Monday, January 19, 2015

My plan was to do laundry and some cleaning this morning and then move on to sewing in the afternoon. That plan worked out but not necessarily in the order I anticipated. We still don’t know if we will have a house guest over the weekend but since Tuesday and Thursday are already busy I thought it best to get a head start.

I started the laundry and as soon as I reached for the detergent I remembered I was almost out. I only had three loads of washing to do and by turning the jug upside down and letting it drain I was able to stretch it enough to get it all done. I started vacuuming but wasn’t too far into it when I realized I wasn’t getting any suction. Pat had already gone down to his studio; I didn’t want to disturb him so I started my sewing. Eventually we both ended up on the middle level; Pat sorted out the vacuum problem and I was able to finish up.

After a weekend on other projects I got back to Elizabeth’s House; Block 5 is pieced and I’ll do the little bit of appliqué it requires at the bee tomorrow. I looked in my manual and Pearl, the machine I take to and from the Guild, has a switch for lowering the feed dogs. Since some of my small pieces will have free motion quilting on them I think I’ll see how it works. Better to try that at home though than with a crowd watching and listening.

I still have some packing up to do for tomorrow and, if there is any time left before supper, I might do a little more sewing.