July 26, 2021
Why oh why do they put so many small pieces into a 6″ square? There are 57 pieces in this small block.
I was able to pull twelve half-square triangles from my scrap bin and that certainly saved me some time. I’ve lost a few points on the edges and not everything matches as it should be I’m happy to strike another pattern off this list.
Vicki is a very organized person and I doubt that she has ever found herself out on a limb.
Sunday, July 25, 2021
I had a wonderful week on Texada but today it is back to reality.
We spent the first couple of days on Texada doing a really good cleaning of the workshop. I have decided (once again) to use the space for sewing. I won’t move my quilting machine back over there but with two design walls it is so much easier to put quilt tops together in the space. I finished a quilt top (all the blocks were already made), worked on clues for two mystery quilts and did some cross stitching. And as you will have already noticed, I did a lot of reading.
I spent the morning today catching up with Pat’s accounting. I started it before we left but it was on my reminder list so I got it done today. The Hall is re-opening and I have a few bookings that needed to be looked after. I also did a bit of work on the Hall’s website. There is still more I’d like to do but it takes time and I want to make sure I haven’t messed anything up before I do too much.
Pat and I picked the last of the blueberries. We had a really good crop this year. I finished eating the berries from the first picking while we were on Texada and I think we have double that amount with this last picking. I need to be out in the yard again tomorrow as the weeds certainly didn’t take a holiday.
I managed to get in a bit of quilting this afternoon. I have the design figured out for the next round of border on my Medallion Mystery. There are three different blocks in the border so I had to figure out what would go into each one. Three out of sixteen blocks isn’t much but it is a start.
I’m done now for the day and will go downstairs where it is cooler to read or do more cross stitch.
Author: Tarryn Fisher
Thursday (yes, that’s her real name) is involved in a polygamist marriage. The wives don’t live together and they’ve never met but they know about each other. Seth, their husband, splits his time between the three women, spending one night with Thursday (on Thursday as it happens). Thursday has agreed to this arrangement because she’s afraid of losing Seth if she doesn’t. But Thursday wants to find out about the over wives, even knowing that she risks everything should Seth find out.
The interesting turn the book takes was very unexpected.
Goodreads Rating: * * *
July 24, 2021
When I was going through some of Mum’s cross stitch patterns and kits I came across a booklet that had a pattern Mum liked; she had made up a kit with the pattern, fabric and the floss. The pattern wasn’t something I was interested in so I took out the fabric and floss and added it into my own stash.
Before sending the magazine to the give-away bin I decided to see what else was in it. There, on the very next page, was this gnome pattern. I knew that Deloise had spent some time doing some online gnome knitting last winter; she ended up with some very cute ones in different sizes. I needed a “card” for Deloise and how could I not turn this pattern into a card.
When I was telling a friend about my timely find she said she would have made up a kit and sent the package rather than do it herself! So you’re lucky Deloise that I had already started stitching before I talked to her.
I hope this little project will find a spot on a shelf next to one of her gnomes.