Saturday, April 1, 2017

I persevered with the hand stitching yesterday and finished my Celtic Crystals just a few minutes before supper. It seemed fitting that as a reward for finishing there was Flapper Pie for dessert. Although mine wasn’t as light and fluffy as I remember Mum’s, it was very good just the same. My meringue wasn’t as fluffy either, even with three egg whites. I wonder if fresh farm eggs make better meringue than the ones I buy at the store?

I also finished the last scarf from the bag of yarn I had. My donation collection is growing and I’ll be ready should the grandkids (or kids) need mitts and scarves next fall. OMG – it is hardly even Spring and I’m thinking next winter already!

I finished up the three birthday cards this morning. I will stitch the binding down while I have my coffee in the morning and they will be in the mail on Monday. I had been working on changing the the measurements for the speaker “things” that Pat wanted but I knew that this first trial wasn’t going to be right. This afternoon I stitched it up and I will try to sell it as a fabric basket at the quilt show. I have a couple of other works-in-progress that I hope to finish and have ready for the sale next weekend. Between now and then though I have a Board meeting, a Guild meeting and some shopping to do before the show. And did I mention our bathroom renovations should finish up next Friday (quilt show set-up is Friday morning until early afternoon) and then I’ll have to do a quick clean for the House Concert on Saturday night (after a full day at the show). Life is never boring around our house!

Tonight we have been invited to a house concert. Friends who occasionally come to our shows have their son-in-law and a friend coming from the Island and they are doing this concert as a fundraiser for the Outrigger Club. We know several of the outrigger paddlers and it was nice to be invited.