Tuesday, July 16, 2019

I spent five hours yesterday in the front yard pulling weeds out of the patio bricks. Pat gave them the vinegar treatment on Sunday afternoon and by Sunday night they had shrivelled up and turned brown. Most of them came out well but there were a few roots left behind. Next time I’ll keep a small spray bottle of the vinegar mixture and spray it on any roots that don’t come out. I’m sure I’ll be out there again before the end of yard season, and we’re always looking for a better plan.

After the patio was cleared I took time to dig out the weeds between the slabs on the sidewalk. That part went quite quickly. When I was done, I was DONE! I had a rest before hitting the shower and I was in bed early. I was feeling the extra exercise this morning but it didn’t keep me from sewing.

I had a few different things to work on today. I finished the card that I started last week before pressing off my stitching lines. I used a different pen for tracing and I had the card finished before lunch. It occurred to me (a week too late mind you) that I could have put the fabric in the freezer for a short time and those lines would have come back!

Next I trimmed up a quilt that Pat brought home from Texada on Sunday; I quilted it last weekend but it was too big to carry home and up the hill. I had the binding prepared before lunch but I didn’t get it attached until after lunch. I thought about packing up at that time but decided to work on one more thing before calling it quits for the day.

After the weekend I decided how I was going to sew my Disappearing 9-Patch blocks together. I managed to get a couple of them done before I packed up; this will be my Thursday project for the next while.

Tomorrow I’ll tackle the weeds in the cracks in the carport.