Saturday, October 21, 2023

I’ve had a busy week. Not quite as busy as “in the old days” but busier than I’ve been for quite awhile. I admit I pushed myself but I really wanted to see if I was capable of doing, if not all, most of it.

On Monday I had a medical appointment and I was still working to finish Anna. Once that was done I got projects ready to take to sewing on Tuesday. I stayed a bit longer than usual after lunch but really only accomplished anything before lunch.

Wednesday I had an x-ray on my knee and, since I was at the hospital, I wanted to stop and say hello to my friend. She had been moved from the room I saw her in previously but I was able to find her down another hallway. When I checked at the desk there was some commotion and they weren’t sure whether she was allowed visitors. I decided to wait until the supervisor was called. It turned out that my friend was under “special precautions” and they were discouraging visitors. When I got home I managed to get two projects cut for my sewing days with Stacia and Deloise.

I was up way too early on Thursday – perhaps I was excited to be starting a new project. Annette went together very well and by noon I was ready to sandwich and quilt. Since I was so far ahead I had a nap after lunch but still managed to get the project done before quitting for the day.

I was making a 3-yard quilt on Friday and I was amazed at how quickly it went together. I had trouble figuring out the instructions for the border and while I chatted with Stacia and Deloise on our noon call I realized I had put the top together wrong. They convinced to leave it as it was because who would know the difference? I had another nap and when I got up I decided I would always know it was wrong so I started reverse stitching.

Again the top was together quite quickly but when I set it out to take a photo I realized one of the blocks was turned the wrong way. I decided that could wait for another day to fix.

Today I started taking out the sewing around the block, turned it around, put everything back together and, somehow, ended up with two blocks twisted the wrong way. I took out two complete rows, reverse stitched them, and put them back together and it was all done properly this time. I added the borders but I didn’t have enough fabric for the second border so I’m calling it done. The fabric I have left will be used for the binding and the overall look won’t be much different.

We have been enjoying our sports channels in the evenings – mainly baseball and hockey. We’ve watched a bit of curling and are constantly amazed at what these curlers can do. We were watching some curling while we had lunch and I was falling asleep so I decided on another nap. I think I’m getting into the habit of naps.

Pat has his show at Cranberry Hall tonight and I’ll be off soon.