Tuesday, June 12, 2018

I often don’t get much done at the bee but today, maybe because it has been so long, I was whipping through the projects.

I quilted the three cards I made yesterday and I’ll get the bindings hand-stitched tonight. This month my challenge project is the Farmer’s Wife Sampler. When I dug it out there were three packages that already had fabric and the pattern printed out so they came along with me. I know the blocks have given me problems in the past but today’s paper-piecing issues were entirely my own; of the four sections I don’t think I managed even one without having to reverse stitch (not easy when you are dealing with thin paper). The new gadget I bought at Quilt Canada is awesome though. I also took along two Splendid Sampler blocks that I cut and packaged when I was making cards but they will go back in the bin for another time.

I was asked to join a few ladies to travel to Parksville for their quilt show next Friday; I seldom get invited on these tours as many of the groups that go have been going together for years and there just isn’t room for anyone else in the car. After Quilt Canada I can’t imagine that I’ll need to visit any of the vendors but you never know! It will be nice to see more quilts that, I expect, will be more at the level of our own show.

I was also asked if I wanted to join a book club in September. Details are really absent but it might be once a month or every two weeks and we’ll circulate between member’s homes. So far there are only three people involved but the one thing that was certain is that there will be wine and snacks. I think everyone in the Guild saw the movie Book Club and I think this is where this idea originated.

I’ve got a bit of computer work to do but then I’ll get my supper, get the bindings stitched down and get these cards ready for the mail tomorrow.