Monday, September 5, 2022

I’ve just put the finishing touches on my first Sashiko project. I’m very happy with the way it turned out. There was some experimentation with how to do some of the stitches and now that it is finished I know what I’ll do for my next one. Did I say one? I have two more of them stashed in my hand stitching desk in the living room.

I almost have another quilt top done – a couple of borders left to add. This is one that I needed to have as a sample for our Guild Program Reveal Party. It remains to be seen whether or not I’ll teach the class when it comes up next May. I have a couple of photos that I want to put with it; I went to Walmart yesterday but their photo department was closed until tomorrow.

I had a good chat with our Hall President this afternoon. At lunch I mentioned to Pat that I was afraid Annabelle wanted to talk about the transition from her PC to her new Mac rather than the transitions that need to happen for the Hall. We had a good long discussion about Hall stuff and then we signed on for another hour and talked about more personal stuff. I knew Annabelle had breast cancer but I didn’t know anything more than that. She walked me through her process and was able to answer my questions and told me about things I hadn’t thought to ask. Her diagnosis was almost 20 years ago but I was happy to know that all of her surgeries and treatments were done in Powell River. She was very generous and supportive and I know I have someone to talk to as I go through whatever I need to go through.

I have a couple of packages to get ready for the mail and, if there is time, I’ll go back to some Peppermint Purple work. It feels so good to have a finish on something that I want to keep at it.