Thursday, October 12, 2013

This morning I finished gathering all my stuff for the Texada trip; I even had time to do a run to the recycle depot. It was to be an afternoon of hand stitching and I wanted to have everything ready so I could catch the 8:30 ferry in the morning.

I love these hand stitching afternoons but I’m beginning to think I’m the only one who takes the sewing seriously. Sandra decided she didn’t like the fabric she was using for her project so decided to wait until she found some she liked. Gail spent most of the time on her computer and discussing the problems at the Seniors’ Centre. I was pleased to get my project finished (another Christmas gift) as well as getting two corners attached to a Farmer’s Daughter block. The visiting is fun even if we don’t all sew.

I’m very excited for next week – Gail is going to give us our first instructions on the use of her long-arm quilting machine. After that we’ll be able to book some time on the machine; I already have a quilt top ready to practice on.

While we had lunch I talked myself into catching the 6:00 ferry tonight so I’m at the studio for an extra evening. It was getting dark by the time I pulled up to the back door to unload, but not nearly as dark as it will be on retreat weekend. My biggest concern was the driveway up to the studio. One of them has a very sharp corner off the road and then is very steep up to the door. The other is a bit more winding but is really just a trail over the Crown land next door.

I remembered my iPad this trip and the Internet is working so, as Pat said, I’m online and off the grid!