Monday, May 17, 2021

If you look at finishes I haven’t had a very productive day. But I have made progress on a few projects.

I’m almost three-quarters of the way through the binding on my mystery quilt. I’ll be checking in with the Guild a few times tomorrow and I hope to finish the binding while we chat.

I planned to spend the majority of my day on my Laundry Basket mystery. Clue 7 was released this morning and I started the day working on Clue 2. When I went to lay the blocks I had finished onto my grid I realized that I was missing four blocks from Clue 1. I’m now working on Clue 3 and I’m at the point in the layout that I can see where blocks fit together. I’ll continue to work on this for another day and then I’ll move on to something else. I realize I’m not able to keep up to the daily clues so I don’t feel too much pressure.

And what will I move on to? If the weather cooperates I have a couple of projects that I want to get sandwiched; I have to wait for a sunny day without any breeze as I spray-baste them. Both projects of course are on the list to be quilted – one of them is a Guild project and I need to get it done before the middle of June.

And the last Guild project that I need done is my Log Cabin quilt. I have seven of the last eight blocks that need to be repaired or redone so that will have to move up on the list. I’m not planning to have it quilted before the end of our Guild year.

Saturday, May 15, 2021

I slept much better last night and am feeling much more ambitious today.

I tied in all the ends on my quilt; it went much faster than I anticipated. I thought I might have “just enough” fabric for the binding but I was a bit worried it wouldn’t be enough. I had pretty much the exact amount the pattern called for but I’m never confident my seams haven’t made the quilt larger than it should be.

I knew trimming the quilt was going to be a big task and I had some other things I wanted to get done today. If I waited until I had the quilt trimmed and measured for the binding I’d probably be too late to get to the fabric store before closing. If I needed more fabric and didn’t get it today I wouldn’t be able to get it until Tuesday. So when in doubt – buy more fabric! The shop had the same fabric as I used in the quilt so it was a quick in-and-out to purchase another meter. If I don’t use it, it is a nice fabric to add to my stash.

When I came home there was a fellow walking up the hill towards our house. He was looking at all the yards and I was embarrassed about the way the boulevard looked. So I dug out the mower and cut the lawn as well as the boulevard. While I cut the boulevard Pat raked up the lawn and then did another shorter cut on the lawn while I rested on the patio.

I’m back upstairs in the sewing room and I have three sides of the quilt trimmed. I don’t guarantee it is straight but it will have to do. I hope to get the binding cut and maybe sewn on; the hand stitching is going to take quite some time.