurements and piece my binding at the bee tomorrow.

I have another calendar block ready to piece. I’d like to get a couple more cards ready to go but I’m pretty sure there won’t be time to work on them so I’ll wait. I have a card to get ready for the mail tomorrow; it’s fortunate that there is a letter box on the way to the Legion so I don’t have to make a special post office trip.

Pat gave his regular Monday guitar lesson yesterday and he is giving his regular Tuesday guitar lesson today. He has Open Mics in the afternoon or evening (and sometimes both) for the rest of the week but tonight I should be able to get in a good stretch of knitting.

Sunday, April 17, 2022

We had our dinner last night so tonight it is split pea and ham soup.

I have been quilting all day and it is going well. Still lots more to do and I’m not thrilled with my quilting pattern but it is too late to take it out. Not only that, I don’t have any other ideas as to what I could do.

I’m just waiting to check in and watch Pat’s performance on an open mic. While I listen, I’ll get the binding stitched down on a card and tie and bury some knots in the quilt.