Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Last night I finished cutting the fabric for my next block in the Celtic Crystals series and I had everything packed up for the bee before I went to bed. During the night it struck me that I should take along my power bar as there are limited plugs at the clubhouse; since I don’t usually do anything but hand stitch the power bar isn’t always packed with my gear. While I was picking up the power bar I also threw in the small iron I purchased in Portland this fall, along with the table-top ironing board I purchased at a yard sale this summer; there is only one iron and ironing board at the clubhouse.

I purchased the iron with the intent to use it at home for my paper piecing but it worked very well for the today’s project. I was working with small pieces (most were only one and a half inches wide) and therefore the small seams were easy to press on the board. The iron doesn’t have a steam function but I took my spray bottle with me just in case I felt I needed it; the iron got sufficiently hot that the spray wasn’t necessary. Now that I’ve used the tools I can see that I’ll use them more often in the future.

Today was a miniature day and I had nothing to show. I had hoped to have made a start on my new project but that didn’t happen – maybe next month. Even though I didn’t show anything I was the lucky winner of the draw. I picked a kit to make a Heart Keeper – the package says you can you it to store jewelry, sewing supplies or you can use it as an evening bag. Personally I think they have oversold it but it should be a quick finish and perhaps something for the boutique at the quilt show.

I finished up the triangular scarf last night and tonight I’ll go back to the toque I was making; actually I have two toques on the go. I was looking in my stash for a contrast colour for one of them and I found a whole bag of odds and ends yarn. I think these skeins are multiplying when I’m not looking!