Wednesday, May 2, 2018

When someone at quilting realized she had made a mistake on her project her announcement was “Patterns are only meant as guidelines”. The same could be said for the schedules I plan for getting things done.

Wednesday morning should have been a yard day but I just wasn’t in the mood for it. It is still quite cool in the morning and if you are working in the shade or with any sort of breeze it can actually be chilly. I didn’t even try it this morning, I just decided not to go out.

My other usual task on a Wednesday is to work on blocks, Guild projects or cards; quilting is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday so I can get a few long days into the task. But with four quilts and a table runner waiting to be quilted, a baby quilt already sandwiched and another runner that just needed a backing picked I decided that quilting would be my task until it is all finished – or I desperately need to get something else finished sooner.

I cut backing for the one table runner and batting for both. I wanted to spray baste them outside on the deck but it seemed like my can of basting spray was getting low. The fabric shop has a sale on this week so I walked up and purchased two cans (should be enough and extra for all the things waiting). I also got some binding fabric for my chenille quilt; maybe it hasn’t been underway as long as I thought because I was able to get one of the same fabrics as I purchased for the quilt way-back-then. I set up my table outside on the deck and it took no time at all to sandwich the table runners. I’ll do all the quilts all in a batch when I get to them but they take longer to prep. I also purchased another roll of batting; I’ll pick it up tomorrow when I’m out with the car. We had a good laugh at the thought of me dragging that big box down the street from the shop to home.

I have started quilting on one of the runners. I did some straight lines first and I toyed with the idea of doing the straight lines on the other table runner and baby quilt before switching over to my free-motion. But that would delay having a finish and I like to have a finish sooner rather than later. So will Elizabeth because this first table runner is for her.

Pacific Coastal called this morning to say the flight I had booked for Quilt Canada had been cancelled but I was able to get on an earlier flight the same day. I’d been meaning to call them to see how much it would cost to change my return flight by a day; since they had cancelled one leg of the flight the agent said she would change it for me without any charge. I’m looking forward to being there for Dylan’s Grade Seven Leaving Ceremony.

Back to it!