Monday, July 4, 2022

I’m not sure you can count it as progress but I accomplished a few things today.

After doing a bit of tidying up (not in my sewing room) I remembered that my UFO Challenges should be available. I’ve already decided that next year I’m going to stick with just one challenge a month as opposed to three but I’ll struggle on for the rest of this year. My scrappy project is a new one for me – Pinwheels for Caroline. I got the pattern from Stacia and have been doing some of the pinwheels for a miniature version. But I’ve also been collecting squares to make it as is suggested in the pattern and that is the one I’ll be working on this month. It may work as a leader and ender but for now I’ll get a start by focusing just on it.

My piecing challenge is to finish off my Splendid Sampler blocks. I have a few bonus blocks from the original series left to do; there are two bonus blocks from the second series as well as four more blocks. As I’m using these for cards I’ll get the blocks done but set them aside to choose from when I need a card.

I have a huge pile of quilting to get to so I didn’t think adding one more to the list would do any harm. This one is based on a block from a Guild on the Island. Before the pandemic we met with several other Island Guilds every fall. There was always a block and if you made the block your name was put in a bag and you might come home with a full set of blocks. I don’t attend the meetings but I loved the block and made one using colours that our Guild had picked for our Blocks of the Month. The block pattern is from 2018 and my photo is from 2020.

I got the Hall’s newsletter out and did a bit more work forming my Program Committee for the Guild. I had another question I wanted to add to our survey and I heard from the woman who is preparing it; she wants to meet with me tomorrow because she has a new program that she wants to use rather than the one we’ve been testing. I’m okay with however she wants to do it and if changing her program keeps her interested so much the better.

I cleared off my cutting table enough that I could trim a quilt so I’m ready to take it to the Guild tomorrow. I also pulled out some fabrics for my scrappy challenge so I’ll have more than enough to keep me busy. I added a couple of Mum’s patterns to a Cross Stitch Buy and Sell group; I’ve used them before and usually had good luck.

My ironing board is still covered with bits and pieces from my trip but I think I’m making progress.