Tuesday, August 1, 2017

It’s hot out there today and there is a haze in the air; I’m not sure if it is from the heat or we’re getting smoke from some of the fires. I managed to get a lot done today but very little stitching even though I was at the bee.

We got posters in for the Cranberry event so I dropped one off at 7-Eleven on my way to sewing. The church where we sew doesn’t really have a bulletin board where that sort of thing would be welcome, but I showed the poster to my fellow quilters. I expected to get all of the unsold Guild library books to bring home but one of the ladies suggested we leave the boxes at the Church and allow them to sell them as part of their current fund-raising project. I was surprised that the pastor agreed but I was glad not to have to pack them all back home. After the first meeting in September we’ll donate any remaining books to the Kiwanis Club for their book sales.

I took lots of projects to work on but first and foremost was a card that should have been in the mail last week; in fact it is the card that I worked on last week at the bee. Finally the top is finished and I hope it will be a quick turn-around for quilting and can be in the mail tomorrow. At the perfect moment a fellow quilter reminded me to leave the outside edges unpressed or I would lose my seam allowance; I would have realized that eventually but it was easier to correct before it was all sewn together. When I pressed the piece the iron leaked dirty water or stained the white fabric so before quilting I’ll have to see if I can remove the stain.

It was after lunch before I finished the card top so I packed up and did some work in the library for the rest of the afternoon. It is beginning to take shape and I have two shelves set up. The books are arranged (more or less) by subject and some of the books are taller than others so I need to move shelves up and down to accommodate them. I feel a bit panicked about getting it set up but I have the entire month of August to work on it. I’ve yet to find the box with the cards for books that are on loan but I found some books without their cards.

After leaving the bee I stopped at the market by the airport and dropped off a poster. From there I went to the accountant’s office as I had to sign some papers; in fact the papers have been waiting for my signature for a month but we were away, had company, and were away again and then I forgot! From there it was a short trip to the liquor store where I put another poster on the board; I bought a couple of bottles of Townsite beer before I asked about adding the poster to their board because I thought it would give me a better chance at a “Yes”.

Now that I’m home I have the usual blog to write, my bag to unpack, and that stain to remove.