Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Today was a bee day and I am still working on my jacket. I expected to start the day by confessing to my teacher that I had decided to reverse the jacket, but she already knew. Barb lives on Texada, and I mentioned my plan to only one or two people, but word travels fast. Perhaps it was carried on the wind yesterday.

Barb was very understanding and I think she was impressed that I had taken the seams all apart and re-stitched them. I still have a lot of hand stitching to do and the pockets have to be sewn in place, but I hope to finish the project this week. My two-day class only took me seven days (and counting) to complete!

When I got home I had a bit of time to work on my Easter project. We have a very busy week ahead and I won’t have many evenings at home so I won’t be able to get much stitching done. I may have to take some time from my regular schedule to work on it.

I won’t put off my Pay It Forward day though. I noticed that the fabric shop has some nice floral fabrics on sale. The fabric I used for the grid squares in my Sudoku quilt are floral and I think I’ll keep to that theme for the borders and backing. I won’t be ready for them for a couple of weeks, but I want to buy what I need before it sells out. Friday’s project will be to get far enough along that I can do some calculations on how much and how many fabrics I need.

We were out to a jazz concert tonight. Jazz isn’t my “thing” but the last two concerts we have been to have had a jazz focus. We heard the Diana Panton Quartet tonight. Her pianist, Don Thompson, is from Powell River and I enjoyed his playing. She also had a horn player (Guido Basso) and a guitarist (Reg Schwager). Most of the songs she sang were familiar and that made it more enjoyable for me.