Friday, February 11, 2022

I planned to start quilting on my May quilt today and continue over the weekend. It took me all morning to get through my task list because several Hall items came up that needed to be dealt with and it was lunch before I started my cleaning tasks for the day. By the time they were done my first thought was “it’s too late to start quilting” but I chased that thought away and made a start.

There’s not much done but at least it is started – thank goodness I had the needle, thread and bobbin set and ready to go. I wasn’t far into outlining the blocks when I realized that I wouldn’t have enough thread to finish off anything more than the outlining. But as I was working I was thinking of patterns I could do in the “negative” spaces and the thread I was using would be the perfect colour – it wouldn’t show much. So I ordered the last four spools that amazon had; the colour was on my shopping list for the spree Stacia, Deloise and I plan to have in June but I didn’t want to wait that long. My expected delivery date is anywhere from Sunday to the middle of March so who knows when I might get it!

I’m off now to do some work at the Hall. We had some gravel delivered to fill in some ruts and apparently it needs to be packed down and/or smoothed out. How much help I will be is doubtful but I feel I should make an appearance.

Thursday, February 10, 2022

I had quite a few half-hour tasks on my list this morning and it took until almost noon for me to get them done. One of the tasks had me back to sorting fabric in my cabinet. I never would have thought I was a fan of orange but apparently I went through a phase at some point. I’ve also sorted out a section for backing fabrics.

Yesterday I put up three lots of yarn for sale – the same ones I put up earlier that didn’t sell. I’ve manage to get one lot sold and I spent some time looking at patterns I might make if the other two don’t go. After the woman picked up her bag this afternoon I brought her money upstairs to add to my tin but I couldn’t find it anywhere. I remember when I shifted around the items on my desk, table and cupboard I moved it but where to was beyond me. I looked everywhere – twice – and then found it in the most unlikely spot in the room.

And speaking of gone, I managed to get the books and two bags of clothing dropped off at the MMC thrift shop this morning. My hallway upstairs is still full of bags to go to one of the thrift shops; I’m pretty sure they will all be accepted at the Hospital Auxiliary shop.

I was making a card this afternoon and the pattern called for some rick-rack. I knew I had some but when I went to the drawer to get it there was none there. Then I recalled that I had cleaned out the drawer when I sent my beads to Taylor and that I had added the rick-rack to the donation pile. Fortunately I was able to find it easily, cut off what I needed, and then add it back into the bag.

I don’t like to second guess my donations and that’s why I get the bags out of the house as soon as possible.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

As part of my decluttering process I filled a couple more bags with clothes from my closet to add to the books I wanted to take to the thrift store. I checked the websites before I left – MMC was open but the Salvation Army shop wasn’t accepting donations until Thursday. No problem as I was sure the MMC would take the clothes and I was hopeful they would also take the books.

But not today. When I drove up to the donation door at the MMC they had signs out that they were not accepting donations because they were full. So now I have a box of books and two bags of clothes in my car waiting for another day.

I was hand stitching today and I hoped I might get the border finished on my 2021 stitch-along but not today. I have moved the hoop into its last position though so that is visual progress. Pat has an online event tonight so I’ll get a little more done. If I’m close enough to a finish I may take some of my sewing time from tomorrow and get it done.

Monday, February 7, 2022

I wanted to get some of our recycling done today – thrift store and bottle depot. I took a box of quilting books to the thrift store along with another bag of “goodies” but they wouldn’t accept the books. The gentleman collecting the donations volunteered to carry the box back to my car for me (he looked older and frailer than me but whatever). We were just out the door when I thought I’d try donating them to the Salvation Army thrift shop just a few doors down. I collected the box from the man and headed down the sidewalk. Sadly, the shop is closed on Monday so I carried the box back to the car. Not to be deterred I decided I’d take them to the MMC thrift shop but when I got there they weren’t accepting donations until Tuesday. The books are still in my car and I’ll try again the next time I’m out.

I was able to drop off my cans and bottles and milk containers at the Return-It shop. I usually just walk in with my bag, drop it in the bin and leave but when I got to the bin there was a sign on the door saying we had to drop them at the counter. Of course there was a line-up but I wasn’t going home with the bag of bottles as well as the books. Perhaps it is because milk containers can now be returned but every customer in front of me had stacks and stacks of returns – one cart was so loaded down I don’t know how she managed to move it without everything toppling over. When I finally made it to the counter I was told that next time I could just leave it at the door where the employees come and go from. Again that may just be because the returns on milk containers is so new.

After a drive around town to charge up my battery I decided it was warm enough to do my sandwiching on the back deck. I got the tables set up and wiped, taped down my backing but when I added the batting the wind was picking up the corners. I spray basted the batting to the backing but decided I’d pin baste the top. Since the tables were up I would have liked to have sandwiched another project but by the time the pinning was done I was completely out of pins so everything got packed away.

I’ve been working at putting together a backing for Kathryn’s next calendar block. These one-block wonder bits came in a bag of scraps I purchased from another Guild member. I’m rather enjoying putting them together but they will just be a backing – I have no interest in making another one-block wonder.

I have a zoom meeting tonight that I hope will be done in time to watch the Olympic hockey.