Thursday, February 11, 2021

Vacation Time is the name of this pattern and by the time it is finished I will definitely want a vacation. It was a Guild Mystery Block of the Month from several years ago. Had I known what the pattern was called I would have picked different colours – more seashore-like.

I’m going to end my day as I started it – tying knots and burying ends in the quilt. Yesterday I did the straight line quilting on the orange sections and today I’ve done the straight line quilting on the blue sections. You can hardly see the quilting and I guess that is the way I like it but after two days it feels like I should see something.

I’m dreading tomorrow as I’m going to try some ruler work and then some free motion quilting. I still need to pick out a design for my borders but I know it will be something with a straight line.

We chatted with Kathryn today and she was saying how cold it is when she goes home at night. Her remote starter only heats up the engine and it doesn’t take her long enough to drive home to get much heat in the car. Both Pat and I ran our vehicles today – not because it is cold but we were afraid the batteries would be drained since we haven’t been out for so long. I made a short trip this afternoon to the Post Office and the library.

Now, back to that quilt.