Tuesday, May 12, 2020

It was a block buster kind of day. I like the way the morning block reflects the scraps I created the day before. When I sandwiched one of my quilts yesterday I used the blue/pink fabric as backing. A big piece of it was on the top of my scrap basket so that is what I picked up.

The June block for the Guild was announced a week ago when I was still in mystery quilt hell. I dug it out today and got it done. The members each make a block and then, at some point, we have a weekend where we piece all the blocks together. This month the colour was purple and did I ever give them purple.

Although I don’t think our get-together with quilt Guilds from the Peninsula and the Island will happen in October I decided to go ahead and make the block. Our theme was to be Colour the World and I’d saved scraps from my Seminole quilt (one of the ones I sandwiched yesterday) to use for the block. After it was done I went through the bin and started on the Hands Across the Water challenge – a minimum of six colours and maximum of 24″ around the perimeter. I had a few pieces left from the seminole project and I’ve started cutting and piecing them together. I’m sure I have enough scraps to make a full-sized quilt but I don’t think it is going to end up being one I’ll want to hang on to – very improv!

There was one other block I thought I might get at today but time has run out. The Texada ladies included me in a Challenge and this one was one of the Splendid Sampler 2 blocks. I’ve been lucky so far in that of the four they’ve challenged us with I already had two of them done.

I’m off now to make a rhubarb crisp for supper. I remember the days when Bud (across the street) would come and tell me I could come over a cut his rhubarb. He’s no longer there and so far the new owner hasn’t offered, although I can see it growing when I’m out on my balcony and I don’t think he uses it. We had some rhubarb delivered today with our grocery order; I know I could get it at the Farmer’s Market on the weekend but so far we’ve avoided going up there.

All my troubles from last week were sorted out with good things happening this week. I have been looking for a particular fabric for weeks; couldn’t find anything in Canada and it was too expensive to order from the States. But yesterday one of the shops I follow on Facebook were showing off their new fabrics and there it was. I called today and am having some sent. There was also a pattern I wanted and I thought while I was ordering I’d see if they had it. They didn’t but one of the staff had a copy and she said she’d xerox it and send it to me for free. I guess karma does work sometimes!