Monday, November 20, 2023

Yesterday I carefully planned what I would take to the Guild sewing tomorrow. But somewhere in the middle of the night I changed that plan. My new plan meant that I would be hand stitching and wouldn’t need my machine, making packing up much easier.

I started the morning by wrapping up a few of my 12-Days packages and then I printed all the envelopes that accompany the gifts. I changed my mind for one of the days and got the new gift ordered; it will be here in plenty of time to send.

I stitched the extra border on the two quilts that I’m donating. Our quilting weekend is coming up on Saturday and I have five quilt tops to donate. The Guild has a really good and efficient method of sandwiching; I may get some of them back to quilt or someone else may take them on. Either way I’m fine.

Next up were two birthday cards that I took to Texada but never touched. They are both quilted and ready to have the binding hand stitched. In case that hand stitching isn’t enough to keep me busy I’ll take along another hand-pieced Manx block. I have some prep work to do before I can say it is ready to go though.

I have the final Book Circle tonight. I’ve enjoyed the discussions but I’ll be glad to have my evenings back. I’m realizing that I’m not enjoying a weekly commitment; I prefer something that I can do if and when I want to.