Tuesday, August 4, 2020

I had a few errands to do today so I went out early; I was at the grocery store during their “special” time for seniors and the immune-compromise. The other two stops were to drop the masks in the mail (in the drive-through letter box) and to put a Hall deposit through the night deposit slot at the bank.

I cut out the hexagons and fabric I need for the next step of my Curved Hex-Along. It is a fun sew-along and we only need to do six pieces each week so easy enough to keep up with. Better yet it is hand stitched so I have evening work to do while I watch TV.

And speaking of TV, Elizabeth got me started watching Modern Family. I’ve seen episodes here and there when we were travelling but I’ve never seen more than a couple of episodes in a row. I think there are ten seasons on Netflix and I intend to watch them all; I’ve watched half a dozen episodes so far and I’ve burst out laughing at some point in all of them.

Next up in the sewing room was to put another sew-along quilt top together. I had to cut one small centre block and then all the blocks were done. Sewing them all together was the plan and then I’d add the border tomorrow.

I’ve just finished sewing all the blocks and rows together and now I’m going to start taking three of them apart! I don’t know how I managed to do it but I sewed one of the centre sections the wrong way around. I guess the good news is that now there is lots of hand work to do tonight!

Monday, August 3, 2020

I’ve not accomplished very much today and I don’t plan to accomplish much with what is left of the day. I finished the last batches of masks today and they are ready for the mail tomorrow.

I have been making my masks using two layers of batik but I see so many that are made with fun fabrics that I decided to change mine up a bit. I dug out my bin of novelty fabrics and started cutting. Each of these masks have batik on the back side so if they are too juvenile for the older kids (and really the recipients are all older) they can reverse them.

I made a few larger ones for Dave. They are batik on both sides but he’s welcome to wear the fun ones too!

Sunday, August 2, 2020

I’ve been making masks all day today. I cut out 28 of them if anyone is counting. I only had enough elastic for 19 so I’ll have to make another trip to the fabric shop; now that they are cut I may as well finish them off. I’ll send a few more to Calgary (masks are mandatory there now) and quite a few to Saskatoon (Kathryn thinks they may become mandatory there). BC hasn’t declared them mandatory but you never know when that might change.

This isn’t one of my masks but I saw it on Facebook and thought it was appropriate for me (with a September birthday) and for the day I’ve had.

Saturday, August 1, 2020

I finished the inventory of all my works in progress, projects not started, and projects ready to be quilted. It is a little scary to see how many of them there are. I’m not even sure I have them all listed; I added them to the inventory as I was moving things around to accommodate my new sewing set-up. As I said to Pat, they are organized so they will be easier for whoever has to deal with them when I’m gone!

I did some sewing this afternoon to test my set up; although piecing on Pearl isn’t as convenient I will get used to it. Part of the issue is that some of the tools I need haven’t been moved over so I was constantly having to go look for something. The pressing isn’t as easy either; I have to get up and move to the pressing board (to the right of Ruby and just out of the photo) each time there is a seam to press. Again, I will get used to it and I heard someone on CBC say that just standing from a sitting position is considered light exercise!

I’ll test the setup for quilting on Monday. I have a quilt ready to go and, if memory serves me correctly, I already have a start on it. I also need to get some cards done for August so that will be another easy test of the plan.

I made the daily block today but it ended up being smaller than it was supposed to be – the error was definitely my own and nothing to do with my arrangement. It is, however, a perfect size for a card so that is what I’ll use it for.